Test of Oral Proficiency (TOP)
Contributors:
Bahiyyih Hardacre
The TOP is for international graduate students who plan to work as teaching assistants (TA) at UCLA. All non-U.S. citizens are considered international students.
No alternatives to TOP are accepted. This means for example that permanent residents and students who earned undergraduate or graduate degrees in the US must take the exam. If you believe you should receive an exemption from taking the TOP, please contact Graduate Division directly.
These students must pass the TOP before working as TAs in any department at UCLA, but students who do not plan to work as TAs at UCLA do not need to take TOP.
NEW TEST-TAKERS: Please take advantage of the links on the sidebar to the left that provide useful information on the format of the exam as well as useful tips for the exam. We do not encourage newly admitted students to take the TOP upon arrival, before they have had interaction with native speakers.
REPEAT TEST-TAKERS: It is highly recommended that test-takers seek counseling from TOP coordinators to review their exam before registering for the exam again.
More detailed information about the exam is available in links on the sidebar to the left. Should you have further questions, please contact the TOP coordinators:
Jonathan Schmidgall and Ikkyu Choi
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TOP Coordinators
top@oid.ucla.edu
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