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ELS Intensive English - Conditional Admission Pathway

ELS Language Centers (via its university/college partner network), United States

United StatesLanguage courselanguageOpen to Mongolian citizens

Students apply to ELS and a partner university simultaneously with no TOEFL/IELTS score; completing ELS Intensive English Level 109 (undergraduate) or 112 (graduate) is accepted in place of a test score at 50+ ELS partner colleges and universities, leading straight into the degree programme.

TuitionUSD 570 / weekIntensive English (30 lessons/week) tuition for new applications after 1 Jan 2026: $570/week (weeks 1-11), $530/week (weeks 12-23), $500/week (24+ weeks). Mandatory add-ons: $27.50/week materials & technology fee, $50/week student health insurance, $20/week facility fee, plus a one-time $200 non-refundable registration fee. Each level (101-112) takes about 4 weeks, so reaching level 109 from zero English is roughly 36 weeks; reaching 112 is roughly 48 weeks.
Living costNot confirmedNot quoted as a monthly figure on the pages reviewed; ELS's housing page separately mentions $315-$540/week residence and $420-$470/week homestay, but that page was not independently re-verified, so treat as indicative only.
IntakesRolling - any Monday year-round, taught in 4-week sessions
Proof of funds for the visaNot confirmed

What you need

  • none required to start; placed by ELS's own 12-level internal curriculum (Levels 101-112) via a placement test on arrivalels.edu states 'no IELTS or TOEFL test required' for conditional admission; completion of ELS 109 or 112 (the ELS Certificate of Completion) satisfies the English-proficiency requirement at over 50 ELS partner colleges/universities instead of a standardized test score.
  • Not detailed on the ELS conditional-admission page itself; the applicant must still separately meet the chosen partner university's own non-English admission criteria.

Where it leads

Conditional admission into an associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral degree or post-graduate certificate at any of ELS's 50+ priority partner colleges/universities, once the ELS Certificate of Completion shows Level 109 (undergraduate) or 112 (graduate).

Visa

ELS's sequence: apply to ELS and the chosen university together, receive the conditional-admission offer and an I-20, complete ELS 109/112, then enter the degree programme. No SEVIS/visa-fee figures were stated on the pages reviewed.

Things to know

No nationality restriction found; Mongolian secondary-school graduates would apply the same way as any other international applicant.

An agent portal exists via ELS's parent brand network (ILSC/Greystone 'How to become an Agent' hub) but no commission percentage is published. Because ELS centres sit on 30+ different campuses, actual total cost depends heavily on which partner university the student ultimately enters.

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