If your previous education was in one of the English-speaking countries listed below, your English proficiency requirement may already be fulfilled.
Undergraduate applicants
If you completed upper secondary school with at least three years of study in one of the countries on either list below, you have provided proof of English proficiency for admission purposes.
Graduate applicants
If you completed the equivalent of a US bachelor’s degree or higher in one of the countries on either list below, you have provided proof of English proficiency for admission purposes.
Countries where English is an official language
If your previous education was in one of these countries, you will still need to take the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Placement Exam and may be required to take EAP courses, depending on your results.
- Botswana
- Eswatini
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Philippines
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Countries where English is the predominant native language
If your previous education was in one of the countries listed below, then you are exempted from the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) testing requirement.
- Anguilla
- Antigua
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Barbuda
- Belize
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada
- Dominica
- Grand Cayman Islands
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Irish Republic
- Jamaica
- Montserrat
- New Zealand
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent & the Grenadines
- Tobago
- Trinidad
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
- United States of America