Students whose home language is not English are considered to have demonstrated English language proficiency if they have done any of the following:
1. taken an official Florida Tech institutional TOEFL (paper-based) and earned a score of at least 550*, or taken an Internet-based TOEFL (iBT) and earned a score of at least a 79, or taken an official IELTS and earned a score of at least 6.5; no more than two years before attendance at Florida Tech; or
2. successfully completed ELS 109 taken at an ELS Language Center, either at Florida Tech or elsewhere and successfully completed appropriate ESL courses as determined by the TOEFL score; or
3. successfully completed a total of 20 semester hours at an accredited, mainland U.S. university or college where English is the language of instruction, including three semester hours of English that qualify as transfer credit for Florida Tech’s Composition and Rhetoric (COM 1101) course; or
4. earned a bachelor’s or higher degree from an accredited, mainland U.S. university or college where English is the language of instruction; or
5. attended for three consecutive years, and graduated from, an accredited, mainland U.S. high school where English is the language of instruction; or
6. obtained an official score of four or higher on either the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Language A examination in English, or the College Board Advanced Placement Program (AP) examination in English Language.
If you haven't already made plans to take the international TOEFL, it is strongly suggested you try to take the exam before arrival on campus. We offer the paper-based TOEFL to new students. However,an international TOEFL score can be used for placement purposes if you do not reach the required minimum score.This means you will NOT have to take the TOEFL exam immediately upon arrival when you are tired, disoriented, and have other orientation demands to attend to. For students arriving in Florida early and/or already in our area, ELS Language Center on the Florida Tech campus, offers the iBT TOEFL. Register on line at www.ets.org/toefl
Students are permitted to begin their academic coursework in conjunction with remedial English courses, however, the English courses take precedence over academic courses. Any student who is taking remedial English courses cannot take humanities, chemistry, introduction to Engineering or flight courses.
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