English Proficiency Requirements

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English language demonstration is required for all applicants processed in International Admissions. 

CSUEB’s English language requirements may be waived for applicants who meet one of the following conditions:

  • Graduate applicants who obtained a bachelor’s or master’s degree from a U.S. regionally accredited institution
  • Undergraduate Transfer and Second Bachelor applicants with over 60 transferable semester units or 90 transferable quarter units from a domestic U.S. institution with a minimum grade point average of 2.4, and have completed a transfer course in each of the following general education areas with a grade of 2.0 or better: English composition, speech, critical thinking, and mathematics
  • First-year undergraduate applicants who completed at least three years at a U.S. high school  
  • Any applicant educated in one of the countries that qualify for an English waiver (listed below)

Accepted Tests of English as a Second Language

English Proficiency Tests Accepted by 不良研究所

Test Name

Abbreviation

Undergraduate Minimum Requirement

Graduate Minimum Requirement

(Internet Based Test)

TOEFL IBT (Home Edition also accepted)

61

80

IELTS (Academic)

6

6.5

DET

95

105

PTE (Academic)

44

58

MET

51

55

/Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

DAAD

DAAD Language Test certificate with a "C" in every section (level B2).

DAAD Language Test certificate with a "C" in every section (level B2).

CBSE

Year 12 English Exam A2 - 84

N/A

SAT

550 Verbal

N/A

AP English

N/A

ACT

22 English

N/A

IB Standard/High Level English (Language A Only)

6 Standard Level

5 Higher Level

N/A

IELTS General Training, IELTS One Skill Retake, TOEFL Essentials, and TOEFL "My Best Score" are not accepted.

* Applicants for a Second Bachelor’s Degree need to meet the requirements of a Graduate applicant.

* Please note test scores are only valid for two years from the exam date.

If your English level is not high enough for direct admission to the university, please consider studying in the Intensive English Program through our Global Academy.

English Language Waiver Countries

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  • English language requirement is waived for applicants educated in the following countries:

    LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH OFFICIAL ENGLISH MEDIUM INSTRUCTION ACCEPTED BY CAL STATE EAST BAY:

    Anguilla Fiji New Zealand
    Antigua and Barbuda Gambia Saint Helena
    Australia Ghana Saint Lucia
    Bahamas Grenada Scotland
    Barbados Guyana Sierra Leone
    Belize

    Ireland 

    (Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland)

    South Africa
    Bermuda Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago
    Botswana Kiribati United Kingdom
    Canada
    (except Quebec)
    Lesotho United States
    Cayman Islands Liberia Virgin Islands
    (US and British)
    Commonwealth
    Caribbean
    Micronesia Wales
    Dominica Montserrat Zambia
    England Namibia Zimbabwe