Application Fee
- Fees are payable by credit card or electronic-check issued from a United States banking institution.
Transcripts
- Transcripts must list the applicant’s name, name of the institution, and all grades received, in English.
- Include transcripts for your full academic history – both undergraduate and graduate transcripts (where applicable).
Letters of Recommendation
- Input recommendation providers’ names and email addresses. Recommendation providers are automatically sent an email requesting a recommendation.
- Recommenders must submit their evaluation and letter through the online evaluation and recommendation system.
- Applicants may submit their application prior to all recommendations being received.
- Ask your recommenders to submit their recommendation by the program application deadline.
Additional Items
- Check your program's website for additional application requirements.
- Current Resume or Curriculum Vitae (if required by program)
- Essays & Writing Samples – if required for your program application, instructions will be provided in the application.
- Statement of Purpose – instructions will be provided in the application.
- Interview - an admissions interview may be requested after all application materials are received and reviewed. Please note that not all programs conduct interviews.
GRE Scores
- Check your program's website for specific requirements.
- If you apply to a program that requires GRE scores, the exam must have been taken within the past five years. Official GRE scores must be reported via ETS to WashU School Code: 6929.
- Scores should be received by the application deadline.
English Language Proficiency
To ensure a successful academic experience at WashU, international student applicants and prospective J-1 exchange scholars will be required to demonstrate proficiency in the English language by submitting official scores at or above the stated minimum score from any one of the accepted standardized English language proficiency tests as set forth in Appendix A.
Official test scores must be received by WashU directly from the test administration agency.
Official scores must be less than two years old at the time of application deadline or submission of application. Admitted students who defer enrollment may need to submit new scores if their previously submitted scores have expired.
Exemptions from the English language proficiency test requirements as set forth in this Policy are generally permitted for international student applicants who meet one or more of the following criteria:
1. Are a citizen of a country listed in Appendix B, or have completed two or more years of study (before the applicant’s matriculation term) within the last five years at an English-medium institution in a country listed in Appendix B;
2. Earned a bachelor’s degree* or equivalent from a non-United States institution in a country where the official language is English based on the CIA World Factbook (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/)
3. Possesses two years or more of continuous full-time work experience in the United States within the last four years. A current resume and an employment letter on company letterhead is required stating the dates of employment for verification;
* For joint programs degrees between English-medium institutions and non-English-medium institutions, applicants must have attended the English-medium institution for a minimum of two years (before the applicant’s matriculation term).
Appendix A: Accepted Tests and Scores
University Minimum Requirements for Standardized Testing Options for Degree-Seeking Applicants
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - 90 minimum composite score o For programs whose students will need to serve as assistants in instruction, do extensive reading and writing, or otherwise meet a particularly high standard of English communication skills, programs may find that a more appropriate minimum composite score is 100.
• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic - 6.5 composite minimum score o For programs whose students will need to serve as assistants in instruction, do extensive reading and writing, or otherwise meet a particularly high standard of English communication skills, programs may find that a more appropriate minimum score is 7 on the IELTS Academic.
• GATEWAY English Test - 495 minimum score
Appendix B: List of Countries
• Australia • Cameroon • Canada • Commonwealth Caribbean nations • Ghana • Hong Kong • India • Ireland • Kenya • Liberia • New Zealand • Nigeria • Sierra Leone • Singapore • South Africa • Uganda • United Kingdom • United States • Zambia • Zimbabwe
