What are the English proficiency requirements for University of Minnesota Twin Cities?

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Tasneem Hoda
a year ago

University of Minnesota Twin Cities has accepted a range of English Language exams for students to show their proficiency. Some of the English Language requirements for international UG and PG students are given in the table below:

ExamScore Required for UGScore Required for PG 
TOEFL IBT Overall 79 Overall 79 
IELTS 6.56.5 or more
PTE Overall 59Overall 59
Duolingo Overall 110115

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Rashmi Gupta
2 years ago

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English Tests Accepted

Test score

Writing subscore

TOEFL (iBT)

79

21

IELTS

6.5

6.5

PTE

59

59

*Admission to all

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