International students applying for their first year in college are encouraged to apply using the Common App.
Please note that students should only submit one application.
Freshmen
First time incoming international students should have their high school records including courses/subjects and grades completed during the course of entire high school career and exam results like CXC/GCSES, etc. evaluated by an evaluation agency. Evaluation process is required from all students who are not educated in U.S. based curriculum or IB curriculum. The evaluation must be course-by-course show overall U.S. grade point average (GPA) and separately calculated Mathematics only GPA. A list of evaluation service members may be found at NACES accredited evaluation website.
Please note, we do not accept documents e-mailed from students. Those are considered unofficial and will not be reviewed.
Transfers & Second Bachelors Students who have foreign post-secondary coursework have the option of requesting: An internal evaluation completed by a FAU foreign credential evaluator. If an internal evaluation is requested, we require a certified English translation plus the original transcript from the post-secondary institution. These documents must arrive in a sealed enveloped provided by the institution and translation agency. If you would like information on how to request an internal evaluation from FAU email: intladmissions@fau.edu with your Z number once you have applied. OR A NACES accredited evaluation. The equivalency evaluation must be course-by-course with a grade point average.
Submit your SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) or ACT (American Achievement Test) scores. SAT and ACT test scores are required for all freshman applicants as well as for all students with less than 60 credits from an accredited post-secondary institution.
SAT test information can be found at www.collegeboard.org. To have SAT scores sent to FAU, contact:College Board www.collegeboard.org (609) 771-7600 FAU school code: 5229
ACT Test Information can be found at www.actstudent.org. To have ACT test scores sent to FAU, contact:ACT www.actstudent.org (319) 337-1313 FAU school code: 0729
If you are an international student, whose first language is not English, you must demonstrate your proficiency in the English language.
To be exempt from the English proficiency test requirement you would need to be included in one of the following categories:
· You are from another country where English is the only official language· You have attended a high school in the U.S. from start to finish · You have earned a degree from a regionally accredited U.S. college or university· You have earned a degree from a country where English is an official language· You attended a university at which English is the only official language of instruction
If you do not meet the requirements of any of the categories mentioned above, you are required to submit an English proficiency exam.
Currently we will accept only the following exams to demonstrate English proficiency.
For students not meeting the English proficiency, please see our Conditional Admissions Track (CAT) Intensive English Institute.
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