Your prospects after TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) measures English skills of students that they will need to use in classroom setting. Hence, the test purely has questions and tasks that are relevant in academics. It is one of the most popular English proficiency tests accepted by universities in the US and across the world for admission into undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at university level.
Education Testing Services (ETS) that conducts TOEFL (and also GRE) has more than 4,500 test centers across 165 countries where it conducts internet-based TOEFL iBT test 30-40 times a year. Wherever, the facility of iBT testing is not available, ETS conducts paper-based TOEFL PBT test six times a year.
Unlike IELTS, all the TOEFL tests are conducted on the same day. Also, TOEFL records the speaking responses of a candidate during the interview, which is evaluated by three to six ETS raters to keep the ratings fairs and objective. Thus, TOEFL scores gaining acceptance in other countries such as Australia and UK for university admissions too.
Who can appear for TOEFL?
More than 25 million people across the world have already taken TOEFL. There is no eligibility specified as such for TOEFL. The main reasons why individuals choose to take TOEFL are:
To seek admission in a higher education institution in an English speaking country
To take admission in English-language learning programs and judge their proficiency when they complete the programs
To apply for scholarships or certifications
To track their progress in learning English
To apply for visas to English speaking countries.
Opportunities after TOEFL:
More than 8,500 colleges, universities and agencies in more than 130 countries accept TOEFL scores as a proof of English proficiency for non-native English speakers. These include the top 100 universities in the world. Check out the list of institutions that accept TOEFL scores.
Apart from these, the immigration departments of the US, Australia and the UK as well as several other countries also accept TOEFL scores to satisfy one of their visa requirements. Medical and licensing agencies of countries may also accept for TOEFL scores before awarding professional certifications.
TOEFL test takers from India, China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan are also eligible for TOEFL scholarships to study in the institutions that accept TOEFL scores.
