How to Apply: The Admission Office classifies an applicant as an undergraduate if he or she has not earned a university degree equivalent to a U.S. bachelor’s degree. Applicants should supply the following:

• All international applicants must complete the international application. An applicant can also address a request to: Office of Admission, P.O. Box 114000, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-4000, U.S.A.
• Submit a nonrefundable application fee of $30 (U.S. currency drawn on a U.S. bank). An application will not be considered without the required application fee.
• Submit test scores. (See test score requirements.)
• Complete a confidential financial statement.

Applications cannot be considered until the Office of Admission receives ALL required credentials. All documents must be accompanied by official English translations and become the property of the university. Credentials of applicants cannot be returned or forwarded.

• Undergraduate applicants must submit official transcripts (or certificates) of all academic records in the native language for all secondary and/or postsecondary course work attempted. All documents must be accompanied by official English translations.
• Postbaccalaureate applicants must submit official transcripts of academic records in the native language, including degree statements for all university-level work. These documents must be accompanied by official English translations.

Students who enter the university as freshmen or sophomores (less than two years of university course work) must submit official scores for SAT or ACT assessments before their application for admission will be considered.

International students whose native tongue is English or who have completed at least one academic year of university or college course work in a country where English is the official language (this excludes intensive English language programs) are not required to submit TOEFL scores but must submit satisfactory scores on an appropriate admissions test.

TOEFL and SAT information is available online at www.ets.org or by writing to the Educational Testing Service, Rosedale Road, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A. 08541. ACT information is available online at www.act.org or by writing to the American College Testing Program, 500 ACT Drive, P.O. Box 168, Iowa City, IA, U.S.A. 52243. Test information also is available at U.S. embassies and consulates.

When an application for admission is approved, the university will send an official notice. Admission is for a specific term. If a student is unable to enroll for the term indicated, the Office of Admission should be informed immediately. If the student wishes to be considered for entrance to a different term, the Office of Admission must be advised.

Under no circumstances should an applicant make plans to depart for Gainesville until the university has provided official notification. A student who comes to campus without a notice of admission does so entirely at his or her own risk. The student’s presence on campus will not influence the decision for admission.