English Language Requirements

English Language Requirements for Admission To be ADMITTED to the university, students who have NOT taken any of the following exams… SAT ACT A level AS IB Baccalaureate Selectividad Abitur Cambridge First Certificate/ Advanced/ Proficiency … must take an exam prior to admission to prove that they have the required minimum level of English. We accept the following minimum scores: TOEFL PBT – 420 (+ 2.5 on TWE) TOEFL IBT – 40 TOEFL CBT – 100 IELTS – 4.5 These minimal English language requirements are for acceptance to the university only, NOT for placement in a program.

English Language for Placement in Programs

Students with any of the following scores can be placed directly into ENGL-150 or - in the case of having high grades – maybe into ENGL-190/ 192 or other upper level courses:

IB A1 (NOT B1)	–	same as admission minimum
A Level	–	same as admission minimum
AS	–	same as admission minimum
SAT	–	same as admission minimum
ACT	–	same as admission minimum
TOEFL IBT	–	79
TOEFL PBT	–	550 (+ 4.0 on TWE)
TOEFL CBT	–	213 (+ 4.0 on TWE)
IELTS	–	6.5 (with No band below 6.0)

All other students must take an English Placement test (TOEFL PBT) on entry to the university.

The dates of SLU-Madrid’s upcoming Institutional tests can be found here >>

English Language Placement according to TOEFL PBT Scores

TOEFL PBT Score	TWE Score	Program Placement
420 – 480	2.5	ESL-090/091, 101/102 Min. 18 credits ESL
481 – 499	3.0	ESL-101/102 Min. 15 credits ESL*
500 – 514	3.0	ESL-101/102 Min. 12 credits ESL*
515 – 529	3.5	ESL-111/112 Min. 9 credits ESL*
530 – 549	3.5	ESL-111/112 Min. 6 credits ESL
550 – 610	4.0	ENGL-150
610 +	5.0	ENGL-190/ 192 (ONLY with advisor’s approval)

For equivalencies to other exams, see http://spain.slu.edu/esl/esl_placement.html
* Certain exceptions to the quantity of ESL credits may be made by the ESL advisor.