International Students
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**NOTICE In keeping with new federal regulations governing F-1 visa holders, international students pursuing an MBA degree are required to be enrolled in at least 6 hours of face to face courses. Only one online course can be counted towards the required 9 credit hours that must be completed each semester in order to maintain legal F-1 status. Due to the online structure of our MBA program and concurrent lack of face to face courses being offered, International students requiring an I-20 are currently not being admitted to the MBA program.**
All International students must have their transcripts evaluated by Josef Silney & Associates, or International Academic Credential Evaluators, or Worldwide Education Services (WES). International students who qualify for admission are required to take the English Language Institute Test of the University of Michigan, the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) given by the Educational Testing Service. Click here for exceptions. If the Michigan Test is taken, a minimum score of 82 is required. Students taking the IELTS must score a minimum of 5.5. A TOEFL score of 500 on the old testing system or 61 on the new system is required for admission to all graduate programs except the Master of Art in Communication, Master of Business Administration program, the Master of Science in Information Systems, and Biology, which require a score of 525 (old system) or 70 (new system) for admission. International students who have completed a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the US are exempt from this requirement.
International students will be officially admitted and issued a Form I-20A only after the Graduate Office has been notified that they have passed the English Test successfully, have met program admission requirements, and have submitted a statement certifying their ability to meet all financial obligations. The TOEFL examination is given regularly in most foreign countries. For further information regarding these tests, the applicant should contact the US Counsel in the country of residence.
International Students, please submit all the following materials:
- Completed original MSU graduate application (online or paper application)
- Official course-by-course (with GPA) academic credentials evaluation. For a full listing of all organizations that we accept, please visit the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) at http://www.naces.org/members.htm. Below are the three most commonly used organizations and links to their web sites:
- Official original report of your TOEFL or IELTS score
- Official original report of your GRE/GMAT score
- Verification of finances in the amount of $21,400.00 U.S. dollars(financial statement on official stationary with address and telephone number)
- Original letter from your sponsor and verification of sponsors financial ability. Please click here for a sponsorship form.
- A $30.00 non-refundable application fee payable to Morehead State University
*International Graduate students may also qualify for a limited number of International scholarships upon admission to MSU. This scholarship is good for $6,000.00 per academic year and will reduce the overall verification of finances total required by the student. This scholarship may cannot be combined with the Graduate Assistantship award.
NOTE: If you are admitted to graduate study you will be required to register as a full-time student and you must maintain a 3.0 grade point average.
