Exemption: English as a First Language from the Following Countries

If you completed secondary school in the U.S. or in a country from the list below then you satisfy the basic English language proficiency requirements.

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Canada (except Quebec)
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica
  • England
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Montserrat
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Ireland
  • Palau
  • Scotland
  • Seychelles
  • Shetland Islands
  • Singapore
  • St. Kitts-Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • United States
  • Wales
  • The following U.S. Territories:
    • American Samoa
    • Guam
    • Virgin Islands
    • Northern Mariana Islands
    • Puerto Rico

Exemption: Bachelor's Degree from the Following Institutions

Applicants holding bachelor’s degrees or higher earned within the last two years from the following institutions will be exempted from English proficiency testing:

  • Capetown University (South Africa)
  • Concordia University (Quebec, Canada)
  • Kwa-Zulu Natal University (South Africa)
  • McGill University (Quebec, Canada)
  • Rhodes University (South Africa)
  • University of Fort Hare (South Africa)
  • University of Zululand (South Africa)    
  • Witwatersrand University (South Africa)