• International
• Transfer
• Freshman
• Re-Entry
• Graduate
• Non-Degree

Admission Requirements

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1913

TOEFL score: 537 (paper-based); 75 (Internet-based)

Students with lower scores may be considered for admission to the Intensive English Program until English proficiency is attained.

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S. dollars: $29,180.00 (nine months).

Summer expenses are not included in the figure above. For this approximate three-month period, expenses are estimated at $8,000.00.

Applicants must also indicate how they will meet expenses for subsequent years of study if they expect that the program of study will require more than one year’s stay.

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1859

TOEFL: 527 (paper-based); 71 (computer-based); 71 (Internet-based)

IELTS: 6.0

Please see additional information on alternative evidence of English proficiency

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S dollars: $25,300.00 (nine months)

Note: This is a relatively conservative budget, for a student who budgets carefully and is willing to share living quarters with another student. While some students may need less money, many students find that they spend more than this amount. This estimate does not include the cost of international travel and keeping a car.

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1914

TOEFL: 550 (paper-based); 73 (Internet-based)

or

IELTS: 6.0

Undergraduate applicants with no TOEFL or IELTS results or with scores less than those stated above will be considered for conditional admission.

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S dollars: $28,648.00 (nine months)

Note: The estimated cost above includes $2,000 in personal living expenses. It does not include travel, summer or interim tuition costs.

Test Score Requirements

We do not require either the ACT or SAT for freshman applicants. These tests are optional for transfer students. Scores must be sent directly from the testing agency. Our test code is 4656 for the ACT and 1846 for the SAT.

Freshman applicants from non-English speaking countries must submit a TOEFL or IELTS score, unless English was the language of instruction for all years of secondary school. Our TOEFL test code is 1846. TOEFL must be submitted electronically from the testing service. We do not accept the IELTS electronically. Please have a paper copy of your results sent to our office through the mail.

TOEFL: 95-105

IELTS: 6.5-7.5

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S. dollars: $57,449.00 (nine months)

Test Score Requirements

A TOEFL IBT, TOEFL PBT, or IELTS score that meets the requirement for regular, dual, or conditional admission; or,

University Study: Completion of at least eighteen months of full-time, for-credit academic study (approximately three semesters) at a recognized or accredited institution of higher education whose language of instruction is English immediately prior to enrollment at UWM; or,

Secondary/High School Study: Proof of completion of the last two years of secondary/high school at an institution whose language of instruction is English immediately prior to enrollment at UWM.

A positive recommendation from the director of the Wisconsin ESL Institute (WESLI), stating that the applicant has passed the 700 level of reading and writing with a B grade or higher.

Financial Certification

Estimated minimum annual expenses: $32,302.00

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1916

TOEFL: 527 (paper-based); 71 (Internet-based) or IELTS: 6.0

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S. dollars: $23,686.00 (nine months)

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1860

TOEFL: 525 (paper-based); 71 (Internet-based)

or

IELTS: 6.0

or

An Act English subscore of 23 or higher

or

Minimum EIKEN score of 2304

or

Minimum GTEC score of 1140

Financial Certification

Estimated tuition expenses in U.S. dollars: $15,378.00 (nine months)

Test Score Requirements

• TOEFL: 64 (Internet-based) (TOFEL code number is 1917)
• IELTS: 5.5
• PTE: 46
• Duolingo: 95
• ACT score with an English sub score of 18
• SAT score with an evidence-based Reading and Writing sub score of 480
• GTEC score of 1100

Students transferring from a U.S. college or university may be exempted from the TOEFL requirement if they have demonstrated English competency by completing English composition and speech courses with grades of B or higher.

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S. dollars: $28,600.00 (nine months); $7,300.00 if student plans to attend summer school (in addition to nine-month cost)

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1918

TOEFL: 547 (paper-based); 78 (Internet-based);

No TOEFL required for conditional admission.

or

IELTS: 6.0

TOEIC: 750

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S dollars: $25,826.00 (nine months)

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1919

TOEFL: 550 (paper-based); 197 (computer-based); 78 (Internet-based); IELTS: minimum score of 6.0. Students with lower scores may be considered for admission to the English as a Second Language (ESL) Program until English proficiency is attained.

or

IELTS: 6.0

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S. dollars: $25,652.00 (nine months)

Test Score Requirements

Official TOEFL score (school code 1740): minimum iBT score of 70, minimum paper-based of 525
Official IELTS score: 6.0

Students with lower scores may be considered for admission to the ESL Institute until English proficiency is attained. For a complete list of English proficiency options, please visit our international admissions site.

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S dollars: $26,498.00 (nine months)

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1920

TOEFL: 500 (paper-based); 61 (Internet-based)

or

IELTS: 5.5

Students who do not meet the English proficiency requirement may be considered for conditional admission. Conditionally admitted students can meet the English proficiency requirement by successfully completing the UW-Superior English as a Second Language International program.

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S. dollars: $27,275.00 (nine months).

The majority of international students who qualify for admission to UW-Superior also qualify for a Non-Resident Tuition Waiver (NTW), which reduces non-resident tuition by $5,200-$7,200 per year.

Test Score Requirements

TOEFL Code Number: 1921

TOEFL: 500 (paper-based); 173 (computer-based); 71 (Internet-based)

or

Michigan Test of English Language Proficiency: 70

or

IELTS: 6

Financial Certification

Estimated expenses in U.S. dollars: $30,334.00 (nine months)