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🇺🇸 Duolingo English Test for United States — from Uzbekistan
Around 3,000+ US institutions accept the DET, including 95% of the U.S. News Top 100 universities and all eight Ivy League schools for undergraduate admission.
What United States asks for
Scores run on the 10–160 scale. US minimums range from ~90 at community colleges to 125+ at the most selective programs.
Admission is not the same as the visa
For the F-1 student visa, USCIS does not mandate a specific English test. Your university issues the I-20 on its own admission criteria — so if your university accepted your DET, you are covered. The consular officer assesses your spoken English at the interview in person.
From Uzbekistan — the essentials
- Costs in
- Uzbekistani Som (so'm)
- Credentials
- Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation — diploma nostrification
- Funding to search
- El-Yurt Umidi Foundation, Erasmus+, Chevening, DAAD
- Where students go
- United Kingdom, South Korea, Hungary, Malaysia, Turkey
- Apply from
- Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara
El-Yurt Umidi requires a valid IELTS/Duolingo English Test (typically IELTS 6.5+ / Duolingo English Test 90+); admission to top-300 universities triggers funding. At about $70 the DET is taken online from Uzbekistan — no test-centre travel, and far cheaper than IELTS.
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AlmiDET is part of the AlmiWorld family. 25% of our sales go to the Shamool Foundation to support students who cannot afford fees and tests — so the work you do here helps fund a place for someone else.
AlmiDET is independent and not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Duolingo. All practice material is original and never copied from the Duolingo English Test. Acceptance figures and score bands change — always confirm the current requirement on the official university or government page before you rely on it.