Graduate Semester Student Application: International Students
To be considered for admission to the university, all international students are required to submit the following documents:
- Electronic or paper international student application, along with a non-refundable $100 application fee.
Note: International applicants to graduate programs should complete the International Application, not the Evening and Graduate Admissions Application.
- Current résumé.
- Personal statement indicating why the applicant wishes to further his/her education or describing the applicant’s long-term goals or a specific life experience.
- An affidavit of support or official bank document or statement verifying the amount of personal/family funds, in U.S. dollars, available for tuition and educational expenses (books, insurance, and personal expenses.) All documents must be in English.
- Official transcripts (or certified copies of university transcripts) showing that a baccalaureate degree has been conferred. Transcripts must be in their original language and accompanied by a certified English translation. These documents will not be returned to the student. They will become part of the student’s official file at Lindenwood University-Belleville. The cost for the evaluation of the transcript will be incurred by the applicant. However, once the applicant obtains a visa and arrives at Lindenwood University-Belleville, the cost of the evaluation will be refunded up to $116, provided that the applicant brings the receipt for the evaluation service.
- Official TOEFL or IELTS score. For score reporting, the Lindenwood University code is 2848.
- Required minimum TOEFL scores:
- 550 (paper-based)
- 213 (computer-based)
- 81 (Internet-based)
- Required minimum IELTS score: 6.5
- A clear, readable copy of the identification page of the applicant's passport.
- Housing Application, along with a $200 housing deposit, made payable to Lindenwood University. (International residential students are obligated to pay the housing costs for the entire academic year once a housing form is signed and submitted to the Housing Office.) Campus housing will be assigned upon receipt of the housing application and deposit. Students should include an email address on the housing form.
Once all application materials have been received, a member of the Office of Admissions will contact the applicant.
If an international candidate wishes to transfer credit to Lindenwood from an international institution, the applicant must submit, along with all documentation required for international application, a course-by-course evaluation and translation of all international transcripts, performed by World Evaluation Services (WES). No application for the transfer of international credit will be complete until the WES evaluation is provided. Applicants should list Lindenwood University as the recipient of the evaluation. WES will also provide a copy of the evaluation directly to the applicant. The applicant should keep this copy of the evaluation for his/her records. For more information about transcript evaluation, contact WES at www.wes.org.
Notes: (1) Students must request a course-by-course evaluation (not a document-by-document evaluation) in order to transfer credit to Lindenwood for particular coursework.
(2)The cost for the evaluation of international transcripts will be incurred by the applicant. However, once the applicant obtains a visa and arrives at Lindenwood University-Belleville, the cost of the evaluation will be refunded, provided that the applicant brings in the receipt for the evaluation service to the Business Office.
In addition to submitting the materials required for admission, international students wishing to transfer to Lindenwood from a SEVIS-sponsored school should also submit the following documents:
- The transfer student application, sent to the appropriate official at the school the student previously attended, where it will be processed and returned to the Lindenwood University-Belleville Office of Admissions.
- The student’s transfer will not be considered complete until Lindenwood University-Belleville receives the completed transfer paperwork. Once the transfer application has been processed, Lindenwood will issue the student a Lindenwood I-20, permitting the student to legally reside in the U.S. as a full-time international student.