Graduate Admission Requirements

Graduate applicants must meet all of the following minimum requirements:

1. Transcripts of academic work and degree certificates from each college/university attended. As a part of your application, you are required to order an evaluation of your foreign education credentials from one of our three approved servicers: Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) , World Education Services (WES) or SpanTran.  Learn more here. 

2. Proof of having met at least one of the English language proficiency requirements. CSU offers students the following choices to prove English language proficiency:

   • Meet minimum test score requirements:

     TOEFL iBT (Internet-Based): 78 and at least 17 in each section

     TOEFL PBT (Paper-Based): 550

     IELTS: 6.0 and at least 5.0 in each section

     Duolingo English Test: 105

     PTE (Pearsons Test of English): 50

     iTEP: 3.8

   • Successful completion of CSU's IELP (Intensive English Language Program) Advanced Level, with a grade of 80% or better (levin.csuohio.edu/ielp/).

   • Completion of English language studies (Level 112) from any ELS Language Center.

   • Graduated from a secondary school or accredited college/university in the US or from one of the TOEFL exempted countries.

3. Official score report of the GRE, GMAT, or MAT, if required by your academic department for your program. The academic program has the option of requiring additional test requirements from applicants. Please check your academic department's requirements in the graduate catalog.

4. Letters of recommendation are required for most programs, but not all. Please check your specific program's requirements by reviewing the minimum admissions requirements by program.

College of Engineering TOEFL (iBT) Requirements:

78 (Reading: 20, Listening: 21, Writing: 17, Speaking: 20)

If you have questions about CSU's graduate admission requirements, please contact allin1@csuohio.edu.