Admission
to the university is granted upon meeting the language requirement of
61 IBT or 500 paper based score on the TOEFL exam or 5.5 (undergraduate)
on the IELTS test.
Applicants
must file the international student form of the application for admission
accompanied by a $55 nonrefundable application fee.
Applicants
must submit a financial responsibility statement. ($14,000 USD per year)
Applicants
must show evidence of competence in the language. The results of the
Test of English as aForeign Language (TOEFL) with a minimum score of
500 paper based test or 61 on the IBT are required to show evidence
of English competence.
Applicants
whose academic credentials are from a country other than the United
States are required to submit a certified English translation along
with the academic records. Academic records include: year-by-year records
for each college or university attended, indicating number of lecture
and laboratory hours a week for each course, grades received for each
subject; and official documents indicating the awarding of degrees with
the title and date conferred. If photocopies are submitted rather than
original documents, they must bear the seal of the issuing institution
and the actual (not photographed) signature of the college or university
registrar.
Admission
of students who have not attended U.S. institutions is based on demonstration
of preparation equivalent to that required of California residents.
The Office of Admissions has the final authority for assessing the transferability
of credit.
Applicants
who are transfer students must have completed 56 transferable semester
units (84 quarter) with a grade point average of 2.4 at an accredited
U.S. institution. Official transcripts for each institution are required.