Undergraduate English Program

The English Language Institute assists international undergraduate students in acquiring the sophisticated use of English at the university through a sequence of English courses that fulfill UB’s Communicative Literacy requirement.

Placement Information for International Undergraduate Students

The English Language Institute congratulates you on your acceptance to the University at Buffalo! We welcome you and are excited to have you join a select group of young international scholars who have already chosen UB as their academic home.

As you prepare to begin your educational journey, we would like to share some important information with you. Specifically, we want to answer the question that is usually at the top of the list for most international students: Do I have to take an English class?

UB is committed to ensuring that all international students are fully prepared to be successful in their programs of study. To help all students achieve the goals of academic excellence and the sophisticated use of English at the university, UB has developed a sequence of English courses that comprise Communicative Literacy.

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