Applicants should be competent in English as a language of teaching and learning (LOTL).

Undergraduate applicants who have English as an additional/foreign language are required to achieve a minimum of IELTS 6.0 with 5.5 in each component or equivalent. Students may submit their IELTS (6.5) / TOEFL (document attached) scores if they have completed it.

Alternatively, for students whose countries' official language is not English and/or they have not completed their high school / bachelor's in English medium, will sit for an English test at IOU. (the countries' list is available here) There is a standard $20 fee to pay for the English proficiency test. We will flag the students from the Registrar's Office to sit for the test, and an outstanding tag will be added for them to pay. Once paid, they will be automatically enrolled in the English Placement test. Once they have taken the test, based on their score:

(i) they may pass and have admission confirmed with us for their desired stream (score 72-100%),

(ii) if they score (42-70%) they need to take English Support Course for 1 semester along with gaining conditional admission in their desired program of study at IOU,

(iii) scores 12-40% will require the applicants to enroll first in IOU's English Preparatory program for 1 academic year and pass it, before proceeding with their admission in the desired program. Complete details are available in this URL: https://iou.edu.gm/stream/english-for-academic-purposes-placement-test-eapp/

Applicants should be competent in English as a language of teaching and learning (LOTL).

Undergraduate applicants who have English as an additional/foreign language are required to achieve a minimum of IELTS 6.0 with 5.5 in each component or equivalent. Students may submit their IELTS (6.5) / TOEFL (document attached) scores if they have completed it.

Alternatively, for students whose countries’ official language is not English and/or they have not completed their high school / bachelor’s in English medium, will sit for an English test at IOU. (the countries’ list is available here) There is a standard $20 fee to pay for the English proficiency test. We will flag the students from the Registrar’s Office to sit for the test, and an outstanding tag will be added for them to pay. Once paid, they will be automatically enrolled in the English Placement test. Once they have taken the test, based on their score:

(i) they may pass and have admission confirmed with us for their desired stream (score 72-100%),

(ii) if they score (42-70%) they need to take English Support Course for 1 semester along with gaining conditional admission in their desired program of study at IOU,

(iii) scores 12-40% will require the applicants to enroll first in IOU’s English Preparatory program for 1 academic year and pass it, before proceeding with their admission in the desired program. Complete details are available in this URL: https://iou.edu.gm/stream/english-for-academic-purposes-placement-test-eapp/