International Students
The International Student Adviser's Office serves as a center for promoting international friendship and understanding by welcoming and assisting students from all countries. It deals with questions pertaining to visas employment, immigration, and related matters. International students are encouraged to call this office for other types of information and questions relating to their studies or everyday living, or for sociability. They are referred to other academic and personnel offices as necessary. Interaction with American students is also encouraged for mutual benefit and student organizations welcome international members.
To pay the application fee via a wire transfer, please contact Ms. Valerie Pettie-Cooper via email at pettiecoopv1@southernct.edu, or via phone at 203.392.6835.
For any student whose native language is not English, the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is required. A minimum score of 550 paper based or 213 computer based must be achieved on the test prior to acceptance. All necessary information for taking the examination may be obtained from the Educational Testing Service, Box 899, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, U.S.A.
Other materials to be supplied by international applicants are mailed to the
International students are required to provide, upon arrival at the campus, passport and other information to the international student adviser for the U.S. government documents and University records Adviser: Aliya Amin, International Student Services, Telephone: 392-6821, Fax: 203-392-6813.
Please visit the office of International Student Services
Also, before applying to the Graduate School, International Students need to fill out the Foreign Student Graduate Applicant Profile and return it to the international advisor, Ms. Aliya Amin.
* International transcripts must be evaluated (course-by-course) by one of the following:
World Education Services, Inc.
http://www.wes.org
Josef Silny & Associates, Inc. International Education Consultants
http://www.jsilny.com
Global Credential Evaluators, Inc.
http://www.gcevaluators.com
The Internal Revenue Service requires the University to apply U.S. withholding and reporting rules consistent with the U.S. tax status of resident and non-resident aliens. Resident aliens are taxed as U.S. citizens, while non-resident aliens are taxed under different withholding and reporting rules. Therefore, as part of the application process, the University requires additional information from international students. Once an application has been submitted, the School of Graduate Studies will email each international applicant with a website (FNIS), login, and password to complete the additional information required by the United States federal government. Please provide a valid email address on your applications. Your application cannot be processed until you have completed this requirement.
