• Certified, translated copies of all transcripts, mark sheets, and diplomas from your school. Mississippi State recommends all school credentials from non-U.S. institutions be submitted through a National Association of Credential Evaluation Services member (NACES member agency) for a course-by-course evaluation with grade point average calculation. MSU's preferred transcript evaluation service is TEC or MyIEE.
• An official ACT score of 20 or higher, or SAT score of 1030 (only if your GPA is below 3.0 based on our evaluation of your transcripts OR if you are applying for scholarships). 
• English Language Proficiency (See below for details.)
• Once you've been admitted, go to the International Institute website for additional requirements.

1. Official transcripts from all recognized colleges. Mississippi State requires all school credentials from non-U.S. institutions be submitted through a National Association of Credential Evaluation Services member (NACES member agency) for a course-by-course evaluation with grade point average calculation. MSU's preferred transcript evaluation service is TEC or MyIEE.

2. 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. An appropriate English Language Proficiency test score is required.

   OPTION C: Thirty (30) 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.

3. English Proficiency Requirement (See below for details.)
4. Once you've been admitted, go to the International Institute website for additional requirements.

Completion of intensive English training may not waive the IELTS/TOEFL requirement. Only students who are citizens of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, The Gambia, Grenada, Ghana, Guyana, Republic of Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, New Zealand, Nigeria, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, The United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales) are automatically exempt from this requirement. Citizens of Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland are only exempt if English is listed as the first language on the Senior Certificate.

• International applicants who apply for admission as degree-seeking freshmen and who have completed two years minimum of high school education and earned at least a C in English courses and graduated from an accredited high school in the US. Such applicants must, however, comply with the admission standards for domestic (i.e. US) applicants.

• International applicants who apply for admission as degree-seeking transfer students and who have completed at least one English Writing/Composition course at an accredited institution of higher education in the U.S. Such applicants must, however, comply with the admission standards for domestic (i.e. US) applicants.

*Source: List recommended by presenters at AACRAO international credential evaluation conference. 

International students who wish to enroll in academic courses but fail to demonstrate English language proficiency using one of the approved methods will be required to enroll in the English Language Institute (ELI). Students who successfully complete the ELI program will be considered to have demonstrated English language proficiency and will then be allowed to register in academic courses offered through the colleges. Admission to the English Language Institute is an additional process. Please visit the International Institute’s website for details concerning the English Language Institute.