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Take the TOEFL® test. Go anywhere.

If you are planning to study abroad, the TOEFL test is the one test that can take you anywhere.

In fact, more institutions accept TOEFL test scores than any other test scores in the world — more than 6,000 colleges, universities and licensing agencies in 110 countries, to be exact. See University Directory (PDF).

And, with more than 4,000 test centers worldwide, taking the test is convenient and easy. 

Register now for the test.

Demonstrate your English-language skills.

The TOEFL® iBT measures how well you read, listen, speak and write in English and use these skills together in the university classroom. For example, you might read a passage or listen to a lecture, and then write or speak about what you learned.

Why Take the TOEFL Test?

• No matter where in the world you want to study, the TOEFL test can help get you there. You will be eligible for admission to virtually any institution in the world — including the top colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia and New Zealand. See University Directory (PDF).
• The TOEFL test gives you more flexibility on when, where and how often you can take the test, and more practice tools and feedback, than any other English-language test in the world.
• You will be able to listen to lectures, view films, attend seminars, read textbooks, perform online research, speak with professors and other students, write academic papers, reports, e-mails and more.

The TOEFL® iBT measures skills in reading, listening, speaking and writing, and requires you to combine two or more of these skills to respond to a question. For example, you might read a passage or listen to a lecture in English, and then write or speak your answers in English. See TOEFL iBT Tips (PDF) for more information on test content.

Structure of the TOEFL iBT

How Test Questions Are Created

Language specialists prepare TOEFL test questions and follow rigorous, standardized procedures to ensure that test material is of consistent high quality. Each question is reviewed by several ETS staff members. The TOEFL Committee of Examiners — an independent group of professionals in the fields of linguistics, language testing and language teaching that reports to the TOEFL Board — establishes guidelines for test content.

After test questions have been reviewed and revised, they are administered in trial situations and assembled into tests. Tests are reviewed according to ETS and TOEFL program procedures to ensure that all tests are free of cultural bias. Statistical analyses of individual questions ensure that all items provide appropriate measurement information.

Fees are subject to change without notice and do not include Value Added or other taxes.

Payment Policies

All payments for tests and services must:

• be paid in full
• be made within 90 days
• have the correct numeric and written dollar amount
• have appropriate signature(s)

Outstanding balances from prior ETS tests or services must be paid in full before you register. Services or test scores may be withheld for nonpayment.

If you do not submit the correct fee, your registration form or request for service will be returned.

Do not send cash or demand drafts. Receipts for bank checks are not acceptable. UNESCO coupons are not accepted. Unless an e-check is used, a regular check must be sent with your request for service.

Preferred Forms of Payment

• Credit/debit card (required online) – American Express®, Discover®, JCB®, MasterCard®, or VISA®.
• Electronic check (e-check) – drawn on bank in U.S. or its territories. Pay with e-check when you register online or by phone.

Other Accepted Forms of Payment

• Personal paper check or money order payable to ETS-TOEFL iBT. Post-dated checks are not accepted.
• Euro checks drawn on a bank in the same European country as the currency.
• Checks in Canadian dollars drawn on a bank in Canada at the rate of the U.S. dollar plus GST/HST/QST.

Paying by Electronic Check (e-check)

• You must provide information on the bottom of the check: bank account number, bank (or American Banking Association) routing and transit number and check number. Your bank account may be debited the same day we receive your request. You will not receive a canceled check.
• When you pay with an e-check, you authorize ETS to deduct fees from your checking or savings account. You understand the authorization remains in full force and effect until ETS receives notification from you in such time and such manner as to afford ETS and the financial institution opportunity to act on it.

Paying by Check or Money Order

• Be sure the following information appears on the front of your check:
  • bank name, address and check or money order number
  • test taker's or payee's name and address. Typewritten names in place of signatures are not acceptable.
• A service fee of US$20 will be charged for insufficient funds.
• Checks cannot be more than 90 days old when received by ETS.

Only these currencies are acceptable. All others will be returned.

Refunds

If you cancel your registration by the deadline (3 days before the test date, not including the day of the test or the day of your request), half of the original test fee will be refunded in U.S. dollars. The balance will be retained to cover processing charges. Cash refunds are not available. Refunds will not be given if you do not follow registration procedures or fail to present the required identification documents at the test center.

• If you paid by credit/debit card or e-check, the refund will be credited back to the original credit/debit card or bank account.
• If payment was made with a personal check drawn on a U.S. domestic bank, allow 8 weeks for processing.
• If payment was made in non-U.S. funds drawn on a bank outside the U.S., allow 12 weeks for processing.
• Refunds for other services are not available.

See also: Fee Reduction Service

2007-08 Bulletin (PDF)   2007-08 Bulletin  (screen reader version)

What's In It?

• registration instructions
• a form for registration by mail
• fees and payment policies
• identification (ID) requirements
• test center procedures
• score reporting information
• general policies (in effect through June 2008)

Get a Bulletin Locally

• Check with advising centers, test centers and libraries.
• In China, contact NEEA for a bulletin.

Order a Printed Copy

Order now. Bulletins are shipped from Ewing, NJ, USA.  Allow up to 8 weeks for delivery outside of the U.S.

Register for the test.