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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/ There is a $50 application fee. 
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: International students from countries where English is not an official language must demonstrate English proficiency. Proficiency can be demonstrated with passing scores as listed below:
   • SAT Reasoning: 950 Combined Math and Critical reading (Dominican’s SAT code is 4284)
   • ACT: 20 Composite
   • TOEFL: 550 Paper, 213 Computer, or 80 IBT
   • IELTS: 6.5
   • PTEA: 53

   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

For graduate admissions, see the International Graduate Students section of this catalog.