IELTS Requirements for Top 144 US Engineering Schools (Graduate Programmes)
The ranking is abstracted from US News & World Report (2013). IELTS requirement is provided by British Council, which was updated in Oct 2012. According to this sheet, 144 out of 150 business schools ranked top 132 accept IELTS, which accounts for 88%.
Note:
*The scores below are the minimum requirements.
*This sheet is for reference ONLY. Pleuase check university websites to obtain the most updated IELTS requirements.
Rank School Website IELTS Requirements(Graduate Programmes)
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology  www.mit.edu School of Engineering
* Aeronautics and Astronautics: 7.0
* Chemical Engineering: 7.0
* Civil and Environmental Engineering: 7.0
* Computation for Design and Optimization: 7.0 (IELTS strongly preferred)
* Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: 7.5
* Engineering Systems Division: 7.5
* Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology: 7.0 (IELTS strongly preferred)
* Master of Engineering in Manufacturing: Contact program for score (IELTS preferred)
* Materials Science and Engineering: 6.0 (IELTS preferred)
* Mechanical Engineering: 7.0
* Nuclear Science & Engineering: 7.0 (IELTS preferred)
2 Stanford University  www.stanford.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
3 University of California— Berkeley  www.berkeley.edu 7
4 Georgia Institute of Technology  www.gatech.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
5 California Institute of Technology  www.caltech.edu 7
5 University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign  www.uic.edu 6.5 (no subscore below 6.0)
7 Carnegie Mellon University  www.cmu.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
8 University of Michigan-- Ann Arbor www.utexas.edu 6.5
8 University of Texas— Austin  www.umich.edu 6.5
10 Cornell University  www.cornell.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
10 Purdue University-- West Lafayette  www.purdue.edu 6.5
12 Texas A&M University-- College Station  www.tamu.edu 6
12 University of Southern California  www.usc.edu Iterbi School of Engineering, M.S. Engineering Programs: 6.5
14 University of California-- San Diego  www.ucsd.edu 7
15 Columbia University  www.columbia.edu Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science: Contact school for score
16 University of California-- Los Angeles  www.ucla.edu 7
17 University of Wisconsin— Madison  www.wisc.edu 7.0 (ESL required: 6.0)
18 University of Maryland-- College Park  www.umuc.edu 7.0 (ESL required: 6.5)
19 Harvard University  www.harvard.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
19 Northwestern University  www.northwestcollege.edu 7
21 Princeton University  www.princeton.edu 7
21 University of California-- Santa Barbara  www.ucsb.edu 7
23 University of Pennsylvania  www.upenn.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
24 Virginia Tech  www.vt.edu 6
25 Pennsylvania State University-- University Park  www.psu.edu 6.5
26 Johns Hopkins University  www.jhu.edu 7
26 University of Washington  www.washington.edu 7.0 (ESL required: 6.0)
28 Duke University  www.duke.edu 7
28 University of Minnesota--Twin Cities  www.umn.edu 6.5
30 Ohio State University  www.osu.edu * Civil Engineering: 7.0 
* Chemical Engineering: 8.0 
* Biomedical Engineering: 7.0 
* Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering: 7.0 
* Electrical and Computer Engineering: 7.5 
* Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 7.0 
* Mechanical Engineering: 7.5 
* Materials Science and Engineering: 7.0
31 North Carolina State University  www.ncsu.edu 6.5
31 Rice University  www.rice.edu 7
31 University of California— Davis  www.ucdavis.edu 7
34 Yale University  www.yale.edu 7
35 University of Colorado— Boulder  www.colorado.edu 6
35 University of Florida  www.ufl.edu 6
35 Vanderbilt University  www.vanderbilt.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
38 Boston University  www.bu.edu 6.5
