Admission Requirements
Required High School degree
Applicants will meet the following requirements.
| High School Certificate/ Majors | Business & Applied Languages | Engineering |
| General Egyptian High School Certificate (Thanawiya Amma) / STEM/STEAM Schools / AlAzhar | Minimum overall score of 53% | Minimum overall score of 68% (Math, Physics and Chemistry) |
| IGCSE | 8 O Levels (Including English & Math), Minimum grade: C | 8 O Levels (Including English, Math, Physics & Chemistry) Minimum grade C + Math AS and/or A Level minimum grade C |
| American Diploma and STEM/STEAM | Cumulative GPA from G10-G12 2.0 + SATI (800+) or ACTI (14) or ESTI (800+) passing score | Cumulative GPA from G10-G12 2.0 (including subjects Math, Physics & Chemistry and scoring 70% or above) + SATI (1150+) or ACTI (23+) or ESTI (1150+) and SATII (800+) or ACTII (14+) or ESTII (800+) |
| IB Diploma | 24 for any 6 subjects (Including English & Math) | 32 with Math, Physics and Chemistry taken at the Standard Level (SL) with a minimum score of 3 and Math taken at the Higher Level (HL) with a minimum score of 3 |
| French Baccalauréat | 10 (Including English & Math) | 14 with Math, Physics and Chemistry with a minimum score of 10 |
| German Abitur | 3.7+ | 2.7+ Pass Math, Physics and Chemistry |
| Canadian Diploma | Minimum overall score of 55% | Minimum overall score of 70% (Math, Physics and Chemistry) |
Required language level
Teaching is in English. A bilingual option is offered at the beginning of the university year to familiarize students with teaching in English. Students can choose between English and French for certain courses in the first and second semesters of the first year. On admission, all students must prove a minimum level of B1 in English.
The following table gives equivalence between the various evaluations.
Tableau d’équivalence des tests de langues
| CECRL | TOEIC | Cambridge ESOL Exams | IELTS | PTE | TOEFL Cbt | TOEFL Paper version |
| C2 | CPE | 8,0-9,0 | 5 | 250-267 | 600-630 | |
| C1 | 945+ | CAE | 6,5-7,5 | 4 | 227-247 | 565-599 |
| B2 | 785-944 | FCE | 5,0-6,0 | 3 | 180-226 | 505-564 |
| B1 | 550-784 | PET | 3,5-4,5 | 2 | 123-179 | 440-504 |
| A2 | 225-549 | KET | 3 | 1 | 90-122 | 390-439 |
| A1 | 120-224 | A1 | 33-89 | 310-389 |
If you have an international high school certificate such as IGCSE, SAT/ACT/EST, BACC, IB, Canadian Diploma and German Abitur you do not have to take an exam. For Egyptian general high school certificate (Thanawiya Amma), you will have to submit a certificate of English Language proficiency with a good academic standing.
Students admitted to the Sorbonne Nouvelle’s applied foreign language bachelor’s program must also present a score in French.
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