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Apply for Admission
English Language Proficiency
To study at Miami University, you must be able to understand lectures in English from the first day of classes. Because of this, if your native language is not English, you are required to submit scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or provide alternative evidence of English language proficiency.
To register for the TOEFL online, visit www.toefl.org. Please note that you must take the international TOEFL. Institutional TOEFL scores are not acceptable. To register for the IELTS online, visit www.ielts.org.
If you are accepted for admission at Miami, you will take another English examination before you register for classes. You may be assigned to a special English course, depending on the results. Credit is awarded for this course, but the credit earned may not always satisfy degree requirements. Miami University does not have a full-time intensive English as a Second Language (ESL) program.
To be considered for direct admission into an undergraduate (bachelor's) degree program at Miami University, international students whose native language is not English should have earned either a minimum score of 200 on the computer-based TOEFL, a score of 530 on the paper-based test, or a score of 72 on the Internet-based version. Students who have not taken the TOEFL may still meet Miami's English proficiency requirement through one of the alternatives described below.
Students who do not meet minimum English proficiency score requirements can still be considered for provisional admission pending their enrollment in a program of full-time intensive ESL training. However, registration at Miami will NOT be permitted until a final report is received from the ESL program confirming English abilities adequate to undertake a full course of study. Copies of ESL program records and acceptable English test scores must accompany this report.
Alternatives to TOEFL
While a valid TOEFL score can satisfy Miami's English language proficiency requirement, this requirement can also be met through the following alternatives:
- Your country of origin is also an English-speaking country and English is your native language
TOEFL scores are not required of applicants from the following countries:
| Australia |
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Ireland |
| Belize |
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Liberia |
| British Carribean/British West Indies |
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New Zealand |
| Canada |
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South Africa |
| Fiji |
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United Kingdom |
| Guyana |
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- You are applying as a transfer student, having earned at least one of the following:
- An associate's or bachelor's degree from a U.S. institution of higher education
- Course equivalency of Miami's first-year (freshman) sequence, English 111 and 112, at another U.S. university or community college (not English as a Second Language courses).
- You have earned a minimum score from one of the following tests:
Test/Program |
Minimum score |
| SAT Critical Reading |
500 |
| ACT English |
21 |
| Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) |
80 |
| International English Language Testing System (IELTS) |
6.0 |
| ELS Language Centers |
Completion of Level 112 |
| Certificate in Advanced English |
C |
| Certificate of Proficiency in English |
C |
General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level
General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE)
International General Certificate of Secondary
Education (IGCSE) |
C in English language (not English as a Second Language) |
West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
National Examinations Council (NEC) Senior School Certificate |
4 in English language |
| Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) |
B- in English language |
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