Advanced study requires high proficiency in spoken and written English.
The requirements below are designed to insure that international students have the language skills needed to do their own work, to complete their educational programs, to write theses and dissertations, and to function well in university classrooms and laboratories in the United States as students and instructors. In itself it does not demonstrate the proficiency in English the University and Graduate School requires of enrolled international graduate students. Before registering, graduate students whose native language is not English must take an examination to demonstrate their proficiency in written English. Students who arrive after orientation are placed by a one-hour essay. All placement is double-checked by a second diagnostic essay written during the first week of class.