International Admissions

Kennesaw State students represent over 140 countries! We appreciate you considering becoming an Owl! International students must meet basic admission requirements for their classification, and you may have additional requirements based on visa type, country of origin and educational history.

If you have any questions you can contact our International Admissions Counselors through email taas@kennesaw.edu or on the right-hand side of this page.

You should apply for International Admission if you are:

• Not a U.S. Citizen.
• Currently in the U.S. on an F-1 (student) visa.
• Currently living outside the U.S. and will require an F-1 visa to study in the United States.
• Currently in the U.S. on any other class of visa.
• In the process of applying for Permanent Residency status but have not yet received the Permanent Residency card.
• Received a Permanent Residency card.
• Have been educated outside of the U.S.

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  Freshmen/Transfer Freshmen Information

   
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  Transfer Information

   
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  English Proficiency

   
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  Application Deadlines

   

You should apply for International Freshman admission if you are:

• a senior in high school, graduating in the spring, or
• recently graduated high school and have not enrolled in another college or university after graduating. 

You should apply for International Transfer Freshman admission if you:

• attended another college, and have earned less than 30 semester hours or 50 quarter hours of transferrable college credit.

You should apply as an International Transfer student if you:

• graduated from high school five years ago or more,
• have attended another college, or have earned 30 semester hours or 50 quarter hours of transferrable college credit

International Freshman/ Transfer Freshman Admissions Information

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  GPA Requirement

  Graduation from high school with GPA of 2.5
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  SAT

  500 - Critical Reading | 490 - Math
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  ACT

  18 - English or Reading | 18 - Math

International Transfer Freshman Application Steps

1. Submit your application and $40 application fee online by the deadline posted for your desired semester of entry.
2. Official transcripts of ALL your high school or post-secondary records. English evaluations of all foreign documents will be needed. You must have your foreign transcripts evaluated by one of the following credential evaluations services found at naces.org.
   • Your High School transcript will need to have a document-by-document evaluation including GPA.
   • Your College/University transcript will need to have a course-by-course evaluation.

Official transcripts from high schools or colleges must be sent directly from the institution to:

Kennesaw State University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
3391 Town Point Drive, MD 9111
Suite 1000
Kennesaw, GA 30144

3. Results from your Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Test (ACT).
4. Validation of English Proficiency. 

See Below for English Proficiency Options

International Transfer Admissions Information

See Below for English Proficiency Options

 

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  GPA

  Cumulative 2.0 GPA on all college coursework attempted.
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  CREDIT

  30 semester or 50 quarter hours, that includes the equivalent of KSU’s English 1101 and Math 1101, or more of transferable credit from an accredited college or university in the United States.
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  ACADEMIC STANDING

  Good as indicated on transcript.

Transfer Freshman Application Steps

1. Submit your application and $40 application fee online at by the deadline posted for your desired semester of entry.
2. Official transcripts of ALL your high school or post-secondary records.  English evaluations of all foreign documents will be needed. You must have your foreign transcripts evaluated by one of the following credential evaluations services found at naces.org.
   • Your College/University transcript will need to have a course-by-course evaluation.

Official transcripts from high schools or colleges must be sent directly from the institution to:

Kennesaw State University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
3391 Town Point Drive, MD 9111
Suite 1000
Kennesaw, GA 30144

3. Validation of English Proficiency. 

See Below for English Proficiency Options

English Proficiency

We want you to succeed and grow while at KSU. It is important to contribute in the classroom and engage with the campus community. Thus, we ask non-native speakers to validate their English proficiency when applying to KSU. Below are the various methods that can be used to meet the English Proficiency requirement for admission.

• Validation Criteria
  Minimum
• TOEFL (Internet Based TOEFL IBT or Paper Based TOEFL PBT)
  79 IBT or 550 PBT
• IELTS
  6.5
• SAT Critical Reading
  (Test taken prior to March 2016)
  450
• SAT Reading Test 
  (Test taken March 2016 or later)
  25
• ACT English
  18
• EIKEN
  Pre-1
• MELAB (Michigan English Language Assessment Battery)
  77
• Cambridge CAE (Certificate of Advanced English)
  177
• Cambridge CPE (Certificate of Proficiency in English)
  180
• Pearson PTE Academic
  58
• Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) IGCSE Or "O" Level Exams
  B or Better
• UK GCSE English Exam
  B or better
• UK GCE A-Level Exam
  B or better
• EdExcel Intl A-Levels Or IGCSE English Exams
  B or better
• KSU Intensive English Program (IEP) Level Six
  Successfully complete level six
• US College Completion of English Composition One
  English Composition I and II with C or better 

Testing and Support Services

• SAT- College Board*
• ACT- registration and testing**
• Kaplan- SAT/ACT information 
• IELTS- registration and testing
• IEP- Intensive English Program
• TOEFL- Educational Testing Services*

*The school code for the TOEFL and SAT: 5359
**The school code for the ACT: 0833 

Conditional Acceptance

To gain full admission to a KSU degree program, you must demonstrate English proficiency as per the above chart. You may be admitted conditionally into the Intensive English Program at KSU if you meet all requirements except the English Language Proficiency requirement. This process requires you to fully enroll in IEP and successfully completion of the highest level as defined by the Intensive English Program. During this time, you are given an I-20 for Language Training. Upon completion of the highest level, your KSU Admission to the university will be reviewed for full acceptance. Only then will you be considered to have met the English Language Proficiency requirement, enroll in the university, and gain an I-20 into a degree program.

See the Intensive English Program for details on enrolling.

For questions regarding all other international admission contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Transfer Services at transfer@kennesaw.edu or 470-578-6500.

Send your application, test results, transcripts and other documents to:

Kennesaw State University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
3391 Town Point Drive, MD 9111
Kennesaw, GA 30144