English Language Test Score Requirements
NDSU accepts the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), and the Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic).
The Graduate School requires a minimum TOEFL score of 525 (paper-based) or 71 (Internet-based). Effective starting the Spring 2011 term, the minimum required IELTS score is 6. The minimum PTE Academic score is 50.
For more information about the TOEFL click here. For more information about IELTS, click here. For more information about the PTE Academic, click here.
Department | TOEFL pbt | TOEFL ibt | IELTS | PTE Academic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Accountancy | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Agricultural Economics | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Anthropology | 600 | 100 | 7 | 68 |
Biology | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Botany | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Business Administration | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Coatings & Polymeric Materials | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Communication | 600 | 100 | 7 | 68 |
Computer Science | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Developmental Science | 600 | 100 | 7 | 68 |
Education | 570 | 88 | 6.5 | 59 |
Engineering Ph.D. | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
English | 600 | 100 | 7 | 68 |
Entomology | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Environmental & Conservation Sciences | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Health, Nutrition and Exercise Science | 600 | 100 | 7 | 68 |
History | 600 | 100 | 7 | 68 |
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Pharmaceutical Sciences | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Physics | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Plant Pathology | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Political Science | 600 | 100 | 7 | 68 |
Public Health | 570 | 90 | 6.5 | 59 |
Software Engineering | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Statistics | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
Zoology | 550 | 79 | 6 | 53 |
