International Students

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International students, you are welcome here! The University of Colorado Colorado Springs values the talent, culture and contributions shared by our international faculty and students. With more than 42 countries represented at UCCS, the world comes to Colorado Springs through UCCS, providing our resident students a truly international experience at home. It is an experience we believe will last students a lifetime in our increasingly global society.

If you are not a US citizen or you do not yet hold US Permanent Resident status, you should apply as an international student. Review the descriptions below and select the one that fits you best to review the application steps.

We invite you to apply to the University of Colorado Colorado Springs! Please define your application type:

  • Undergraduate International Applicant: International undergraduate applicants are students applying to an undergraduate program for a Bachelor's degree as freshmen or transfer students. International freshman and transfer applicants should also fill out the same international application. Please review the admissions recruitments below.
  • Graduate International Applicant: International graduate applicants are students who have already completed an undergraduate degree and wish to pursue a higher degree at the master or doctoral level. International graduate applicants should fill out the graduate application. Click here for Graduate Admissions.
  • Undergraduate Conditional Applicant: International undergraduate applicants who do not meet the UCCS English proficiency requirement can still be admitted after they gain proficiency through our Intensive English Program or UCCS approved partner language training centers*. Undergraduate international students who are seeking conditional admissions should fill out the international application. Click here to learn more about UCCS' Intensive English Program
  • Non-degree Seeking Exchange Applicant: International applicants who are not seeking a degree from the UCCS but are nominated as exchange students by their home institutions. Contact your international office to determine if an exchange partnership exists between your home institution and the UCCS. Nominated exchange applicants, please visit the Global Engagement Office page here for admissions details.
All students will be reviewed in the order their application file is completed.  A completed application file consists of the submitted application and receipt of official required documents such as transcripts and proof of English proficiency.
Payable by check or money order (made payable to the UCCS) after you submit your application. Checks or money orders can be mailed to UCCS. ( If submitting a check or money order, include your full legal name and date of birth. 
Official secondary school transcripts certified and translated to English (final three years).  We require transcripts from each and every collegiate institution attended during and after graduation from high school.  In addition, applicants with course-work from any foreign college must submit a course-by-course foreign transcript evaluation by a NACES member in order for such course work to be considered for transfer credit at UCCS. (Please note: Official evaluations received directly from WES and ECE credential agencies may enable more efficient review and processing of transfer credit by UCCS.) 


 
UCCS requires that you submit an official score report for either the SAT I or the ACT. Scores will be considered official if submitted electronically by the testing agency or if they are included on the official high school transcript. We receive electronic transmissions of ACT and SAT I scores from the testing agencies each week, and we will automatically update your application with any new scores received by our application deadlines.
Your highest scores are used in the admission decision. If you take the same test more than once, we combine your scores on each subsection to give you the highest overall composite score.
UCCS's ACT code is 0535 and the SAT code is 4874.

Online Application for International Students

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English Language Proficiency Requirements

Learn about the Student Right-to-Know Act, the Clery Act, and other important Student Consumer Information here.

Still have questions? Please email Ms. Ruby Cheng, International Services and Recruitment Coordinator at ycheng@uccs.edu or call 719-255-7218. 

 

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