English Requirements

English Proficiency Test

English proficiency scores are required to ensure that students are proficient enough in English to be successful at UPIKE. Every applicant whose native language is not English is required to take an academic English test – either the, Duolingo test, SAT Score, Test of English As a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam. These tests measure the ability of non-native English speakers to use and understand the English language as it is heard, spoken, read and written in a university classroom.

English proficiency exemptions:

1. Students have taken a full year of high school or have a full year of collegiate study in an exempt country (below) or in the U.S. as shown on transcripts.  
2. The student is a citizen of one of the following countries:

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada (except Quebec), Cayman Islands, Denmark, Dominica, Fiji, Finland, Gambia, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Scotland, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Sweden, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, United Kingdom, Vanuatu, Virgin Islands, Wales, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Qualifying English Proficiency Scores for Undergraduates: 

Test	Score
Duolingo	95
SAT	500 (English, Reading, Writing)
TOFEL	68
IELTS	6.0

Qualifying English Proficiency Scores for Graduate & Professional Schools: 

Test	Score
Duolingo	100
TOFEL	79
IELTS	6.5

*Scores are good for 2 years from test date

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