Does Columbia University require an English proficiency test?

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International students must be comfortable with rapid and idiomatic spoken English to be considered for Columbia University admission. Students can demonstrate that they are proficient in English by submitting the English proficiency test scores.

Your home language is English.
Your primary language of instruction at school has been English for the duration of your secondary school career.
You earned one or more of the following subsection scores:

700 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section of the SAT
29 or higher on the English or Reading sections of the ACT

Note: If candidates meet, one or more of the above criteria, the

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International students must be comfortable with rapid and idiomatic spoken English to be considered for Columbia University admission. Students can demonstrate that they are proficient in English by submitting the English proficiency test scores.<ul><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">Your home language is English.</li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">Your primary language of instruction at school has been English for the duration of your secondary school career.</li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">You earned one or more of the following subsection scores:</li></ul><ol><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">700 or higher on the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section of the SAT</li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">29 or higher on the English or Reading sections of the ACT</li></ol>Note: If candidates meet, one or more of the above criteria, then fulfilled Columbia’s English language proficiency requirement. If they do not, then they need to take one of the following English Language Proficiency exams:Want to have a good score in IELTS? then check out :<a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/shiksha-study-abroad-launches-free-shiksha-ielts-classes-articlepage-125137"> Free IELTS classes  </a><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table><colgroup><col width="316"><col width="308"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th style="text-align: center;">English proficiency test</th><th style="text-align: center;">Scores</th></tr><tr><td>TOEFL</td><td>A minimum score of 105</td></tr><tr><td>IELTS</td><td>A minimum score of 7.5</td></tr><tr><td>DET</td><td>A minimum score of 135</td></tr></tbody></table></div>Also check, the <a href="https://www.shiksha.com/studyabroad/ielts-indicator-all-you-need-to-know-articlepage-2515">IELTS Indicator</a>