International Students

• Application Fee

A non-refundable $40.00 application fee is required of all students.  Payment by check must be in U.S. dollars, drawn on a U.S. bank or on a U.S. branch of a foreign bank.  A postal money order in U.S. dollars also is acceptable.

• Application Deadlines

Unless the department to which you are applying has an earlier deadline, applications must be complete and submitted to your intended department no later than the following dates:

January admission - September 1st
September admission - January 15th
Summer admission - January 15th

While you may submit your application after the deadline, we cannot guarantee that applications received after the dates listed above will be processed in time to obtain the required visas.

• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)

The TOEFL examination is an ADDITIONAL requirement for international applicants.  It is not a substitute for the standardized examinations (GRE, GMAT, MAT) that may be required for admission.

This test is required of all applicants who are not native speakers of English, regardless of previous language of instruction.  Applicants having an undergraduate degree conferred by an American university are exempt from the TOEFL requirement.  However, applicants having a graduate degree conferred by an American university are NOT exempt from the TOEFL requirement.

To be admitted to graduate study, a student must score a minimum of either 575 on the paper and pencil version or 230 on the computer-based version (CBT) of the TOEFL.  Students admitted with TOEFL scores below either 600 on the paper and pencil or 250 on the CBT will be required to take and pass an English skills course during their first semester at Temple University.

The address to be used on the TOEFL registration form is Graduate School, Temple University, 501 Carnell Hall, 1803 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA  19122-6095, USA. 

Further information can be found in the booklet entitled "Test of English as a Foreign Language," available with registration forms by writing to Test of English as a Foreign Language, P.O. Box 6151, Princeton, NJ 08541-6151, USA, or by visiting their website at http://www.toefl.org.

• Official Educational Documents

Applicants must have their official post-secondary transcripts forwarded by their post-secondary institution to the department to which they are applying.  Applicants must request all transcripts from all post-secondary institutions, regardless of the amount of work/courses completed (i.e., a transcript must be forwarded even if only one course was taken).  Failure to receive a post-secondary transcript means that the application is incomplete.  Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.  Temple University reserves the right to authenticate academic records, test scores, and letters of reference as it sees fit.

Unsealed post-secondary school transcripts in the student's possession are neither official nor acceptable for admissions purposes.  Applicants who have completed a post-secondary program must also submit a photocopy of their degree or certificate.

Translations must be submitted for all documents that are issued in a language other than English.  Official copies of the foreign language documents must be submitted with the translations.  For those applicants residing in the U.S., an acceptable translation would be one done by the following: the consulate or embassy of the document's issuing country or an acceptable professional translation service.  For those applicants living in their own country, an acceptable translation would be one completed by the institution that issued the document.

• All translations must be prepared using the same format as the original document.
• All information must be translated.
• The translation must be verbatim.
• No interpretation or evaluation of information should be included (e.g., if a grade of 85 appears on the Chinese language version, then an 85, not an "A", should appear on the translation).
• The translation must be typed, and it must be signed by the translator.
• Each applicant is responsible for any altered documents submitted.  If an altered document is submitted, the application will be rejected, and Temple University may notify the issuing board or institution. 

• I-20/IAP-66 Certificate of Eligibility Application Form

If your application packet does not include the I-20/IAP-66 Application Form, please contact the Office of International Services, 203B Vivacqua Hall, 1700 North Broad Street,   Philadelphia, PA 19122-3429; (215) 204-7708; fax (215) 204-6166; email ois@blue.temple.edu; url www.temple.edu/ois

You may also find the required on-line forms at www.temple.edu/ois/instructions.html.

Send completed graduate application materials directly to the department to which you are applying.  In a separate envelope, at the same time, send the completed IAP-66 form with the $35 orientation fee directly to the Office of International Services (see the address above).

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