Admission Criteria for Academic English

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Admission to the Academic English program is selective. We choose applicants who are highly qualified academically, but need to satisfy the English facility admission requirement. If you are eligible for this program, you will receive a conditional offer of admission to the University of Toronto Scarborough and an invitation to register for Academic English. Only students who receive a conditional offer will be able to register.

Admission criteria:

  • Must meet the admission criteria for the academic program to which you have applied.
  • Must submit English Proficiency Test scores.

Minimum test score requirements:

Language Proficiency Test

Academic English at U of T Scarborough conditional offer eligibility

Regular U of T English requirement

TOEFL – iBT

80
(no score below 17)

100
(22+ on writing)

IELTS

5.5
(minimum 5.5 writing, no band below 5.0)

6.5
(no band below 6.0)

MELAB

78
(no part below 73)

85
(no part below 80)

Note: This test is no longer available as of June 2018.

COPE

75
(25 in writing)

86
(32 in writing, 22 in reading and listening)

IGCSE/GCSE/O-Level English/English Lang/Engl as a 2nd Language

C

B (6 in reformed qualification)

IB English B HL Predicted/Final

5

Not applicable

TELC

B result for students coming from Taiwan

Not applicable
Duolingo 110 120

Students with scores outside of these ranges or with other English language preparation may be considered on a case-by-case basis.