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Admission Procedures
To apply for admission, students must complete a graduate
admission application and pay the nonrefundable $50 fee.
Applications for admission may be submitted by mail, by fax
(to 301-985-7364), online, or in person. Deadlines for admission
and registration are listed in the current Graduate Schedule
of Classes. The admission form is available in the Enrollment
Forms Packet at the back of this catalog, in the Graduate
Schedule of Classes, and on the Web at www.umuc.edu/forms.
To allow time for processing, applicants who wish to take advantage
of touch-tone or Web registration must ensure that their
applications reach Graduate Admissions at least one week before
the touch-tone and Web registration deadlines.
Determination of Residency for Tuition Purposes
An initial determination of in-state or out-of-state status for
tuition purposes is made when a student applies for admission.
The determination made at that time remains in effect thereafter
unless it is successfully challenged. The student is responsible for
providing the information necessary to establish eligibility for
in-state status. Official criteria for determining residency are in
the chapter on University Policies.
Information on tuition and fees may be found on p. 15.
Readmission
Students who have not enrolled in graduate classes at UMUC
for more than a year must complete a new application for
admission and pay another application fee.
Students who were academically dismissed from the Graduate
School will not be considered for readmission.
International Applicants
To be considered for admission, international students must
present
■ Official documents indicating successful completion of the
equivalent of a regionally accredited U.S. bachelor’s degree.
Applicants educated in countries other than the United
States must have their official transcripts evaluated by an
independent evaluation service. The evaluation company
will send a copy of the evaluation both to the applicant and
to the Graduate School. For a transcript evaluation, students
should contact directly one of the following independent
companies, not affiliated with UMUC:
1. American Association of Collegiate Registrars and
Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
Office of International Education Services
One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 520
Washington, DC 20036–1135 USA
Phone: 202-293-9161; Fax: 202-872-8857
E-mail: goughd@aacrao.nche.edu or
oies@aacrao.nche.edu
2. International Education Research Foundation (IERF)
P.O. Box 3665
Culver City, CA 90231-3655 USA
Phone: 310-258-9451; Fax: 310-342-7086
E-mail: info@ierf.org
Additional information on these evaluation services is available
online at www.umuc.edu/students/credeval.
■ Proof of English language proficiency.
Applicants who have not received a bachelor’s degree from
the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, New
Zealand, Commonwealth Caribbean, or English-speaking
Canada must demonstrate English proficiency by submitting
a minimum score of 580 on the Test of English as a
Foreign Language (TOEFL) and a minimum score of 5 on
the Test of Written English (TWE) to be eligible for admission.
Applicants must arrange to have official score reports
sent directly from the testing agency to the Graduate
School. Test scores must be less than two years old.
■ Documentation of residency status.
Applicants must provide a photocopy (front and back) of
either a permanent residency card, work authorization card,
or the first page and visa page of a valid passport and Form
I-94.
International students seeking Form I-20 or IAP-66 must be
granted admission three months before the semester start date to
register for classes. International applicants not seeking Form I-20
or IAP-66 may register for only one course in the decisionpending
status while awaiting the official transcript evaluation
and official TOEFL and TWE scores.
Merely providing these documents does not ensure admission.
An interview may also be required. Official transcript evaluation
from the aforementioned independent companies must be submitted
and evaluated before admission is considered.
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