Undergraduate admission requirements for international undergraduate applicants seeking a bachelor's degree as a first-year applicant (students who just finished, or are in the process of finishing, Secondary/High School).
Submit a complete Online Application for International Undergraduate Students or apply through the Common Application.
Submit official certified copies of senior secondary/high school records. This includes all grade reports, mark sheets, academic transcripts, final examination results, diplomas, and degree certificates such as Senior Secondary School Leaving Certificate, Std. X (SSC), Std. XII (HSC), O-Levels, A-Levels, IB, WAEC, CXC, etc.
International transcripts in a language other than English must be accompanied by a certified evaluation by one of the 4 professional credential evaluation agencies listed below:
World Education Services
Educational Credential Evaluators
SpanTran Education Services
World Education Services
Submit at least one letter of recommendation from an academic source (teacher or guidance counselor). Submit a personal essay. The essay is an opportunity for us to get to know you as a person, not just your grades and test scores. It also gives us an example of how you express yourself and demonstrates your ability to organize your thoughts. The personal essay should be between 250 and 650 words on a topic of your choice.
All non-native English speaking undergraduate international applicants must demonstrate English language competency in one of the following ways BEFORE they can enroll in a degree program at the University of New Haven:
IELTS - 6.0
TOEFL - 75