International Graduate Admissions

• Key Dates
  • The Key Dates page provides important information about all our graduate programs, including application deadlines, program offerings, and admission requirements. 

International applicants are required to submit scores from one of the following English proficiency tests:
Duolingo, IELTS, or TOEFL iBT (valid two years from the date the test was taken), unless one of the following exceptions are met.

You are exempt from submitting English language proficiency scores if you meet any of the following conditions:

• You are a Lawful Permanent Resident (green card holder) of the United States.
• You are from a country where English is the official primary language (see the approved country list).
• You earned a bachelor’s or graduate degree from a college or university in the United States that is accredited by an approved institutional accreditor.
  
  
  
• Duolingo
  
  • School Code: UNCW Graduate School
  • Minimum Score Requirement: 115
• IELTS
  
  • IELTS (GENERAL)
  • School Code: UNCW Graduate School
  • Minimum Score Requirement: 6.5 for acceptance & 7.0 for teaching assistantship consideration
• TOEFL iBT
  • School Code: 5907
  • Minimum Score Requirement: 79
    
    
• Approved Countries with English as the Primary Language
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Canada (exception of the Province of Québec)
  • Dominica
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Philippines
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • St. Kitts
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Uganda
  • United Kingdom
  • United States and territories
  • Zimbabwe
    
    
• Additional Approved Country
  • India

Stem Designated Programs
UNCW offers DHS STEM Designated Programs. Browse the full list and reach out to us with any questions.

• Do not send unevaluated foreign transcripts directly to the Graduate School.
  • Credential evaluations are not required for short-term study abroad experiences sponsored and transcripted through a regionally accredited U.S. institution.
  • The Graduate School does not return or reissue documents submitted as part of the application, including transcripts.
    
    
• Applicants with International Transcripts:
  • Unofficial transcripts may be used for credit earned outside of the U.S. for the purposes of admission.  The transcript must be issued in English or translated by a certified academic translating company, such as IEE.
    
    
  • International Transcript Evaluation Request (Completed one business day after application is submitted.)
    
    
• Admitted Students with International Transcripts:
  • All foreign course-by-course transcript evaluations should be requested from one of the evaluation companies belonging to the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). The course-by-course credit evaluation will determine the institution accreditation, degree, credits, and course equivalents earned. 
    
    
  • The evaluation should be sent directly to the Graduate School through the evaluation company portal or to the address below, and must include the original documents used to conduct the evaluation.
    
    UNCW Graduate School
    Attn: Kimberly Goerne Harris
    601 S. College Rd.
    Wilmington, NC 28403-5955
    
    
  • NACES Members List
  • International Education Evaluation (IEE) Form
    (Expedited evaluation timeframe and discounted rate)
  • The Evaluation Company (TEC) Form
    (Expedited evaluation timeframe and discounted rate)
    Note: TEC does not equate three-year degrees from India to a bachelor's degree. Please use an alternate evaluation company if you have a three-year degree.
    
    
• Department of State Agency Applicants (i.e.. Fulbright, AMIDEAST, Laspau, or USAID)
  • Certified true copies of the transcript(s) in English may be submitted electronically directly from the Department of State Agency to the Graduate School. Original transcripts are supplied by the agency if an offer of acceptance is extended.
  • If admitted, the electronic password protected Official Course-by-Course Evaluation (Directly from the evaluation service to include a copy of the original