Register for the TOEFL® PBT Test
There are two formats for the TOEFL® test — the TOEFL iBT® test, administered via the Internet, and the TOEFL® PBT test, administered in a paper-based format. To find out which format is available in your area, check your location before you register.
The TOEFL PBT test will be phased out starting in mid-2012. In some regions, the last TOEFL PBT test administration was in May 2012. You can take the TOEFL PBT test until it is discontinued in your area and submit your scores to institutions and agencies for two years after your test date.
When the TOEFL iBT test was launched in 2005, ETS established a transition period to allow continued use of the paper-based test in countries where infrastructure issues limited our ability to offer the TOEFL iBT test. These issues included unreliable electrical service, Internet connectivity issues and other factors.
Currently, 96 percent of TOEFL test takers worldwide take the TOEFL iBT test and access continues to expand. Also, the TOEFL iBT test is desired by universities because it measures all four communication skills — reading, writing, listening and speaking. For these and other reasons, we feel it is time to end paper-based testing.
ETS remains committed to providing access for anyone who wants to take the TOEFL test. Please be assured that ETS is making every effort to ensure that individuals living in areas where the TOEFL PBT test is currently administered will be able to test.
Register Online
- Register anytime — 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- View registration deadlines.
- Pay with a credit/debit card: American Express®, Discover®, JCB®, MasterCard®, or VISA®.
- Receive instant email confirmation.
Note: American Express, Discover, JCB and MasterCard are NOT accepted for the following locations: Benin, Cameroon, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Togo.
Payment methods are subject to change without notice.
Note: Test takers who have disabilities or health-related needs that require them to bring equipment, beverages or snacks into the testing room, take extra or extended breaks, or require another accommodation must register by mail and need to follow the accommodations request procedures described in the Bulletin Supplement for Test Takers with Disabilities or Health-Related Needs.
Register By Mail
- Download and fill out the registration form.
- See the list of payment methods on the form; choose one.
- Send the form with payment to ETS at the address on the form before the registration deadline.
- ETS will mail you an admission ticket. If you don't have the ticket 14 days before your test date, contact TOEFL Services.
- See Code Lists for Registering by Mail.
See also:
- Required ID for Test Day
- Accommodations for Test Takers with Disabilities and Health-related Needs
- Cancel or Change Your Registration
