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Language Requirement

Effective for all entering freshmen in Fall 2000 or later, the following language requirement must be completed for graduation. This requirement may be satisfied by:
  • Successfully completing a third-semester college-level course in a language other than English;
  • Successful completion, in high school, of the third year of a language other than English; or
  • Demonstrating proficiency at the third semester level in a language proficiency examination approved by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the appropriate department.
    If you enter UIUC without three years of language other than English in high school, you must take a language placement test to determine the courses in which you should enroll.

    Students in the Sciences and Letters Curriculum of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) and the College of Business (BUS) are expected to gain language knowledge equivalent to the completion of the fourth semester of college study in a language. The LAS and BUS Language requirement may be met in any of the following ways:
    1. Successfully completing a fourth-semester college-level course in a language other than English;
    2. Successful completion, in high school, of the fourth year of a language other than English;
    3. Successful completion of the third-semester level in each of two different languages other than English by any combination of high school and college work;
    4. Demonstrating proficiency at the fourth-semester level in a language proficiency examination approved by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the appropriate department.

    Students enrolled in the LAS Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Specialized Curricula are exempt from the four semester LAS Language requirement and must instead adhere to the Campus requirement of three semesters or equivalent. Please contact your adviser if you have any further questions.