INTERNATIONAL
portland state UNIVER SIT Y
APPLY TO PSU 1
Go to pdx.edu/undergraduate-admissions/international to fill out the online application and pay the $50 USD application fee + $2 USD processing fee.
2
Submit your official transcripts to PSU, including English translation. To speed up the application review process, upload unofficial copies of your transcripts online at pdx.edu/undergraduate-admissions/international. Admitted students are required to submit official transcripts and documents in order to enroll at PSU.
FRESHMEN REQUIREMENTS • 3.0+ high school grade point average (GPA) on the U.S. 4.0 grading scale
TR ANSFER REQUIREMENTS If you have 30 or more transfer quarter credits (20 semester credits) after high school graduation — excluding English as a Second Language (ESL) courses — we will review you as a transfer student. • 2.25 or higher grade point average (GPA) on the U.S. 4.0 grading scale
ENGL ISH L ANGUAGE PROFICIENC Y REQUIREMENT Students who want to immediately begin their university coursework must meet PSU’s undergraduate English Language Proficiency Requirement: TOEFL
• Internet-based: minimum overall score of 71; minimum subscores of 15 in reading and writing
PSU will waive TOEFL/IELTS for students who complete a transferable associate degree from a U.S. institution with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5 and eight credits of college-level writing (including the equivalent of WR 121 and an additional higher-level college writing course) with a grade of a C- or better. Students who want to improve their academic English or who do not meet PSU’s undergraduate English Language Proficiency Requirement may enroll in an English Language Pathway program. Final placement in a Pathway program is determined by individual TOEFL or IELTS results and the final language placement test upon arrival.
IMP ORTANT DATES & DE ADL INES Portland State University accepts applications for each term on a rolling admissions basis. We encourage students to apply to PSU by the following dates: • Fall term: August 1, 2019
• Computer-based: 197
• Winter term: December 1, 2019
IELTS
• Spring term: March 1, 2020
• 6.0 overall
• Summer term: May 1, 2020
• Minimum 6.0 in reading and writing PTE
• 53 overall SAT*
• 560 or above in evidence-based reading and writing section
DON’T MEE T THE ENGLISH PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT ? NO PROBLEM! P SU’S INTENSIVE ENGLISH L ANGUAGE PROGR AM C AN HELP. SIMPLY FOLLOW THE STEP S TO APPLY AND P SU WILL CONTACT YOU ABOUT PL ACEMENT.
ABOUT PSU 27,670 P SU STUDENTS • 35% diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds • 6% international • 79% undergraduate
24: AVER AGE CL A SS SIZE • 4 academic terms (quarters) • 18:1 student-to-faculty ratio
530+ BUSINESS AND COMMUNIT Y PARTNERS • 100% of students complete an internship and/or community project
1,284 TREES ON C AMPUS • 350 miles of bikeways in Portland • 50-acre campus • 9 on-campus residence halls • 700+ food carts in Portland
10 CULTUR AL AND RESOURCE CENTERS • 200 student groups & clubs • 15 NCAA Division 1 sports teams
RANKED TOP 10 MOST INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS U. S. NE W S & WORL D RE P OR T
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