TOEFL The TOEFL or IELTS exam is required for all applicants who have received their undergraduate degree in a country where English is not the official and spoken language, unless they will have completed a Master’s degree in the U.S. before starting their Ph.D. at Columbia. Working in the U.S. does not exempt you from taking the TOEFL or IELTS exams.There are no minimum test score requirements.The average TOEFL iBT score was 106. IELTS The TOEFL or IELTS exam is required for all applicants who have received their undergraduate degree in a country where English is not the official and spoken language, unless they will have completed a Master’s degree in the U.S. before starting their Ph.D. at Columbia. Working in the U.S. does not exempt you from taking the TOEFL or IELTS exams.There are no minimum test score requirements. As a reference, however, The average TOEFL iBT score was 106. If instead of the TOEFL you take the IELTS exam, your IELTS scores should be at least 7. GRE There are no minimum test score requirements. As a reference, however, the average GRE scores for the entering class of Fall 2014 were Verbal: 159, Quantitative: 166, and Analytical: 4.3.

PS A concise one-page statement is preferable. The department must consider many hundreds of applications, so a short statement focused on your research experience, interests, and goals, is generally most effective. Except in unusual circumstances, information on your personal history, childhood, and how you became interested in computer science is less useful. CV Resumé or Curriculum Vitae Fee $85 non-refundable application fee RL Three recommendation letters. It is usually best to ask professors from your current or most recent academic institution. Research supervisors are strongly preferred over classroom teachers, unless the course(s) involved a substantial project. Otherwise, it is better to obtain letters from faculty who gave you high grades. Obtain letters from regular faculty members if at all possible, rather than from adjuncts, staff, or graduate students. Supervisors from summer internships, particularly research labs, are also good choices. Transcript Official transcripts for all graduate programs in the School of Engineering are sent to the Office of Graduate Student Affairs.Materials that are not in English must be translated by an official and notarized transcription agency.