Undergraduate English Requirement
Full-time Academic English Requirement for Graduate Students
Half-time Academic/Intensive English Study for Graduate Students
- Conditional Admission is available for students who meet our academic requirements for admission. If you receive conditional admission the major listed on your I-20 will be Intensive English. We will note that you also have admission to an academic program on your I-20.
- You do not need to submit a TOEFL or IELTS score when you apply.
- You may send your official score later or we will test your English after you arrive.
- Students who do not meet our English requirement or do not submit an English score will be required to enroll in the Intensive English Language Center.
Ways to Demonstrate English Proficiency for Undergraduates
| English Test | Required Score Full-time Academic Study |
Required Score Half-time Academic/Intensive English Study |
|---|---|---|
|
Internet-based (iBT)
|
72
|
61-71
|
|
Institutional TOEFL
|
530
|
500
|
|
or overall band score
|
6.0
|
5.5
|
|
105
|
95-104
|
|
|
49
|
40-48
|
|
|
SAT Critical Reading or Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score
|
410
|
N/A
|
|
ACT English section
|
20
|
N/A
|
|
Cambridge AS or A Level English Language
|
Grade C or higher |
N/A
|
|
80
|
75-79
|
|
|
WSU Intensive English Language Center
|
Completion of highest (7th) level
|
Placement in level 6-7
|
|
Study at another U.S. college or university*
*campus must be located in the U.S. |
24 earned credit hours
|
N/A
|
|
Completion of level 112
|
N/A
|
|
|
Students from U.S. High Schools
|
Completion of four years of English with grades of C or higher at the U.S. High School
|
N/A
|
Send Official Results
- Tests must have been taken within the last two years.
- When , students should upload their test scores with their transcripts and other application materials. If a copy is uploaded with application materials, the scores will be verified with ETS or IELTS.
- TOEFL scores can be sent from the . Official copies are not required as long as the student copy can be verified.
- IELTS Academic scores can be sent from an . WSU does not accept IELTS General Training results. Below is the exact information to provide to your test center in order to request
your scores be sent to 红领巾瓜报 electronically. Your results will
not be mailed by post.
Account Name: 红领巾瓜报 - Office of International Education
Address:
Admissions
1845 Fairmount Box 122
Wichita, KS 67260
United States - Duolingo certified results can be sent from Duolingo English Test.
- SAT results must be sent directly from the . Our institution code is 6884.
- ACT results must be sent directly from . Our institution code is 1472.
- Official PTE Academic scores must be sent to 红领巾瓜报 directly from
- Students who have studied at ELS Language Center or at another U.S. college or
university must have their official transcripts sent directly to 红领巾瓜报 by mail.
English Proficiency Examination (EPE)
- Required for students who have not met our English requirement by the time they come to Wichita
- Administered by 红领巾瓜报
- Cost is US$75.
- Sample Questions
Intensive English Language Center (IELC)
- Enrollment in Intensive English is required for students who have not met our English requirement.
- Students with undergraduate admission or graduate admission may enroll in both Intensive
English and academic classes if:
a) Student places in one of the two highest levels of the Intensive English Langauge Program.
OR
b) Student has an eligible half-time academic score:- TOEFL (iBT) score of 61 to 71
- IELTS overall band score of 5.5
- PTE Academic score of 40 to 48
- Duolingo English Test score of 95 to 104
- WSU English Proficiency Examination (EPE) result of 75 to 79