2025-2026 Entry Level Placement in English (ELPE)
Graduate Students
The fall ELPE for new graduate students will take place on August 15, 2025. The ELPE will take place online.
Some international graduate students are exempt from the ELPE (for example, students who completed all years of an undergraduate degree at an approved English medium institution). Exemptions are determined by the Graduate Division and are made available to the EMS Program prior to the ELPE date. If you are not exempt from the ELPE, information will be sent to you by email in mid-July 2025.
If you are a continuing international graduate student and missed the 2024-2025 ELPE, contact the EMS placement administrator: EMSplacement@linguistics.ucsb.edu.
Prospective Teaching Assistants
ITA English Language Evaluations are required of all international students whose home language is other than English who are offered a TAship for the first time. These evaluations are arranged for students at the request of the student’s home department.
Please note – there are no exemptions to the ITA English Language Evaluation.
For more information on these evaluations, please review our TA Information section.