IELTS instructions
Applicants may submit IELTS scores to fulfill the English language proficiency test requirement in their application(s).
The IELTS examination fee is charged in local currency and varies by country. To register for the IELTS, please visit www.ielts.org.
Score Reporting
Send your IELTS scores to the institution name, “MIT Graduate Admissions”; an institutional/departmental code is not required to send MIT GradAdmissions your electronic scores. Be advised: institution names for the MIT Sloan School of Management may vary.
Minimum score requirements
GradAdmissions recommends a minimum score of at least 7, however each department has its own minimum score requirement for TOEFL.
Department minimum score requirements supersede GradAdmissions recommended minimum score.
Check for the specific requirements of the graduate program that interests you by navigating to their information page from the Degree Programs directory.
IELTS Restrictions
MIT GradAdmissions does not accept IELTS One Skill Retake (OSR) scores. Official OSR scores cannot be sent to MIT via IELTS system.
General test policies
Applicants whose primary language is not English or who did not receive an undergraduate degree from an English-speaking institution in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, or the United States must submit official test scores from an an accepted English language proficiency (ELP) test provider. Read more about this requirement here.
Graduate programs reserve the right to request supplemental ELP test scores during the course of application evaluations regardless of English proficiency level.
