What IELTS score do you need for the University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)?

Native English speakers from English-speaking Canada, Ireland, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Commonwealth Caribbean countries are exempt at undergraduate level. Transfer applicants with 28 or more credits from an accredited US college and a 2.75 GPA also meet it. Separately, English composition placement testing is waived with TOEFL iBT 100 or IELTS 7.5.

Graduate applicants who grew up, earned a degree or worked three years in a listed English-speaking country are exempt, as are applicants with a degree taught in English. The Opus College of Business and the School of Law may set different scores.

Undergraduates who meet academic standards but not the English requirement can receive conditional admission. They must meet one qualification before enrolling and before St. Thomas issues an I-20. Score reports must come directly from the testing centre and be no more than two years old.

The US F-1 student visa sets no English test score of its own. What counts is the university's admission requirement, which leads to your Form I-20. For the wider picture, see IELTS for the USA.

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