Graduate Students
Written English Placement Test
International graduate students whose total TOEFL scores are below 103 (TOEFL iBT), total IELTS scores are below 7.5, or Duolingo English Test (DET) total scores are below 135, are required to take the written EPT. (NOTE: TOEFL My Best scores are NOT considered.)
Further details about TOEFL / IELTS / DET (temporarily acceptable) requirements are given at the following websites: English Proficiency Requirements for Graduate Admissions
If you are a visiting scholar, faculty or staff, you should contact the ESL program (eslprogram@illinois.edu) for ESL 592/3 (formerly ESL502/3) and should not register for the EPT.
Graduate courses have been renumbered. Please check the changes in Interpreting EPT scores.
Oral English Placement Test
If you are a graduate student and you have submitted TOEFL scores with a speaking score of 18 or lower, or IELTS scores with a speaking score of 6.0 or lower, (or you have submitted only Duolingo test result) then you will be required to take the oral EPT.
Note: The EPT does not assess or in any way affect the qualification of graduate student International Teaching Assistants (ITAs). For information about English language assessment requirements of ITAs, please visit the Oral English Assessment Interview.
Updating Scores
If you need to update your TOEFL or IELTS scores to fulfill any part of the English proficiency requirement, please have official scores sent by the testing agencies to UIUC before your are expected to need an EPT score.
TOEFL: https://www.ets.org/toefl/test-takers/ibt/scores/send-scores.html
IELTS: https://www.ielts.org/for-test-takers/results
Note: EPT scores are final. We do not use updated scores to remove EPT scores. Updated scores are only used to provide exemption for incoming students.