How to Apply

USI offers rolling admissions which means there is no application deadline. We encourage international students to apply as early as possible and well in advance for the semester in which they are planning to attend. Please consider the time it takes to process your immigration documents by the embassy in your country.

Complete the Undergraduate online application to express your interest in becoming a USI undergraduate student. First, create an account. Save this information to quickly look up the items USI has received or still missing.

Applicants are required to pay a non-refundable $40 application fee to complete their graduate application. International applicants are not eligible for the application fee waiver through the CommonApp.

• Apply as a Freshman - You should apply as a freshman if you have earned a diploma from an accredited high school, but never attended a college or university before (other than ESL).
• Apply as a Transfer - You should apply as a transfer student if you are currently attending or have previously attended a college or university in any country before enrolling at USI.
• Intensive English Program (IEP)
  • If you are interested in earning a bachelor's degree after completing IEP, please select the undergraduate "degree-seeking" application.
  • If you are interested in studying in IEP only, and do not wish to earn a bachelor's degree, please select the "non-degree" application.

Admission decisions are based on official transcripts submitted by your school or the appropriate issuing authority to the University of Southern Indiana.

USI evaluates these transcripts as part of the admissions process.

Before arriving on campus, students must submit an official document-by-document evaluation of their academic records.

This evaluation verifies that secondary school completion requirements have been met for admission.

USI requires an official document-by-document evaluation from a National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) member .

Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), a charter member of NACES, is USI's preferred international credential evaluation provider.

ECE offers a custom application that provides a 10% discount on the evaluation report and sends a free electronic copy directly to the University of Southern Indiana.

Access the ECE application and select General Evaluation.

Students applying to the Intensive English Program do not need to submit evaluated transcripts.

Please review the Equivalent Credentials page for additional educational documentation information.

Freshman: USI prefers a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 on a 4 point scale.

Transfer: USI reviews transfer students based on their academic success thus far.

English Proficiency results must be sent to USI directly from the testing agency.

For more information about TOEFL test dates, locations, and fees, visit the ETS TOEFL website. The USI TOEFL code is 1335

For transfer applicants from a U.S. college or university, the English proficiency requirement can be satisfied by 24 or more transferable credit hours from an accredited institution AND completion of the equivalent to USI's Core 39 English requirement (ENG 101 and ENG 102) with a C grade or higher.

USI will allow students to decide whether or not to provide standardized test scores as part of their application. So if English is your native language or you choose to present SAT or ACT scores, we will superscore and take the best score from each section for a final score. SAT/ACT results must be sent to USI directly from the testing agency. 

SAT code = 1335 | ACT code = 1207

Learn more about Conditional Admission