39 University of California— Irvine  www.uci.edu 7.0 (no subscore below 6)
39 University of Virginia  www.virginia.edu 7
41 University of Rochester  www.rochester.edu 7
42 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  www.rpi.edu * Biomedical Engineering: 7.5 
* Chemical Engineering: 6.5 
* Civil & Environmental Engineering: 6.5 
* Electrical, Computer & System Engineering: 6.5 
* Industrial Engineering: 6.5 
* Material Engineering: 7.0 
* Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering: 7.0
43 Arizona State University  www.asu.edu 6.5
43 Iowa State University  www.iastate.edu * Chemical Engineering: 7.0 
* Aerospace Engineering: 6.5 
* Agricultural Engineering: 6.5 
* Electrical & Computer Engineering: 6.5 
* Civil Engineering: 6.5 
* Industrial Engineering: 6.5 
* Materials Science and Engineering: 6.5 
* Mechanical Engineering: 6.5
43 Lehigh University  www.lehigh.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
46 Brown University  www.brown.edu 7
47 Case Western Reserve University  www.case.edu 6.5
47 University of Pittsburgh  www.pitt.edu 6.5
49 Michigan State University  www.msu.edu 6.5
49 Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey-- New Brunswick  www.nbp.rutgers.edu 7
49 University of Arizona  www.arizona.edu 7.0 (no subscore below 6.0)
49 University of Notre Dame  www.nd.edu 7
49 Washington University in St. Louis  www.wustl.edu 7
54 University at Buffalo—SUNY  www.buffalo.edu 6.5 (no subscore below 6.0)
54 University of Utah  www.utah.edu 6
56 SUNY--Stony Brook  www.sunysb.edu 7
56 University of Delaware  www.udel.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
56 University of Iowa  www.uiowa.edu 7
56 University of Massachusetts— Amherst  www.umass.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
60 Dartmouth College  www.dartmouth.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
60 University of Dayton  www.udayton.edu 6.5 (ESL required: 6.0)
62 Northeastern University  www.northeastern.edu 6.5
63 Colorado School of Mines  www.mines.edu 6.5
64 University of California—Riverside  www.ucr.edu 7
64 University of Connecticut  www.uconn.edu 6.5
64 University of Illinois--Chicago www.uic.edu 6.5 (no subscore below 6.0)
67 Auburn University  www.auburn.edu 6.5
67 Colorado State University  www.colostate.edu 6.5
67 Drexel University  www.drexel.edu 6.5
67 Polytechnic Institute of New York University  www.poly.edu 6.5
67 University of Tennessee— Knoxville  www.utk.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
72 Illinois Institute of Technology  www.iit.edu 6.5
72 University of Central Florida  www.ucf.edu 6.5
74 Stevens Institute of Technology  www.stevens.edu 7
74 Syracuse University  www.syr.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
74 Tufts University  www.tufts.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
77 Clemson University  www.clemson.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
77 University of Houston  www.uh.edu Cullen College of Engineering: Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
77 University of Texas— Dallas  www.utdallas.edu 6.5
80 University of Cincinnati  www.uc.edu 6.5
80 University of Missouri  www.missouri.edu 6.0 (no subscore below 5.0)
82 Mississippi State University  www.msstate.edu 6.5
82 Missouri University of Science & Technology  www.mst.edu 6.5
82 Oregon State University  www.oregonstate.edu 6.5
82 University of North Carolina-- Chapel Hill  www.unc.edu 7
82 Washington State University  www.wsu.edu 7
87 University of California-- Santa Cruz  www.ucsc.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
88 Michigan Technological University  www.mtu.edu 6.5 (minimum 6.0 on speaking and writing) 
88 Rochester Institute of Technology  www.rit.edu 7
88 University of Alabama— Huntsville  www.uah.edu 5.5
88 University of New Mexico  www.unm.edu 7
88 University of Texas--Arlington www.uta.edu * Civil Engineering: 7.0 
* Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering: 6.5 
