English Proficiency Test Exempt Countries

English Proficiency Test Exempt Countries

Citizens of the countries listed below may be exempt from the University of Michigan-Flint’s English proficiency test requirement for undergraduate applicants.

Regardless of an applicant’s country of citizenship, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Office of Graduate Programs may require proof of English proficiency if the applicant attended a non-English medium school or is from a region where English is not the primary language.

More information about UM-Flint’s English proficiency can be found by reviewing our complete First-Year International Student Admission and Graduate Admission International Students.

  • American Samoa
  • Anguilla
  • Antarctica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Christmas Island
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Eswatini
  • Falkland Islands
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Grenada
  • Guam
  • Guyana
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Micronesia
  • Montserrat
  • Namibia
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Palau
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Solomon Islands
  • South Africa
  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • US Minor Outlying Islands
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, US
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Regardless of an applicant’s country of citizenship, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Office of Graduate Programs may require proof of English proficiency if the applicant attended a non-English medium school or is from a region where English is not the primary language.