Admission Requirements for International Students
International students seeking admission to graduate degree programs must
fulfill admission and financial requirements:
- Complete admission application.
- Send college transcripts or other official documentation, along with admission
application, and proof that a baccalaureate degree has been awarded.
- Send results of any standardized examinations that are given in country
of origin; e.g., General Certification of Education (GCE), University of Cambridge
Higher School Certification, Senior High School Leaving Certificate, Pre-University
Certificate, etc.
- Evaluation of foreign educational credentials. Because universities around
the world differ, we require this evaluation as an assurance that you have
completed the U.S. equivalent of a bachelor's degree and have taken all the
appropriate prerequisite courses. (Photocopies are not acceptable for this
portion of your application material.) Following is a list of agencies that
offer this service:
World Education Services, Inc.
P.O. Box 5087
Bowling Green Station
New York, NY 10274-5087
212-966-6311
International Consultants of Delaware, Inc.
625 Barksdale Rd, Ste 109
Newark, DE 19711-3258
302-737-8715
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
P.O. Box 514070
Milwaukee, WI 53203-3470
414-289-3400
- Provide Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)/TWE Scores: International/non-U.S.
educated applicants are required to submit TOEFL scores of 92 Internet-based total or 237
Computer-based total or higher on the general TOEFL and a score of 5.0 or higher on the
Test of Written English (TWE). If you have studied in the U.S. for one or more years at
the post-secondary level or your first language is English, then you need not submit the
above scores.
- Send Statement of Financial Support.
- Send photocopy of passport.