What standardized tests are required for application to the Ph.D. program?
All applicants to SAIS who have spent less than two years at a college or university where English is the medium of instruction and whose native language is not English are required to submit a TOEFL or IELTS score. Applicants who do not have TOEFL scores of at least 600 for the paper-based exam, 250 for the computer-based exam, or 100 on the Internet-based exam will not be granted admission. Applicants who submit the IELTS must receive a score of 7.5 or higher.
All applicants to SAIS whose native language is not English (or in the case of bilingual students, whose dominant language is not English) and who do not hold an undergraduate degree granted by an accredited college/university where English is the medium of instruction are required to submit a score for the TOEFL or the academic version of the IELTS. The minimum required score for the TOEFL is 100 in the internet-based exam (600 in the paper-based exam), and the minimum IELTS score is 7.