* Masters Science and Engineering: 6.5
93 George Washington University www.gwu.edu School of Engineering and Applied Science: 6.0 (no subscore below 5.0) 
* The Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering: 7.0 (no subscore below 6.0)
93 Kansas State University  www.k-state.edu * Computer & Information Science: 6.5
93 Louisiana State University-- Baton Rouge  www.lsu.edu * Civil Environmental Engineering: 6.5 
* Chemical Engineering: 6.5
93 New Jersey Institute of Technology  www.njit.edu 6.5 (no subscore below 6.0)
93 Texas Tech University  www.ttu.edu 6.5
93 University of Nebraska— Lincoln  www.unl.edu 7.0 (ESL: 6.0)
93 University of South Carolina  www.sc.edu 6.5
93 Worcester Polytechnic Institute  www.wpi.edu 6.5
101 University of Kansas  www.ku.edu 6.5
102 Florida A&M University/Florida State University  www.fsu.edu Florida A&M University:Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
Florida State University: Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
102 Indiana University-Purdue University— Indianapolis  www.iupui.edu 6
102 Tulane University  www.tulane.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
102 University of Kentucky  www.uky.edu 6.5
102 University of Oklahoma  www.ou.edu 6.5
102 West Virginia University  www.westga.edu 6.5
102 Wichita State University  www.wichita.edu 6.5
109 CUNY-- City College  www.cuny.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
109 Oklahoma State University  osu.okstate.edu *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Program: 6.5
109 University of Alabama  www.uab.edu 5.5
109 University of Arkansas— Fayetteville  www.uark.edu 6.5
109 University of South Florida  www.usf.edu 6.5
114 Brigham Young University  www.byu.edu 7
114 George Mason University  www.gmu.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
114 Oregon Health and Science University  www.ohsu.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
114 University of Georgia  www.uga.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
114 Wayne State University  wayne.edu 6.5
119 Binghamton University--SUNY www.binghamton.edu 6.5 (no subscore below 5.0)
119 University of Maryland-Baltimore County  www.umuc.edu 6.5
121 Clarkson University  www.clarkson.edu 6.5
121 Southern Methodist University  www.smu.edu 6.5
121 University of Akron  www.uakron.edu Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements
121 University of Louisville  louisville.edu 6.5
121 University of Miami  www.muohio.edu 6.5
126 Louisiana Tech University  www.latech.edu 6.5
126 New Mexico State University  www.nmsu.edu 6
126 Ohio University  www.ohio.edu 6.5
126 Temple University  www.temple.edu 6.5
126 University of Alabama— Birmingham  www.uab.edu 5.5
131 Marquette University  www.marquette.edu 6.5 (no subscore below 6.0)
131 University of Hawaii—Manoa www.uhm.hawaii.edu 5.0 (7.0 assistantship)
131 University of Maine  www.umaine.edu 6
131 University of Wisconsin— Milwaukee  www.uwm.edu 6.5
131 Utah State University  www.usu.edu 6
131 Wright State University  www.wright.edu * Biomedical Engineering: 6.0 
* Human Factors Engineering: 6.0
137 Alfred University-- New York State College of Ceramics  nyscc.alfred.edu 6.5
137 California State University-- Long Beach  www.csulb.edu 6.0 (Contact university to obtain updated IELTS requirements)
137 Santa Clara University  www.scu.edu * Engineering Graduate Programs: 6.0
137 University of Nevada— Reno  www.unr.edu 6.0 (7.0 assistantship)
137 University of New Hampshire  www.unh.edu 6.5
137 University of Tulsa  www.utulsa.edu 6
137 University of Vermont  www.uvm.edu 6.5 (7.0 assistantship)
144 Montana State University  www.montana.edu/ 7
144 North Carolina A&T State University  www.ncat.edu/ 6.5
144 University of Colorado-Colorado Springs  www.uccs.edu/ 6
144 University of Idaho  www.uidaho.edu/ 6.5
144 University of Rhode Island  www.uri.edu 6.5
144 University of Wyoming  www.uwyo.edu 6
144 Virginia Commonwealth University  www.vcu.edu/ 6.5