Graduate Admission Criteria

As a graduate applicant you are admitted based on the strength of your application materials:

• Undergraduate and previous graduate GPA

• GRE test scores or GMAT test scores
  • Many master and doctoral degree programs require the GRE or GMAT. Visit your program description page to determine if you need to submit official GRE or GMAT test scores.
• Proficiency in English language
• Statement of Intent
• Recommendation forms

St. Cloud State University can offer international applicants unconditional admission, provisional admission, and a language admission status.

International applicants who have government sponsorship from Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Jordan may qualify for a conditional language admission status.

Once your application is complete

• When all application materials are received, the School of Graduate Studies conducts the
  initial admission evaluation. Applicants who satisfy the minimum GPA requirements of the
  graduate school will have their application file sent to the appropriate graduate program.
• The application file will be reviewed by a program faculty committee who will make an
  admission recommendation. Graduate programs may have additional questions of applicants
  during the review process thus it is important that you respond immediately to all program
  correspondence.
• The graduate program will return an admission recommendation to the School of Graduate
  Studies for final review and a final academic decision.
• The School of Graduate Studies will then notify the applicant by e-mail of the academic
  admission outcome.
  
  
  

  Issuing I-20s to International Students

• The School of Graduate Studies notifies the Center for International Studies of the academic
  admission decision.  
• Documentation of a student’s financial eligibility must be on file.  Only when complete
  financial eligibility is documented will the I-20 form be mailed along with an official
  letter of academic admission.
• The acceptance letter and I-20 documentation is sent standard air mail to the student. 
  A student may elect to have these documents sent via Fed Ex for an additional
  $100.00 (U.S. dollar) fee.
• When an applicant is accepted for graduate study, a faculty adviser is assigned by the program. 
  Adviser contact information is provided to you in the acceptance letter. The adviser helps the
  student formulate a plan of study.
• International students should establish e-mail contact with their faculty adviser upon admission. 
  You should seek a listing of courses in which to enroll for your first semester.
• It is also important for you to inform your adviser and the School of Graduate Studies
  of the semester you are able to attend.
• Complete information is available at
  http://www.stcloudstate.edu/internationaladmissions/coming/default.asp.

NOTE: All application materials, transcripts, recommendation letters and forms are collected for the
express purpose of consideration for admissions to the School of Graduate Studies. Application
materials are not transferable to the student or to another institution. The materials are not meant
for purposes other than consideration for admission.