The Ohio State University

Your ability to communicate, write, and understand English is critical to your success at Ohio State. Applicants must provide official TOEFL or IELTS Academic test scores to the university:

who do not speak English as a first language, who were educated largely outside of the United States, or who have had permanent residence, asylee, or refugee status in the United States for less than one year from the first term of enrollment.
Score results must be obtained directly from the testing agency (ETS or IELTS) by your application deadline in order to be official.

Minimum test scores

Note: Many graduate programs require a score above these minimums.

• TOEFL
  • 19 on each section of the paper-based TOEFL
  • 79 on the TOEFL iBT or TOEFL iBT Home Edition
• IELTS
  • 7.0 on the IELTS Academic test or IELTS Indicator (6.5 for Moritz College of Law applicants)
• Duolingo
  • 105 or higher
  • Note: The Duolingo test cannot be used to exempt an admitted student from the English placement exam or the Oral Proficiency Assessment for Graduate Teaching Associates.