Does Singapore Management University (SMU) accept TOEFL?

The TOEFL score for Singapore Management University (SMU)

TOEFL is set per programme (postgraduate often asks for more), and the test moved to the new 1.0–6.0 scale on 21 January 2026 — confirm the current minimum and which scale on the official admissions page before you rely on it.

Confirm on Singapore Management University (SMU)'s official website →

City

Singapore

Type

Public

Language of instruction

English (HE primary medium across all institutions) + Mandarin + Malay (national) + Tamil (4 official languages)

Accreditation

Ministry of Education, Singapore (MOE / 教育部) — apex regulator for Singaporean HEIs. Singapore HE: (1) 6 AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITIES (AUs) — National University of Singapore (NUS 1905/1980), Nanyang Technological University (NTU 1991), Singapore Management University (SMU 2000), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD 2009), Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT 2009), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS 2017); (2) ARTS UNIVERSITY — University of the Arts Singapore (UAS 2024 merger of LASALLE 1984 + NAFA 1938); (3) FOREIGN UNIVERSITY BRANCH CAMPUSES — James Cook University Singapore, Curtin Singapore, University at Buffalo SUNY, DigiPen, INSEAD Asia campus, ESSEC Asia-Pacific; (4) PRIVATE EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS — Kaplan, PSB Academy, MDIS, SP Jain, etc. (under Committee for Private Education / CPE regulation); (5) POLYTECHNICS (5) — post-secondary diploma institutions (Singapore, Ngee Ann, Republic, Temasek, Nanyang) — not HE-classified internationally. English is HE primary medium across ALL Singapore institutions; Singapore is multilingual with English + Mandarin + Malay (national language) + Tamil as 4 official languages.