Admission Requirements
The following information will help you prepare for a complete application. Please
note that the university will not consider incomplete applications. All required documents
must be submitted for consideration. An application may take up to one month (30 days) to process.
- Online Application
- You may apply online even if you do not yet have all the required documents. Once
you start the online application, a university ID number will be assigned to you.
- You may be admitted with unofficial documents, but no visa document (I-20 Form) will
be issued to you before completed, official documents are received.
- Application Fee
- Non-refundable fee of U.S. $30
- A credit card is required for the application fee payment
- Proof of English Proficiency
Please submit the official scores from one of the following (other standardized tests
may also be considered.) Your scores must be sent to our office directly by the testing
company. We cannot accept these documents directly from you. Choose one of the following
options:
- IELTS score of 5.5 or above: https://www.ielts.org/
- TOEFL iBT score of 61 or above (Computer-based 173 and above, or paper-based 500 and
above. The MTSU institution code is 1466.) https://www.ets.org/toefl/test-takers/ibt/about.html
- TOEFL Essential at 6.5 level
- Duolingo English Test with a score of 85 or above
- iTEP score of 3.5 or above
- For transfer students, completion of English 1010 and 1020 at a U.S. university
- The ELS completion certificate of level 110: https://www.els.edu/destinations/nashville (email nsh@els.edu)
- Please Note:
Proof of English Proficiency is Not Required if...
- English is the native language of your country of citizenship
- You have earned a bachelor's or master's degree from a U.S. accredited 4-year college
or university
*Nursing and Professional-Pilot degree programs require higher minimum English language
proficiency scores: IELTS 6.0, TOEFL iBT 70, Duolingo 95, iTEP 3.8, or ELS level 112.
*If you are funded by an organization, please make sure the type of English test is
also acceptable to the funding organization.
- Official Academic Transcripts
Your official high school or university transcripts must be mailed directly from your
high school or university to MTSU. We cannot accept these documents from you unless
they have been provided to you in an unopened official envelope with an embossed stamp
or inked seal across the flap of the envelope. If you are a transfer student, we will
require your high school transcript only if you have completed less than 24 hours
of university coursework.
If you have attended university level courses outside the U.S. then you must have
your foreign transcripts evaluated by any one of the Current Members on www.naces.org, such as:
A full course-by-course evaluation is required for all foreign, post-secondary course
work. You must submit any and all post-secondary course work prior to being admitted.
Failure to submit all transcripts can result in your dismissal from our university.
MTSU also accepts Credit by Examination.
Photocopies of transcripts cannot be accepted. It is required that you have a commercial
evaluation service translate and evaluate the transcripts. The evaluation service
must send the report directly to the International Enrollment and Services office.
If you have obtained a college degree or took some classes at another U.S. institution,
that transcript is required.
- Copy of your passport photo page showing expiration date
- Proof of current financial affidavit of support totaling $36,500. Financial Statement Form
- If you are a transfer student in the U.S. on the F-1 Visa:
- Copy of your visa showing issue and expiration date
- Copy of pages 1-3 of your current I-20
- Copy of your I-94 record: www.cbp.gov/i94
- Please have your Designated School Official (DSO) at your university or English program
complete Section II of the Transfer Verification form, and return it to us. The completed
section is proof that you have maintained your immigration status while in the U.S. International Student Transfer Verification Form
***International students who would attend MTSU on an F-1 student visa must receive
an I-20 document from MTSU. Students who need to apply for a new visa in their home
country must present this document at the local consular office, during a visa interview.
Students transferring from another university in the U.S., or MTSU undergraduate students
continuing to an MTSU graduate program, must have a new I-20 indicating they are pursuing
graduate study at MTSU. Below is a list of documents newly-admitted students must
submit in order to receive an I-20 from MTSU.
All materials should be submitted using one of the options below:
Postal Service Delivery Address International Enrollment and Services Middle Tennessee State University 1301 E Main St Box 120 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 USA
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Courier/Express Delivery: International Enrollment and Services Middle Tennessee State University 1672 Greenland Dr, MTSU Box 0120 Murfreesboro, TN 37132 USA Fax: 615-494-8935
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