International student admission requirements.
Recommended application deadlines
Fall semester |
January 31 |
Spring semester |
November 15 |
Secondary
school
Applicants
must complete at least 12 years of elementary through secondary
school culminating in an appropriate secondary certificate or external
examination. Grades must be distinctly above average. In some countries,
we may consider the first year or two of university to be secondary
level.
Applicants graduating from an accredited high school in the United States of America (USA) must have a minimum grade point average of 2.70/4.00. Your schooling should reflect adequate preparation in humanities, mathematics, basic sciences, and social sciences.
College
or university transfer
Applicants
will be considered for transfer admission on the basis of work
completed at the time the application is submitted. Applicants
who have completed
the equivalent of a "B" average in no less than one full
year of study at a recognized or accredited post-secondary institution
located outside of the USA . Applicants with transferable work from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university and have a qualifying GPA may be considered for admission.
Please Note: Many academic departments have additional certification requirements over and above general university admission standards.
English
proficiency
You
must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) to
demonstrate a basic proficiency in the English language. The minimum
acceptable
TOEFL score is 520 with a score of 50 in each of the subtests.
If you qualify academically but fail to meet the minimum English
proficiency
requirement, you may wish to contact WSU's Intensive American Language
Center (IALC) at 509-335-6675 or write to: IALC; WSU; McAllister
Hall, Room 116; P.O. Box 643751, Pullman, WA 99164-3251 or http://IALC.wsu.edu.
If
you complete level 5 of IALC with a "B" average and meet
all other eligibility requirements, you will be considered for admission.
Exemptions
- The
TOEFL requirement will be waived if you have attended a U.S. high
school for at least 3 years or if you have earned at least 80
quarter (54 semester) hours of transferable credits (at the time
of application) with grades averaging 2.50 (or above) from a regionally
accredited USA college or university.
- Applicants from the following countries are exempt from the English proficiency requirement: Australia, Bahamas, British Guyana, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Jamaica, Liberia, New Zealand, Trinidad, Tobago, and Zambia.
Finances
You
must submit the Certificate of Financial Responsibility in order
to demonstrate you have adequate financial resources to meet your
educational expenses. Please read the instructions on the back of
the verification form carefully.