Harvard University English Requirements
Massachusetts, United States
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636. It is the oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is composed of multiple degree-granting schools including Harvard College, the Graduate School of Design, Harvard Medical School, and the Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Each school sets its own admissions and English proficiency policies independently.
Quick answer
Harvard University accepts IELTS Academic and TOEFL iBT for international admission.
Graduate requirements
The university-wide standard for graduate and postgraduate international applicants. Individual programs may require higher scores.
| Duolingo English Test | Unknown | |
| TOEFL iBT | 51–6≈95+0–120 | S 4.5 |
| TOEFL iBT | 950–120≈51–6 | S 23 |
| IELTS Academic | 7 | S 6.5 |
| PTE Academic | Unknown | |
| Cambridge English | Unknown |
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