City College
english proficiency test requirement
The following are the required test scores for all City College Diploma programs:
TOEFL Paper-based test – Minimum score of 550 required
TOEFL Internet-based test – Overall minimum score of 80 required, with minimum scores of 20 in Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking.
IELTS – Minimum overall band of 6.0, with no single test score below 5.5
CAEL – Minimum overall score of 60
TOEFL – www.toefl.org (Please refer to institution code: B715 ) • IELTS – www.ielts.org • CAEL – www.cael.ca
*Only tests taken in the last two years are considered valid.
Language Proficiency Test Exemptions
The following applicants are exempt from submitting TOEFL, IELTS, or CAEL scores:
- International students who completed a minimum of two years of full-time secondary or college level education in one of the countries where English is an official or the only language of common usage (check below if your country is listed on our ESL exemption list).
- International students who obtain an International Baccalaureate in English from one of theInternational Schools’ members of the Council of International Schools (www.cois.org).
All other students must submit their valid TOEFL, IELTS, or CAEL scores to our International Admissions.
*Only tests taken in the last 2 years are considered valid.
Students who completed at least two years of secondary education in one of the countries listed below are deemed exempt from TOEFL, IELTS, or CAEL:
– Anguilla
– Antigua
– Australia
– Bahamas
– Barbados
– Belize
– Bermuda
– Botswana
– British Virgin Islands
– Canada (if earlier education is taught in English)
– Cayman Islands
– Christmas Island
– Cocos Islands
– Cook Islands
– Dominica
– Eritrea (if earlier education is taught in English and is finalized with a BSc degree)
– Ethiopia (if earlier education is taught in English and is finalized with a BSc degree)
– Falkland Islands
– Fiji
– Gambia
– Ghana
– Grenada
– Guyana
– Heard Island
– India (if earlier education is taught in English and is finalized with a BSc degree)
– Ireland
– Jamaica
– Kenya
– Lesotho
– Liberia
– Malawi
– Malta
– McDonald Island
– Namibia
– New Zealand
– Nigeria
– Niue
– Norfolk Islands
– Papua New Guinea
– Philippines (if earlier education is taught in English and is finalized with a BSc degree)
– Rwanda (if earlier education is taught in English and is finalized with a BSc degree after 2011)
– Saint Kitts
– Saint Lucia
– Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
– Sierra Leone
– Singapore
– South Africa
– Swaziland
– Tanzania
– Tonga
– Trinidad and Tobago
– Turks and Caicos Islands
– Uganda
– United Kingdom
– United States of America
– Western Samoa
– Zambia
– Zimbabwe