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International Students

Our university welcomes international applicants and currently has approximately 100 students from more than 20 foreign countries.   

In addition to the admission requirements for undergraduate or graduate study, students whose native or primary language is not English must also provide verification of English proficiency.  For more information about English proficiency requirements, click here.

Learn more about international student requirements.

Non-U.S. Transcripts
Students must have their transcripts from their postsecondary education evaluated to determine the U.S. equivalency. Various international educational firms can interpret the educational backgrounds of people who have studied outside the United States and are in need of statements of U.S. equivalencies (see the list below under “Accepted Credential Evaluation Service Organizations”). These evaluators issue two main types of reports:

• Degree-only verification Verifies the type of degree earned and whether or not the Non-U.S. institution is equivalent to an accredited U.S. institution.
• Course by course evaluation Verifies whether or not the non-U.S. institution is equivalent to an accredited U.S. institution and includes a separate report that provides U.S. semester credit, grade equivalent, and level equivalent (graduate or undergraduate) for each course. The report is used for Transfer Credit Evaluations (TCE).

Undergraduate Students:
Undergraduate transfer students (those who have previous college-level credits) are required to submit a Transfer Credit Evaluation (TCE) application as part of their admission process.  They must request the educational agency interpreting their non-U.S. college-level transcript to send a course-by-course evaluation report directly to AMU.

Graduate Students:
Those with no prior graduate-level work must request the educational agency interpreting their non-U.S. college-level transcript to send an official degree-only verification report directly to our university.

Exceptions:

• Our university accepts official documentation for students completing programs from the Swedish Defense College as the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree without requiring an evaluation.
• Transcripts from Canadian universities confirming Bachelor’s or Master’s degrees will be accepted for entry into a master's program if the school is a member of the Association of Canadian Colleges and Universities, if accreditation is shown on the transcript from the Ministry of Education of the province, OR if the school has been given degree­-granting rights by an act of the Canadian legislature.

Those with prior graduate-level work at a non-U.S. institution who wish to apply for a Transfer Credit Evaluation must request that an official course by course evaluation is sent directly to our university.

Accepted Credential Evaluation Service Organizations:

APUS will accept any International Transcript Evaluation Service that is a current member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, Office of International Education Services (AACRAO-OIES), and international agencies that belong to Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE). Students should contact one of the member organizations directly for procedure and fee information.

Mail or Fax Admissions and Transfer Credit Documents to:

American Public University System
10110 Battleview Parkway, Suite 114
Manassas, VA  20109
Attn:  Student Records
Transfer Credit Fax: 304-724-3788