English language requirements and opportunities for Graduate Studies at New Mexico
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English Language Requirements
English Language Requirements
TOEFL or IELTS is required for applicants whose first language is not English. This may be waived for students who have completed degrees in the United States.
- Minimum Required English Language Scores for Admission
- TOEFL: 76
- IELTS: 6.0
- Minimum Required English Language Scores for Teaching Assistantships
- TOEFL: 80
- IELTS: 6.5
- Register for the TOEFL or the IELTS below, just click the link.
- TOEFL registration
- TOEFL Policy (PDF)
- TOEFL web page - General information TOEFL scores
- TOEFL Concordance Tables - compare scores from all three versions of the TOEFL: pbt (paper-based), cbt (computer based) and ibt (internet-based) tests
- TOEFL Academic Speaking Test: Setting a Cut Score for International Teaching Assistants
- IELTS registration
- TOEFL registration
Approved Countries with English as The Primary Language
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology recognizes the following countries as having English as the primary language:
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Canada (except the Province of Quebec)
- Cayman Islands
- Christmas Island
- Dominica
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Ireland, Republic of
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Montserrat
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norflok Island
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales)
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe