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International Undergraduate Students

Dominican University of California welcomes international students who have completed secondary school with good academic records. Students who have completed coursework at another university or college may transfer to Dominican, provided they meet transfer admission requirements. The University will grant transfer credit of 10 semester units for each International Baccalaureate (IB) higher level subject examination passed with a score or a grade of 4 or higher, up to a maximum of 30 units. Dominican also awards advanced standing credit for Advanced (A) level subject examinations passed with a grade of ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, or ‘E’. No advanced standing is granted for the Ordinary (O) level examination.

Undergraduate International Admissions Requirements

  1. Application Form: Apply online at admissions.https://admissions.dominican.edu/apply/
  2. Official Transcripts: Foreign transcript(s) must be translated into English and evaluated by an accredited evaluation company (See Credential Evaluation). Transcripts must be mailed from the institution. Scanned or emailed transcripts are not acceptable.
  3. Credential Evaluation: Foreign transcript(s) must be evaluated by an accredited evaluation company. Dominican accepts credential evaluations from American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), www.aacrao.org, or any NACES approved member organization (www.naces.org).

    The list below gives the address of a private organization that provides international credential evaluation services. This list is for informational purposes only.

    World Education Services (for transfer students only)
    P.O. Box 5087, Bowling Green Station
    New York, NY 10271-5087
    Telephone: (212) 966-6311
    Fax: (211) 739-6100
    www.wes.org

    Candidates who select World Education Services (WES) as their NACES member organization may elect to submit a WES ICAP (course-by-course) evaluation. The WES ICAP evaluation can fulfill the official transcript requirement, as well, as long as the WES ICAP evaluation is delivered to the Office of Admissions directly from WES and includes a copy of the official transcripts you had evaluated. It should be noted that official transcripts are delivered electronically with the evaluation through WES.

  4. Test Results/English Proficiency: Students from countries where English is not an official language must demonstrate English proficiency. Proficiency tests or ELS 112 must be completed within the past two years. Proficiency can be demonstrated with passing scores as listed below:
    • SAT Reasoning: 1140 Combined Math and Evidence-Based Reading (minimum Reading score of 25) and Writing (M + ERW).
    • ACT: 20 Composite
    • TOEFL: 550 Paper, 213 Computer, or 80 IBT (Learn about TOEFL)
    • IELTS: 6.5 (Learn about IELTS)
    • PTEA: 53 ((Learn about PTEA Academic)
    • Duolingo English Test: 105 (Learn about Duolingo)
    • An official transcript demonstrating that the applicant completed one academic year in the U.S. school system. (Does not apply to graduate applicants.) Find complete instructions on how to submit your transcripts to Dominican here.
    • Completed Level 112 Intensive Program English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at an ELS Language Center.
    • Successful completion of 24 transferable semester units or 36 transferable quarter units at an English-speaking institution.

    Conditional Admission: Students who have met the University’s academic requirements, but have not yet satisfied the English requirement, may apply for “conditional admission” based upon eventual completion of the required ELS Language Centers level.

    The English proficiency requirement may also be satisfied by completing Level 112 English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at ELS Language Centers, or the successful completion of 24 transferable semester units or 36 transferable quarter units at an English-speaking institution. Please note that this requirement is waived for all students who have spent one academic year at a U.S. college or university.

  5. Personal Essay of 500 words as described on the application
  6. Letter of Recommendation
  7. Bank Statement: All international students must submit a bank statement that demonstrates sufficient funds are available to support the student for one year. Please see Cost of Attendance information available on the Dominican website at www.dominican.edu website.
  8. Affidavit of Financial Support: If the bank statement is not in the student’s name, the account holder must submit the Affidavit of Financial Support form available through the Office of Admissions website.
  9. Photocopy of Passport Photo Page