​Use the DePaul application​​.  ​

Official transcripts from all U.S. accredited colleges and universities you have attended-regardless of the amount of credit earned or grades.

What to Submit:

Course-by Course Evaluation - Applicants with international university credit (regardless of the amount of credit earned or grades) will be required to complete a course-by-course evaluation by one of the following evaluation companies:

• Educational Perspectives
• Educational Credential Evaluators
• One Earth International Credential Evaluations

You will need to fill out the evaluation company's online application, pay the evaluation fee and submit all required educational credentials as described on their website.

International Transfer Partner Institutions - Applicants enrolled at a partner institution that have a current transfer articulation agreement with DePaul will only need to submit a transcript from the institution.  A course-by-course evaluation is not required.  For a list of international transfer partner institutions, please review the Transfer Agreements webpage.

How to Submit:

The evaluation company will send your completed course-by-course evaluation, university transcripts, and translations to International Admission to be added to your application.

Transcripts from Transfer Partner Institutions​ can be either emailed to us at international@depaul.edu or mailed to:

International Admission
1 East Jackson Boulevard, Suite 9300
Chicago, Illinois 60604 USA

​Important Note: 

Please be aware that if you are admitted, you ma​y be asked by the Transfer Articulation Center (TrAC) to provide official course descriptions and/or course syllabi of your international university credit with official word-for-word English translations stamped by the translation service.  If requested, please submit these items directly to TrAC at trac@depaul.edu​.

Reminders:

If you are admitted based on unofficial credentials, you must submit official transcripts in order to enroll.

If you mail original documents to DePaul University, they can be returned to you if you specifically make the request in a cover letter at the time of submission.

If you bring your original documents to the International Admission office, photocopies can be made and the original documents can be returned immediately during the visit.

Unless specifically requested back at the time of submission, all documents become property of DePaul University and will not be returned at a later date.

Students educated outside the U.S. for secondary school (high school) and/or university are required to submit an exam score that meets our English proficiency requirement. 

If your English proficiency scores are below the minimum requirement, you might be​ considered for Conditio​​nal Admission​.  

Note: Effective for TOEFL exams taken on or after January 21, 2026, the ETS TOEFL IBT score scale will change from a 0-120 score range to a 1-6 score range.  Minimum requirements for both scales are listed below.

Students can demonstrate proof of English proficiency by one of the following:

*Our office does not accept scores from the TOEFL iBT Home Edition.

TOEFL, IELTS Academic and PTE Academic exam scores are valid for two years. SAT and ACT exam scores are valid for five years. Scores that are older will not be accepted.

We will waive the English proficiency exam requirements for students who have completed the following coursework and achieved the minimum following results:

Exception: Students whose secondary education (for all years of secondary/high school) and university level coursework took place in one of the countries below may be exempt from the English proficiency requirement. Students born in one of these countries, yet educated elsewhere, are required to satisfy the English proficiency requirement.

U.S., Antigua & Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada (English speaking provinces), Cayman Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Leeward Islands, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Solomon Islands, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos, Uganda, United Kingdom (including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), Vanuatu, and Windward Islands.