International Graduate Application Requirements

Graduate students have earned a Bachelor's degree and now wish to pursue a Master's degree

• Application

  Apply online and pay the application fee.

• English Proficiency

  The language of instruction at Kutztown University is English and as such, all students must provide evidence that they have achieved a high enough level of proficiency in the English language to be successful in their courses. You may prove English proficiency in one of the following ways:
  
  1) Examination Results
  
  Submit results from an English proficiency examination. Scores must be less than two years old. Unofficial results are accepted for the application review; official score reports are required to complete your application record when you enroll at KU. 

  • IELTS: 6.5 Overall Score
  • TOEFL: 79 internet-based test
  • PTE: 53 Overall Score
  • Duolingo English Test: 105 Overall Score
  • SAT: Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score of 560 (KU School Code 2653)
  • ACT: 21 English/Writing Score (KU School Code 3706)

  
  2) Waiver
  
  Request a waiver of this requirement if you are from one of the following countries: 
  
  

  Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Australia Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana British Virgin Island Brunei Canada (except Quebec) Grand Cayman Islands Dominica Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Grenada

  Guyana Ireland Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Liberia Malawi Mauritius Montserrat New Zealand Nigeria Papua New Guinea Philippines Samoa (Western) Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore

  Soloman Islands South Africa St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Swaziland Tanzania Trinidad & Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom United States Vanuatu Vatican City Virgin Islands Zambia Zimbabwe

  
  3) Study at a U.S. College/University
  
  We will waive the English language requirement if you studied at a U.S. college or university for at least one academic year, earned at least 24 college-level semester credits (or 36 quarter credits) and have completed the equivalent of CMP 100, Effective Composition, with a grade of C or higher.
  
  4) Conditional Admission and ESL
  
  Attend and complete an English as a Second Language (ESL) program at Northampton Community College. Take English Composition and Speech Communication courses at Northampton, earn a grade of C or higher, and transfer to Kutztown University. We will offer you conditional admission if your academic records meet the admissions criteria and you only need to improve your proficiency in the English language.

• Transcripts/Academic Records

  Submit official college/university transcripts/academic records from all universities you attended.

  College and university records from non-U.S. institutions must be translated to U.S. educational equivalency by a recognized evaluation agency, listed below. Translation is at the student's expense and must be forwarded to the Office of Graduate Admissions.

  World Education Services, Inc.
  Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
  World Academic Research Center, Inc. (foreign degrees)