English Language Proficiency

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions employs a holistic review process when considering all applicants and will consider all materials submitted in the application package to determine the level of English language proficiency.

Please have an official report of your scores sent directly to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions by the appropriate deadline. Submitted scores must be less than two years old.

For the University of Maryland (UMD) to receive your scores, please use the reporting code 5814.

While a passing English proficiency test score is the only absolute way a student can meet the English language proficiency requirement, we may consider waiving the English proficiency test requirement if a student has completed one of the following:

• Four years at a U.S. high school  or U.S. accredited high school without English as a Second Language (ESL, ESOL, ELL)
• Associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree earned from a regionally accredited U.S. institution
• Completed 55+ semester credits from a regionally accredited U.S. institution with coursework equivalent to English Compositions 1 and 2
• English is your first language, you hold a citizenship and/or you have a completed high school or university degree earned from one of the following countries or territories: