Canada · quoted from the university
The University of British Columbia: the TOEFL® scores it publishes
This university has published a requirement on the official 1–6 band scale, so an applicant testing today can check their own report against it.
Every number below is followed by the sentence it was read from, the page it is on, and the day we read it. Nothing on this page is converted, averaged, or filled in from another source — where The University of British Columbia publishes no number, this page publishes none either.
Undergraduate admissions — English language competency
Official 1–6 bands — tests taken on or after 21 Jan 2026
Internet based test, 1-6 scale
Minimum
- Overall
- 4.5
- Reading
- 4.5
- Listening
- 5
- Writing
- 4.5
- Speaking
- 4
“Internet based test (1-6): Overall score: 4.5 Reading: 4.5 Listening: 5 Writing: 4.5 Speaking: 4”
The University of British Columbia, read 2026-08-12
Legacy 0–120 scale — tests taken before 21 Jan 2026
Internet based test, 1-120 scale
Minimum
- Overall
- 90
- Reading
- 22
- Listening
- 22
- Writing
- 21
- Speaking
- 21
“Internet based test (1-120): Overall score: 90 Reading: 22 Listening: 22 Writing: 21 Speaking: 21”
The University of British Columbia, read 2026-08-12
Also on that page
“Listening: 5”
Reach120: UBC’s band requirement is not flat: Listening is the one section it sets above the overall score. On the old scale the same page asks 22 in Listening against an overall 90.
Everything above is The University of British Columbia’s own page, read 2026-08-12. Requirements change without notice — read it yourself before you book a test.
Before you use these numbers
- A university-level minimum is a floor, not an offer. Several of the pages in this dataset say in their own words that individual programmes require more.
- Which row applies to you depends on your test date, not on today’s date. Scores on the old scale stay valid for two years, so both rows can be live at once.
- Admissions pages change without notice and this one is a copy. The link beside each quote is the thing that decides your application.
Oldest source reading on this page: 2026-08-12. All the universities we have read. TOEFL is a registered trademark of ETS. Reach120 is not affiliated with ETS, and neither ETS nor The University of British Columbia has endorsed this page.