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English Language Institute - Academic Transitions (AT)

University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States

United StatesLanguage courselanguageOpen to Mongolian citizens

Undergraduate applicants (any major except nursing) can be conditionally admitted to the University of Delaware with no TOEFL/IELTS score at all; the ELI's own entrance assessment places them into AT1 or AT2, and completing the AT sequence - which carries real UD course credit - satisfies the English requirement and moves them straight into their UD degree programme.

TuitionUSD 20,424 / termPer-semester tuition published on udel.edu: PRE-AT tuition $4,999/semester; AT1, AT2 and AT3 each $20,424/semester. Including housing/dining/health-insurance/fees, the all-in semester total is about $8,320.50 for PRE-AT and about $29,667 for AT1/AT2/AT3.
Living costNot confirmedBilled per semester bundled with tuition above, rather than quoted as a standalone monthly figure.
Intakes3 Academic Transitions start dates per year; students at lower (Pre-AT) levels can start on 6 different dates per year
Proof of funds for the visaNot confirmed

What you need

  • none required for conditional admission; TOEFL/IELTS optional and used only to pre-estimate AT placementOfficial FAQ: 'No TOEFL or IELTS score is required for conditional admission; however, submitting a score will help you know your placement in AT before you come to Delaware.' Published placement chart if a score is submitted: TOEFL 0-65 / IELTS 0-5.0 -> Pre-AT; TOEFL 65-71 / IELTS 5.5 -> AT1; TOEFL 72-78 / IELTS 6.0 -> AT2; TOEFL 79+ / IELTS 6.5+ -> Direct Admission, no AT needed. Students who submit no score take the ELI's own entrance assessment on arrival.
  • 'All undergraduate programs at the University of Delaware participate in conditional admissions (except for nursing).' 'There is no minimum GPA requirement for students to enter Academic Transitions; however, all students in AT must have been conditionally admitted to the University of Delaware.'
  • Single UD Online Application, which covers both AT and regular admission
  • A $35 express mail fee is charged before International Student & Scholar Services releases the Welcome Package and I-20.

Deadlines

  • Date not published Application deadlineOfficial FAQ states explicitly: 'There is no application deadline for any student that wishes to apply for conditional admission.'

Where it leads

Guaranteed, in-house progression into the UD bachelor's degree the student was conditionally admitted to (any major except nursing) once AT (typically AT1 then AT2, 2 semesters / 8 months) is completed; students starting at AT2 can finish in 4 months; an optional AT3 semester banks up to 11 further UD credits.

Visa

All I-20 forms for ELI programmes are issued by UD's own International Student & Scholar Services, not the ELI. Because AT is legally a 'pathway program,' the I-20's programme-level field reads 'Other: Pathway Program,' with duration shown as 8 months (extendable 4 months for AT3).

Things to know

No nationality restriction found; open to any conditionally-admitted international undergraduate in any major except nursing.

udel.edu's TLS certificate chain is broken for some clients; pages were still fetched directly from the university's own domain. UD ELI's Agent Portal describes the commission payment process (invoices, W-9/W-8BEN forms, payment vouchers) but does not publish an actual commission percentage. This is the only IEP found where the English phase itself banks real degree credit.

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