Information for Non-U.S. Applicants

All international applicants are required to hold a college or university undergraduate degree equivalent to a four-year American baccalaureate degree.  In light of the European Bologna Accord, the Ross School of Business will also accept all three-year international degrees from Europe as meeting this requirement.

Undergraduate Degree

In addition to the requirements for the application for admission, international applicants are required to submit copies of both your academic record and the diploma or other document indicating the date and conferral of your degree. If the original language of the academic record and diploma is not English, a certified English translation must accompany the original document. The translation should be literal rather than interpretive. If a certified copy of the original transcript is submitted, it must be certified by the institution from which the degree was received. Documents notarized by a Notary Public are not acceptable.

Credentials must include the following information:

	Years of attendance
	Courses taken
	Grades received
	The degree, diploma, or certificate awarded and date of the award

Note: If you are unable to obtain original official transcripts for the application process, you may submit a photocopy of the original with your application. If admitted, you will be required to bring the original transcript to our office for authentication.

TOEFL

If your native language is not English, you must demonstrate competence in English by taking the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and scoring 100 or higher on the internet-based test, 250 or higher on the computer-based test or 600 or higher on the paper-based test. 

You should arrange to have your scores reported to us directly by the Educational Testing Service (Ross code: 9585).  TOEFL must be taken no more than two years prior to the application deadline date (e.g. for Round I application deadline date October 10, 2008 your TOEFL date must be between October 10, 2006 and October 10, 2008).  Please note that students from other countries who have earned a degree from a US school are exempt from the TOEFL requirement. Those who have worked in the US full-time for two or more years in the last five years, or who hold a degree from an institution in which English is the language of instruction may also waive the TOEFL requirement. To register for TOEFL, please visit www.toefl.org.