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TKU Implementation Guidelines on English Proficiency Requirements for
Graduation
Secretariat Regulation No. 1030000068 (11/27/2014)
1. The TKU Implementation Guidelines on English Proficiency Requirements for
Graduation (herein referred to as “These Guidelines”) were formulated to help
students improve their level of English proficiency.
2. To graduate, regular degree students must obtain a grade equivalent to intermediate
level (or higher) on the GEPT Rehearsal Test. Foreign students who are native English
speakers must apply for “English proficiency accreditation” with the Department of
English or related English language or cultural departments. Those who gain such
accreditation will be viewed as having fulfilled the English proficiency requirements
for graduation.
Those who pass the graduation threshold should apply for a certificate of passing
from the department to which they belong in order to receive their graduation diploma.
For the first semester, students should present it before January 31; for the second
semester, students should present it before September 30.
3. Students who do not gain a grade equivalent to intermediate level (or higher) on the
GEPT Rehearsal Test may take a course entitled “Advanced English” as an alternative
way of fulfilling the English proficiency requirements for graduation. Master and PhD
students may take the course any time before graduating and bachelor students may
take the course starting from the third year. Those who pass this course will be able to
graduate. The course is worth two credits, but these credits do not count toward the
student’s credits for graduation or the course grades of the semester it is taken or
toward the one half failed credits or two thirds failed credits that may elicit expulsion.
Similarly, academic grades achieved in this course will not count toward the student’s
semester grades and overall GPA.
4. Provided below is a table that shows required grades in the GEPT and equivalent
grades in each type of English proficiency exam:
TOEFL
GEPT
TOEIC
IELTS
CBT
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iBT
PBT
ITP
(CEFR)
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Intermediate
Rehearsal Test
level
450
114
37
424
424
3.5
(or higher)
B1
5. These Guidelines apply to students who were admitted to TKU as of the 2008
academic year.
6. Each TKU college, department, graduate institute, or degree program may
determine its own English proficiency graduation requirements, which must not be
lower than TKU’s requirements. These individually formulated requirements will be
implemented after being passed in an academic affairs meeting.
7. This set of guidelines will take effect on the date of its publication after being
passed in an academic affairs meeting and approved by the TKU President. The same
applies to any later amendments made.
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