What TOEFL score do you need for Universiti Putra Malaysia?

The page says TOEFL ITP is not acceptable and that TOEFL and IELTS results should not be more than five years old. It gives no section minimums, Home Edition or MyBest rules, or institution code. Applicants who graduated from an MQA-recognised Malaysian institution, studied in a native English-speaking country, or come from listed English-speaking countries meet the requirement without a test.

TOEFL iBT score reports issued since January 2026 also carry a 1 to 6 band score alongside the 0 to 120 total; see our guide to the new TOEFL score scale. The page above gives only 0 to 120 figures, so that is what this guide reports.

On the same page, IELTS 6.0 gives full admission and 5.5 gives provisional admission.

Below the full-admission level, UPM offers provisional admission with the Tertiary English Programme, a Non-Graduating English-only semester, and the Certified Intensive English Programme (CIEP) run by UPM Education and Training, where level 110 gives full admission. The pre-sessional Intensive English Programme entry levels are given for paper-based TOEFL and IELTS only.

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