Graduate Admissions

ELI Conditional Admission

International applicants, who require additional English language training in order to meet the Graduate School’s English language minimum requirements, may be offered English Language Institute (ELI) Conditional Admission. Academic programs will assess an application for ELI Conditional Admission based on all of the materials in an applicant’s file. If an applicant has a low or missing score on the IELTS or TOEFL test, or does not have a satisfactory score on the GRE Verbal section, but is otherwise academically qualified, a program may grant ELI Conditional Admission.

Such an offer of admission does not guarantee an applicant can enroll in graduate coursework. All ELI Conditionally Admitted students must complete one of the following two options before they can enroll:

1. they must complete the ELI Intensive English Program and receive an exit certificate from it, or;

2. they must provide official verbal GRE and IELTS or TOEFL scores that meet the required minimums.

An offer of ELI Conditional Admission may also contain additional conditions set by an applicant’s prospective academic program. ELI will coordinate with an applicant’s academic program, in order to assist in the student’s entry into the Intensive English Program and obtain an appropriate visa.