Language Requirements
Qualification Requirements
Unofficial transcripts (if admitted, we would require official versions),
For all foreign academic work, we strongly recommend that you submit a professional credential evaluation from World Education Services (WES). Credential evaluations allow the departments to better assess your academic records during application review. These evaluations are only recommended and not required for application review. If you choose to submit a credential evaluation, we suggest the WES ICAP course by course evaluation report. The Whiting School will accept WES evaluations submitted electronically from WES directly to our application system. These evaluations do not replace the transcript, and you are still required to upload unofficial transcripts as instructed.
Certified Translations
The Office of Engineering Graduate Admissions requires literal, certified translations for all documents issued in a language other than English.
All translations submitted with your application must be literal (not an interpretation or a paraphrasing) and complete versions of the original records. Plain translations, notarized translations, and/or translations done by someone other than a certified translator are not acceptable. Evaluations performed by agencies such as WES will not be used in place of certified translations. All translations should be on a translator's letterhead.
If translations are not officially provided by your university, the Whiting School will accept translations from the following:
ATA certified translators
Translation agencies
Court-appointed translators
The Consulate
Official copies of translations are not required for application review purposes. Applicants can submit copies of the certified translation, as long as the translation meets the requirements listed above. If admitted and choose to enroll, students will then be required to submit official translations sent directly from the translator/agency. Please see the Submitting Final Documents page for more information.
Johns Hopkins prefers a minimum score of 600 (paper-based), 250 (computer-based), and 100 (internet-based) on the TOEFL. Johns Hopkins prefers an IELTS Academic Band Score equal to 7.