All international applicants are required to hold a college or university undergraduate degree equivalent to a four-year American baccalaureate degree prior to applying.  International applicants from educational systems where three-year international degrees are the norm are eligible to apply.

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: You may submit a photocopy of the original with your application. If admitted, you will be required to submit official documentation to World Education Services (WES) for authentication.

TOEFL

If your native language is not English, you must demonstrate competence in English by taking a TOEFL exam or the IELTS exam.  For the TOEFL exam, we require the Internet-based test (IBT) version of the exam.

We strongly recommend a TOEFL score of 100 or higher on the Internet-based test (IBT).  Ross’ TOEFL score reporting code is 1839.

Ross will accept an IELTS score as an alternative to the TOEFL, and we strongly recommend an IELTS score of 7 or higher.

You should arrange to have your scores reported to us directly by the testing service (Ross TOEFL code: 1839).  The TOEFL or IELTS must be taken no more than two years prior to the application deadline date.  Please note that students from other countries who have earned a degree from a U.S. school are exempt from the TOEFL/IELTS requirement. Those who have worked in the U.S. 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/IELTS requirement.