International Students

INTERNATIONAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

• Meet the admissions criteria and deadlines for First-Year or Transfer students

• NACES Evaluation
  • All International Students are required to submit an official, third-party certified evaluations (course-by-course, GPA, credits, grades), International Transcript Evaluation. This must be completed by a National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) member organization in order to be considered official.
  • The official evaluation must come directly from the organization to Chaminade University by electronic submission to [email protected].
  • Unofficial transcript evaluations will not be accepted.
  • Students who attended English speaking institutions in a foreign country are still required to submit an International Transcript Evaluation.
  • Chaminade does not accept transcript translations in place of transcript evaluations.

• Proof of English Proficiency
  International applicants whose native language is not English must submit proof of English proficiency. 
  English Test Scores Accepted by Chaminade University:
  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): minimum score on the TOEFL –IBT is 79
  • IELTS: minimum score of 6.5
  • PTE: minimum score of 53
  • Duolingo: minimum score of 95

Score reports must come directly from the testing service to Chaminade University by submitting them electronically to [email protected]. Unofficial score reports will not be accepted.

Exemptions to English proficiency tests:

• Earning a prior degree from an institution whose instruction was entirely in English, however this is at the discretion of the admissions and program staff and faculty.
• Official records for at least the last four years of secondary school study and any university level or post-secondary course work that has been completed or attempted. These records must list all subjects taken, grades earned, or examination results in each subject, and all diplomas and certificates.

APPLICATION CHECKLIST

• Application: apply.chaminade.edu
• Application fee: $50.00 (waivers accepted)
• Official records from all secondary and/or post secondary schools attended 
• Official NACES evaluations 
• Official English proficiency test results
• Certificate of Finances – Evidence of financial capacity to cover cost of attendance (tuition, fees, books and supplies, room and board, etc.) for the upcoming academic year. An I-20 will not be issued until this certificate is received and reviewed.
• Copy of passport