{"id":916,"date":"2019-10-22T13:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/?page_id=916"},"modified":"2026-01-15T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:06:11","slug":"english-proficiency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/international-partner-students\/english-proficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"English Proficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To be enrolled in summer courses, you need to show evidence of proficiency in English. Please work with the international office at your home university or your advising agent to present them with evidence of proficiency that meets the required levels listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>84 on the internet-based TOEFL (iBT), or 4.5 within the new scoring system taking effect January 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>7 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Minimum of 115 on the Duolingo English Test<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An exception is made for students whose native language is English or who attend institutions where English is the primary language of instruction.<\/p>\n<p>For information on the tests listed above, visit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.toefl.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TOEFL website<\/a>, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ielts.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IELTS website<\/a>, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishtest.duolingo.com\/applicants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duolingo website<\/a>. Information may also be obtained at US embassies and consulates.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: students who wish to enroll in Metropolitan College Administrative Sciences graduate courses should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/international-partner-students\/contact-us\/?action=ask\">contact<\/a> the Summer Term office regarding specific requirements for those courses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be enrolled in summer courses, you need to show evidence of proficiency in English. Please work with the international office at your home university or your advising agent to present them with evidence of proficiency that meets the required levels listed below. 84 on the internet-based TOEFL (iBT), or 4.5 within the new scoring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14430,"featured_media":0,"parent":913,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14430"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=916"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18440,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/916\/revisions\/18440"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/summer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}