Duolingo English Test (DET) 2025: Test Format, Dates, Fees and Results

Duolingo English Test (DET) has announced several updates. Below is a timeline of these updates:

• 11th February 2025: Duolingo English Test fee has been increased from 65$ to 70$ (INR 6000)
• 28th October 2024: Secondary camera setup is required by using a phone or tablet in addition to the primary camera of the computer. The computer screen and keyboard should be clearly visible in the secondary camera.
• 1st July 2024: Individual sub-scores for speaking, listening, writing, and reading will be made available to the students in the scorecard. This is to allow universities to easily compare DET scores with IELTS.
• 2nd April 2024: New sections are included in the test to better evaluate English proficiency of a student. These sections include Fill in the blanks, Interactive writing, Read and Select, and Frequency. With the addition of these new sections, the Duolingo English Test has phased out the “Read, Then Write” question type

The Duolingo English Test (DET) is an online English assessment test designed to assess your ability to write, read, speak, and listen to the English language.

DET has started to gain widespread acceptance as compared to IELTS, PTE, or TOEFL because of:

• Most affordable English proficiency test (DET can be taken for 70$ / INR 6000)
• Accepted by over 5,700 universities for admissions across USA, UK, and Canada
• Flexibility and convenience to give the test online at any time that suits you
• Students can give the test remotely and do not require to go to any test centres
• Get the results within 48 hours
• DET can be completed in one hour, as compared to other English proficiency tests that can stretch over 2-3 hours.

The Duolingo English Test can be booked online, and then you will have 21 days to take the test after booking. The Test is completely remote, so there is no need to visit a test center and can be taken from the comfort of your home. 

DET ensures fairness by providing clear guidelines on the test environment. In Oct 2024, DET introduced a requirement for a secondary camera, making the test more stringent. 

In case you have already taken the test once, you can purchase up to three tests in 30 days (calculated from the date of first test).

The Duolingo English Test can be taken for a fee of 70$ / INR 6000. Even though there has been an increase in the test-taking fees, DET is still among the most affordable options as compared to other English proficiency tests.

DET offers a free of cost rescheduling option to students, providing them the option to take the test within the 21-day time frame after payment or booking the test online.

However, it does not provide any refund upon cancellation or allow students to reschedule beyond the 21-day time frame.

Read more: Save money via Duolingo bundle tests and how to get faster results from Duolingo.

Results for the Duolingo English Test are available within 48 hours of taking the test. You will receive a notification on your registered email address with a link that will redirect you to your scores.

You can pay an additional fee of 40$ to get the result within a 12-hour time-frame.

You can share the results with an unlimited number of universities via the DET portal.

Read more: How to send Duolingo English Test results to universities?

The DET score is provided on an overall scale of 10 - 160, with each correct answer being of 5 marks.

The entire DET scorecard is divided into:

• Overall score card (provided on a scale of 10-160)
• Individual score of sub-sections (individual skills of listening, speaking, writing, and reading)
• Individual integrated score (combination of multiple skills)

Read more: Understand Duolingo English Test scorecard better

A score of 120 is considered to be a good score in DET and is equivalent to 6.5 in IELTS. In case you have already taken the DET and want to find your IELTS equivalent score then check out our DET to IELTS calculator

• DET’s registration process is hassle-free. 
• To register for the Duolingo English Test, you just need to visit the official website. 
• Here’s the step-by-step process
  • Visit the official DET website.
  • Add your email address and complete the signup process
  • Click on the ‘Purchase the test’ option on the left side 
  • Choose the test pack you would like to take
  • Complete the payment.
• DET has no slot booking concept, as you can take the exam anytime you want.

Below are the mandatory requirements for taking the Duolingo English Test. 

• A valid government-issued ID (Passport) 
• A well-functioning computer
• Good internet connection
• There is no age or qualification restriction. If you are under 13 years of age, then you must submit a permission letter from your parents/guardians.

The Duolingo English Test is an hour-long exam and will evaluate you on four skills: Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking. It is an adaptive test, so the difficulty level of questions would change in real-time based on your performance.

Below is a complete breakdown of the exam pattern.

Duolingo Eglish Test Pattern & Syllabus

Section	Time Duration	Description
Introduction & Onboarding	5 Minutes	Technical & ID Check-Ins
Adaptive Test	45 Minutes	Questions with difficulty levels based on your performance
Writing & Speaking	10 Minutes	Prompt-based Question

Read More: Detailed syllabus, question patterns and practice test for Duolingo

• DET offers unlimited free practice tests on the website as well as your mobile phone. 
• Sample papers are the easiest way of finding out where you stand in your preparation. You can find previous sample questions and answers of DET here.
• You can assess your preparation by taking the practice tests regularly. It will help you understand which sections you need to further improve on.
• While there are plenty of free DET sample papers online, we recommend using the official materials provided on the DET website.