NYU seeks talented students from every corner of the globe. Applicants to New York and Abu Dhabi are expected to demonstrate their talents and mastery of subject matter to support their applications and to marshal their best case for admission to NYU. As a result, NYU has one of the most flexible testing policies of any college or university.
To be eligible for admission, applicants to NYU’s New York and Abu Dhabi campuses are expected to submit results from one of the following testing options:
- The SAT Reasoning Test; or
- The ACT (with Writing Test); or
- Three SAT Subject Test scores; or
- Three AP exam scores; or
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma; or
- Three IB higher-level exam scores (if you are not an IB Diploma candidate); or
- Students may instead elect to submit results from a nationally accredited exam that is considered locally to signify the completion of secondary education and is administered independently of the student's school.
Examples include but are not limited to:
- GCE Advanced Level Examinations (or equivalent combination of AS-Level and A-Level examinations). AS-Level and GCSE/O-level examination results should also be submitted if available;
- European Abitur, Baccalauréat or Matura Examinations;
- Indian School Certificate — Standard XII (ICSE — Standard X — results should also be submitted if available);
- Chinese National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gao Kao);
- West African Senior School Certificate Examination;
- New South Wales Higher School Certificate
- Certificado de Conclusao de Ensino Medio + Vestibular (University Entrance Exam) or ENEM (Middle Education National Examination)
Click here for a current list of all exams that NYU will accept to satisfy the standardized test requirement for eligibility for undergraduate admission.
Note: SAT Subject Test, AP, or IB scores must be submitted in the form of: one in literature or the humanities; one in math or science; and one test of the student's choice in any subject. In addition, students who apply to the NYU New York Stern School of Business need to be aware that in order to satisfy the math/science testing requirement, students who choose not to submit SAT or ACT scores must provide a score from a mathematics examination.
If you have a question as to whether or not an examination offered in your country would meet our testing requirements, please send an email to nyuad.admissions@nyu.edu and we will confirm. You should not assume that any examinations will meet our testing requirements unless they are listed above.
Test scores or examination results should be submitted by the appropriate application deadline. If final examination results are unavailable at the time of application, predicted results may be sent. Predicted results, which may be subject to additional verification, may only be submitted by a school official, via one of the following methods:
- Naviance/Common Application website;
- Mailed on official school letterhead, in a sealed and signed envelope; or
- Emailed from a clearly identifiable school email address
If predicted results are submitted in place of final results, NYU reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission if final results are not within close range of the predicted results.
Students are welcome to submit evidence of national or international academic accomplishments which they feel may further support their application.
International applicants to our campus in New York should also review our English language testing requirements.
