English Proficiency
English Proficiency for Graduate Admissions
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Option A |
Option B |
OPTION C |
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__ Successfully earned a four-year undergraduate or a two-year graduate program, culminating in a degree from an accredited college/university/institution in the following English-dominant educational contexts: (if less than required years, see option B additional documents) United States and its territories, Australia, Belize, British Caribbean and British West Indies, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. |
__ Successfully earned a four-year undergraduate or a two-year graduate program, culminating in a degree from an accredited college/university/institution in another other English-dominant educational contexts: For example, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Liberia, among others. |
OR THE FOLLOWING VERIFIABLE DOCUMENT: __ (a) official letter from school verifying all courses were taught in English |
__ Officially submitted TOEFL iBT or IELTS Academic scores |
Additional Support (optional): StepUp courses, ESLP 001, ESLP 002, ESLP 003, ESLP 004, ESLP 012, ENGR 430
Please contact coe-admissions@lehigh.edu with any questions.
Graduate applicants who fall into section C above are required to take the TOEFL Internet-Based Test or the IELTS test. TOEFL test date must be within the last 2 years.
The following target scores refer to the minimum scores within the College of Education.
COE iBT TOEFL SCORES
Reading - 23
Listening - 21
Speaking - 24
Writing - 23
Total score - 91
COE IELTS SCORES
Writing - 6.5
Speaking - 7.5
Reading - 7.0
Listening - 6.5
Total score - 6.5
Lehigh University school code: 2365
If an applicant's language test scores fall below the requirements but the faculty feel their application is otherwise a good fit for their program, they may opt to offer admission conditional upon the completion of Lehigh University's StepUp program.