Graduate International Admissions Process

  • Completed application
  • Application fee
  • English proficiency score (unless undergraduate degree completed at a U.S. university)
    • TOEFL: 79
    • IELTS 6.5
    • Duolingo: 120
    • PTE: 57
  • GRE/GMAT scores
  • Portfolio (for applicants to the Hillier College of Architecture and Design)
  • Letter of recommendation
    • 1 for Master’s (optional for all Master's applicants; required for Architecture and Urban Design applicants)
    • 3 for PhD

 

GRE/GMAT Requirements per Academic College

  • Newark College of Engineering - GRE optional but strongly recommended for all MS and PhD applicants
  • Ying Wu College of Computing - GRE optional but strongly recommended for all MS applicants; GRE required for all PhD applicants
  • Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts - GRE optional for all MS and PhD applicants
  • Hillier College of Architecture and Design - GRE optional for all Master's applicants; GRE required for all PhD applicants
  • Martin Tuchman School of Management - GMAT/GRE may be waived for Master's applicants with cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0 (international students need a WES or another NACES-approved evaluation); GMAT/GRE required for all PhD applicants

 

TOEFL/IELTS/DUOLINGO/PTE

The Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), Duolingo or Pearson Test of English (PTE) is required of all applicants whose first language is not English. The minimum score required is 4.0 overall (new scale) or 79 (old scale) for the internet-based TOEFL exam, 6.5 for the IELTS exam, 120 for the Duolingo exam or 57 for the PTE exam.

Applicants with degrees from institutions in the following countries qualify for an exemption of the English proficiency requirement, so they do not have to submit a TOEFL/IELTS/DUOLINGO/PTE exam score as part of their application for admission:

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Australia (including island territories - Norfolk Island, Christmas Island, and the Cocos Islands)
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Canada
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Federated State of Micronesia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Ireland, Republic of
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • New Zealand (including the island territory of Tokelau)
  • Niue
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of Fiji
  • Republic of the Marshall Islands
  • Republic of Palau
  • Philippines
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Helena
  • South Africa
  • St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, including island territories - Pitcairn, the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gibraltar, the Turks and Caicos, and Montserrat)
  • United States (including island territories – American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the US Virgin Islands)
  • Zimbabwe