Undergraduate Admissions

International Transfer Students

How to Apply

  1. Complete your application for admission through the Common Application. All international undergraduate students who are not part of an exchange program must apply as “first year” students on the Common App.
  2. Pay the one-time, nonrefundable $35 USD Common Application processing fee. This fee is required for all undergraduate international applicants. Please do not request a Common App fee waiver. We do not provide or approve fee waivers for international applicants. Applications with fee waiver requests will not be processed.

Please do not send letters of recommendation, photographs, portfolios, personal essays, or additional documents unless or until they are specifically requested on your Husky Portal checklist (see below). Doing so may delay your decision. Any additional required documents will be posted to your checklist within a few days after you submit your application.

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Deadline
Semester of Enrollment Application Due Application Documents Due Post-Acceptance I-20 Documents Due Last Day I-20 Documents Are Issued
Spring (January Start) October 1 October 15 November 1 November 15
Fall (August Start) April 1 May 1 June 1 June 15

After You Apply

  1. Set up your Husky Portal. You will receive an email within one week after you apply for admission with instructions for setting up your Husky Portal. This application portal will have a checklist of required items you must submit to complete your application as well as links, next steps, and other helpful information to help guide you through the admissions process.
  2. Submit all required documents listed on your Husky Portal checklist, such as official transcripts, English proficiency test results, etc. All documents should be emailed to international@mtu.edu. Transcripts must be sent directly to Michigan Tech by your school. We cannot accept transcripts directly from students.
  1. Receive your admissions decision letter. You will receive an email letting you know that an update has been posted to your Husky Portal. You will login and view your decision at that time.

After Acceptance

Transfer Credit Process

To apply for international transfer credit, you must provide a syllabus or course description (in English), for each course taken outside of the US. You must include:

  • Course name
  • Course number
  • Start and end date of each course
  • Description of each course and the topics it covered
  • Textbook titles for each course, including author, edition, and date of publication

To ensure proper transfer credit, all documents should be submitted to the Admissions Office at least four months prior to your intended start date. Credits are only evaluated if you have been admitted and the enrollment deposit is paid.

Current Michigan Tech students who want to take a course in their home country or other countries should work with Transfer Services staff in the Registrar's Office before they plan to take the course.

Only courses comparable to Michigan Tech courses are eligible, and a minimum US equivalent grade of a C or higher must be earned.

Courses listed on official transcripts with no grade or score, with grades of C- or below (D, F, below 1.0 on four-point scale), with Pass/Fail scores, with "Audit" or "AU" in place of a grade, or with a value of 0 credit hours are not eligible for transfer credit.

Transfer credit is determined by the appropriate Michigan Tech academic department for equivalent content.

Michigan Tech reserves the right to award transfer credit following its own policies and procedures.

F-1 Visa Requirements

To receive an I-20, you must show proof of funds for one year of studies. After you are accepted to Michigan Tech, access to documents will be available in your Application Portal.

Students must submit the following required documents. Some documents can be uploaded directly to your Applicant Portal, and some (such as bank statements) cannot. Any documents that cannot be uploaded should be emailed to international@mtu.edu.

  • A completed Affidavit of Financial Support (F-1). It must be dated no more than 12 months before the semester start date.
  • Supporting proof of funds documents showing sufficient funds for at least one full year of studies, dated no more than 12 months before the semester start date. Acceptable proofs include bank statements, scholarship letters, and loan letters.
  • A copy of your passport photo page.

Dependent Visa Holders

If you are currently in the US on a dependent visa status, such as H-4, L-2, or J-2, and you plan to keep ** that status as you begin your studies at Michigan Tech, you do not need to submit financial documents, but should still submit the following through your Application Portal:

  • A copy of your passport photo page.

** You can only study on your dependent visa until you turn 21 or your parent's visa status changes—whichever comes first. With plenty of time in advance of losing your status and your ability to study, you should review the process for changing your status to F-1. When you are ready to change your status to F-1, you should work with the Michigan Tech International Programs and Services Office to do so.