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TOEFL Exceptions

An Exception to the TOEFL/TOEIC/IELTS requirements may be granted in the following cases:

  • The applicant has successfully completed thirty (30) transferable, academic semester credits at a regionally or nationally accredited college or university in the United States.
  • The applicant has successfully completed the equivalent of thirty (30) transferable, academic semester credits at a recognized college or university in a country in which English is the official language.
  • The applicant has successfully completed the equivalent of thirty (30) transferable, academic semester credits at a recognized college or university in the Phillippines where English is the sole language of instruction.
  • The applicant has successfully completed the equivalent of thirty (30) transferable, academic semester credits at a recognized institution where English is the sole medium of instruction. This can be verified by a CRS in University Services via the International Handbook of Universities or on official letterhead sent directly from the institution to the campus.
  • A letter sent directly from the institution, on institution letterhead, to the University of Phoenix stating English is the sole medium of instruction.

NOTE: For graduate applicants that are requesting to be exempted from the TOEFL/TOEIC/IELTS esam based upon the completion of 30 U.S. semester transferable credits, an UNOFFICIAL transcript may be used to determine those 30 credits. Since no transfer credit is being awarded it is an acceptable practice to use UNOFFICIAL transcripts for this admission requirement. Please note that only unofficial transcripts issued by the insitituion(s) are acceptable; grade cards, web prints or student advisement sheets are unacceptable for this purpose.

TOEFL Exemption

Countries in which English is the official language. If your country is listed here, you will not have to take the TOEFL.

Australia Lesotho
Bahamas Liberia
Belize Malawi
Bermuda Nigeria*
Botswana New Zealand
Burundi Pacific Islands (former U.S. Trust Territories)
Canada (except Quebec) Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Cameroon (part French; part English)** Federated States of Micronesia
Caribbean, Eastern Republic of the Marshall Islands
Antigua and Barbuda South Africa
Barbados Scotland
Dominica Sierra Leone
Grenada Tanzania
St. Lucia Trinidad and Tobago
St. Christopher Uganda (St. Kitts) & Nevis
England United Kingdom
Ghana Zambia
Gambia Zimbabwe
Guyana  
Guinea (British)  
Ireland  
Jamaica  
Kenya  


The University of Hong Kong, McGill University in Quebec, Canada, and the National University of Singapore are English medium institutions. Some colleges within universities in India also offer courses and degrees in which English is the medium of instruction. Official documentation showing English as the medium of instruction is required for a TOEFL exemption.



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