English Proficiency Requirements

All students need strong English language skills to succeed in 探花视频鈥檚 rigorous academic environment, and international applicants must provide evidence of English proficiency before enrolling. 

  • You may satisfy English proficiency requirements before or after being reviewed for admission; however, English proficiency scores must be on file for scholarship consideration.
  • If you wish to be reviewed for first-year student scholarships, submit proof of English proficiency with your application for admission and no later than the regular decision deadline.
  • If you apply for admission without English language scores and are admitted to 探花视频, you must submit evidence of English proficiency or enroll in the Pathway to CU Program before you can confirm your place in the incoming class.
  • 探花视频 reserves the right to require proof of English proficiency, or an alternative means of demonstrating English proficiency, from any applicant. 

Exam

Minimum score

TOEFL iBT264.0

"Old鈥 TOEFL iBT

80

IELTS

6.5

Cambridge (C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency)

180

PTE Academic 

58

Duolingo

115

IB SL English A

6

IB HL English A

5

GCSE/GCE English

B

AP English

4

SAT EBRW

580

ACT English

23

WASSCE/WAEC English

B3 

  • Email exam scores to intladm@colorado.edu.
  • Score reports must be verifiable and contain all relevant information, including test taker name, date of birth, exam code or verification number, and test date.
  • Exams must have been completed within two calendar years of your start date at 探花视频. 
  • English language learner classes do not count towards the number of years needed to demonstrate proficiency.
  • You must have completed your studies within two calendar years of your start date at 探花视频.
  • Medium of instruction letters alone do not satisfy English proficiency requirements. Your studies must have been completed in one of the qualifying countries listed below. 
  • English language learner classes do not count towards the number of credits needed to demonstrate proficiency.
  • You must have completed your studies within two calendar years of your start date at 探花视频.
  • Medium of instruction letters alone do not satisfy English proficiency requirements. Your studies must have been completed in one of the qualifying countries listed below. 

Prior studies in the following countries are generally accepted as evidence of English language proficiency. 

  • 础苍迟颈驳耻补鈥
  • 础耻蝉迟谤补濒颈补鈥
  • 叠补丑补尘补蝉鈥
  • 叠补谤产补诲辞蝉鈥
  • 叠别濒颈锄别鈥
  • 叠辞迟蝉飞补苍补鈥
  • Canada
  • 顿辞尘颈苍颈肠补鈥
  • 贰蝉飞补迟颈苍颈鈥
  • Federated States of Micronesia鈥
  • 贵颈箩颈鈥
  • 骋谤别苍补诲补鈥
  • 骋耻测补苍补鈥
  • 滨谤别濒补苍诲鈥
  • 闯补尘补颈肠补鈥
  • 碍别苍测补鈥
  • 尝别蝉辞迟丑辞鈥
  • 惭补濒补飞颈鈥
  • 惭补濒迟补鈥
  • New Zealand鈥
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis鈥
  • Saint Lucia鈥
  • Saint Vincent鈥
  • 厂颈苍驳补辫辞谤别鈥
  • Solomon Islands鈥
  • South Africa鈥
  • 罢补苍锄补苍颈补鈥
  • Trinidad and Tobago鈥
  • 鲍驳补苍诲补鈥
  • United Kingdom & territories鈥
  • United States & territories鈥
  • 窜补尘产颈补鈥
  • 窜颈尘产补产飞别鈥 

Email English proficiency results to International Admissions:

Email: intladm@colorado.edu  
Phone: +1-303-492-6301

University of Colorado Boulder  
3100 Marine Street 
Suite A122, UCB 65 
Boulder, CO 
80303 

 

Conditional Admission

探花视频 offers conditional admission to international students who meet the academic requirements for admission but need to improve their English language skills before starting a degree program. Students granted conditional admission are allowed to start their degree program after they have met the requirement for English proficiency.

You may pursue conditional admission by applying to 探花视频 without submitting English proficiency scores and then registering for the Pathway to CU Program.

  Pathway to CU Program

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