Incoming Transfer Requirements

Apply online through Undergraduate Admissions.

These documents must be official originals or attested copies. Please submit the documents in their original language and also provide an official English translation.

This includes all post-secondary schools you have been enrolled in. Please submit the documents in their original language and also provide an official English translation.

Students enrolling at NIU must first prove they can communicate in English at a university level.

Any one of the following will be considered as adequate proof of English proficiency:

• Attended a U.S. high school for more than two years by the time you graduate
• Official TOEFL or IELTS score report:
  • Internet-based TOEFL: minimum score of 71 (NIU’s TOEFL code: 1559)
  • Paper-based TOEFL: minimum score of 527
  • IELTS: Minimum required overall band score of 6.0
• PTE Academic English: minimum score of 48
• Duolingo English Test: Minimum score of 105
• IGCSE, GCSE or GCE O-level or A-level English test subject (minimum passing grade of C)
• International Baccalaureate (IB): Score of 4 or higher on English A Standard Level exam
• Completion of ELS level 112 for Academic Purpose offered by ELS Language Centers
• High school diploma from Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
  • Students will need to submit official school records
• Official transcripts from an accredited U.S. university/college
  • Students will need to submit transcripts showing they have passed two university-level English courses