What IELTS score do you need for Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)?

First-year applicants may have the test waived if they completed secondary education where English is the language of instruction and had three consecutive full-time years without ESL, ELL or ENL courses. The waiver form is in the applicant portal.

For graduate applicants, the graduate international page says waivers are granted sparingly to students who can prove fluency; email admissions@risd.edu to ask. It also says TOEFL MyBest scores are accepted for exams taken within one year of each other.

RISD advises taking TOEFL or IELTS well before the deadline, since scores can take three weeks to arrive from the test agency; Duolingo results can take up to four days. Incoming multilingual and international graduate students can join the Graduate Language Intensive, an optional one-credit summer course run by the Center for Arts & Language. It is support, not a substitute for the test score.

Requirements vary by programme and change between admission cycles. The score that binds you is the one on your RISD programme page and in your admission letter, so check it there before you book a test.