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🇸🇳 Senegal🇮🇪 Ireland · Social Sciences · 2026

TOEFL for Social Sciences in Ireland — from Senegal

Planning to study Social Sciences in Ireland from Senegal — perhaps as a social scientist or policy professional? Here's the TOEFL you'll need, the score range universities there look for, and how to confirm it on the new 1.0–6.0 scale.

The TOEFL score for Social Sciences in Ireland

On the new 1.0–6.0 scale, university programmes commonly target roughly 4.0–5.5 overall (B2–C1); the retiring 0–120 equivalent most institutions still list is about 80–100. Set per programme — confirm both during the transition.

Nearly all Irish universities accept TOEFL for admission. Globally, TOEFL iBT is accepted by more than 13,000 universities and institutions across over 160 countries. Confirm the exact score your programme needs on its official admissions page.

Your overall TOEFL score is now the AVERAGE of the four sections (Reading, Listening, Speaking, Writing), each scored 1.0–6.0 in half-band steps — not the old 0–120 sum. The scale is CEFR-aligned.

The Social Sciences requirement is set per programme (postgraduate often higher) — confirm the current figure on the university's official page. Many universities and visa authorities are still updating their thresholds during the 2026–2028 transition — confirm the current figure (and which scale, new 1–6 or old 0–120) on the official source before you rely on it.

Coming from Senegal: funded study and which test the scholarship accepts

  • Named scholarships you may search: Bourses du gouvernement français, France Excellence Eiffel, Erasmus+, Bourses du gouvernement sénégalais — most accept TOEFL or IELTS, but confirm each programme's accepted tests.
  • TOEFL is widely accepted for university admission; for any visa or PR step, check that route separately (TOEFL is not accepted for Canada PR or UK visas).
  • Recognition: Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation — reconnaissance des diplômes.

How students in Senegal search

  • étudier à l'étranger
  • bourse d'études à l'étranger
  • Campus France Sénégal
  • étudier au Canada
  • examen TOEFL Dakar

France-bound students apply through Campus France Sénégal via Études en France and study in French; English-taught programmes (Canada, US, UK) need TOEFL.

From Senegal — the essentials

Costs in:
West African CFA franc (FCFA)
Credentials:
Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation — reconnaissance des diplômes
Funding to search:
Bourses du gouvernement français, France Excellence Eiffel, Erasmus+, Bourses du gouvernement sénégalais
Where Senegal students go:
France, Canada, Morocco, United States, Belgium
Apply from:
Dakar, Thiès, Saint-Louis

Social Sciences universities in Ireland

Accredited Ireland universities in our directory offer Social Sciences. A few examples:

All Social Sciences universities in Ireland that accept TOEFL →

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Other subjects in Ireland (from Senegal)

Social Sciences in Ireland from other countries

Practise the new TOEFL 1–6 format

All four sections with honest AI feedback + a full mock test — original material, never copied from ETS.

Always confirm. TOEFL requirements change and vary by university, programme and visa route — always confirm the current figure with the official body before you rely on it. This page is honest guidance, not immigration advice.

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