Prospective Students
Additional Application Requirements
This information does not apply to ALP or Summer Programs for High School Students.
You must follow the additional application requirements detailed below if you are:
- applying from abroad
- a non-immigrant international student already in the United States
- a non-native speaker of English
- a permanent resident who has had a foreign education
- International students must submit completed applications to the Office of Admissions at least 12 weeks before the beginning of the session or term the applicant wishes to attend.
Applicants are strongly advised to apply by May for fall admission, by September for spring admission, and by March for admission to the Summer Sessions.
- Documents not in English must be accompanied by a certified credential evaluation and translation.
Spring 2013 Applicants
If your post-secondary credentials are from an institution outside the U.S. or Canada, the Office of Admission requires that all post-secondary credentials be submitted in the original language along with both a certified English credential evaluation and translation. We recommend using the World Education Services, Inc. (WES) to fulfill this requirement.
Fall 2013 Applicants
If your post-secondary credentials are from an institution outside the U.S. or Canada, the Office of Admission requires you to submit all post-secondary credentials (undergraduate and graduate) to World Education Services, Inc. (WES), a third party verification agency for a course-by-course evaluation.
Instructions for using WES
WES must complete a course-by-course evaluation of all post-secondary credentials. Please select the WES basic course-by-course evaluation (with GPA and course-levels) and request to have WES send your evaluation to Columbia University School of Continuing Education. The school can be found by searching Columbia University and then selecting School of Continuing Education. The evaluation provided to the School of Continuing Education becomes an official academic record and sole property of the School of Continuing Education upon its receipt.
WES evaluations will be reviewed by the School of Continuing Education administrators and the determination of degree equivalency to U.S. degrees is at the discretion of the School of Continuing Education.
- Non-native English Speakers must meet English Language requirements.
- International students must fulfill visa requirements.
