International Services - [ transfer requirements ]

Complete the following steps to be considered for admission:

• Complete the application for admission.
• Submit a non-refundable $35 application fee. Applications will not be processed until the application fee has been received.
• Send or have sent official or attested copies of academic documents from all former secondary and post-secondary schools in an attested sealed envelope directly from the secondary school or examination board or university. If transcripts, mark sheets or diplomas are in any language other than English, please have them translated and attested by the issuing institution.

International undergraduate students admitted to Mississippi State University must demonstrate English Language Proficiency to register for academic courses offered through the colleges.

To receive immigration documents

• Send Sponsor Declaration Form .
• Send sponsor's bank statement or employer letter.

Transfer Admission Requirements

• OPTION A: One year of successful study in a foreign university and appropriate English Language Proficiency test scores.
• OPTION B: Meet freshman requirements and hold a minimum grade-point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale on all college courses attempted, as evaluated by Mississippi State University. Appropriate English Language Proficiency test score is required.
• OPTION C: Twenty-four (24) hours of transferable credit from a regionally accredited U.S. college, with a grade-point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, as evaluated by Mississippi State University, including all of the following credits:
  • 6 semester hours of English composition;
  • 3 semester hours of college algebra (or a higher mathematics);
  • 6 semester hours of laboratory science; and
  • 9 semester hours of transferable electives.

NOTE: Students who meet option C requirements will be considered to have demonstrated English language proficiency.