Admission Exams and Language Proficiency Questions

The school code for UIC is 1851.

No. GRE scores are optional.

All international applicants must submit official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language, unless they qualify for a TOEFL exemption.

Some applicants are exempt from taking the TOEFL. See the International Admission Requirements page and the Admissions office FAQs page for details.

More information about the TOEFL is available at www.toefl.org.

The minimum scores on the TOEFL are 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based) and appear on the Graduate College application site. For more information on the TOEFL, go to the International Admissions page of the graduate college.

You must take the TOEFL within two years of the start date for the term you expect to begin your graduate work at UIC.