Admission Requirements
The Department requires an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). You must have taken the GRE (General Exam) within the past five years and an official copy of the results must be in our office before your application will be considered complete. For admission consideration, Master's degree applicants should have a verbal and quantitative sections minimum cumulative score of 1100 and the PhD applicant should have a verbal and quantitative sections minimum cumulative score of 1200. The analytical writing section score of 4.0 or better is encouraged.
International applicants whose native language is not English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) exam. A score of at least 610 on the written TOEFL examination, 253 on the computer version, or 102 on the internet based testing version is required. Those applicants who gain admission on the basis of their academic credentials, but score below 610 (or 253 or 102, as applicable) on the TOEFL, will be admitted on limited status and required to take the English Placement Test (EPT) upon their arrival. Graduate applicants are exempt from the TOEFL exam if, within five years of the proposed date of enrollment in the University of Illinois, they have successfully completed at least two academic years of full-time study in a country where English is the primary language and in a school where English is the primary language of instruction. You also need to take the new TSE (Test of Spoken English) exam and score at least a 50. International applicants are encouraged to visit the University's minimum admission requirements website before applying http://www.grad.uiuc.edu/admissions/countries.