{"id":32,"date":"2015-10-12T15:33:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T01:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/testeli\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:13:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T02:13:00","slug":"what-are-my-eli-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/eli\/courses\/what-are-my-eli-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"What are my ELI Requirements?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All students who have English as their second language must clear the ELI. If you don’t, we have to place a hold on your registration, which means you won’t be able to register in future semesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two ways to clear the ELI:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) See if you meet any of the exemption criteria<\/a> below. If you do meet any of these criteria at the time of admission to UHM (not in later semesters), you will be exempted from the ELI, and you won’t need to take the ELI Placement Test. Check with the ELI Office (Moore 570) to see if you can be exempted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) If you do not meet any exemption criteria, you must take the ELI Placement Test<\/a>. There are no exceptions to this. The ELI Placement Test includes two tests of listening, two tests of reading, and one writing test. Based on the scores of your test, you may be placed into intermediate or advanced courses, or you may be exempted in one or more of the three skill areas the test covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you place into any ELI classes, the university requires that you complete those courses within your first year of study at UH-Manoa, following a specific schedule (see Course Completion Policies<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Exemption Criteria<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Are you required to take the ELI Placement Test (ELIPT), or are you exempt? There three categories for exemption from the ELIPT. Click on a category to learn more about it. Please note that you may be required to submit documentation if you meet one of the criteria for exemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n