Application Procedures

An applicant is not officially accepted into the School of Graduate and Professional Studies until they receive a formal letter of acceptance from the Associate Dean of Graduate Enrollment Management or their designee.

All admitted students must formally accept their offer of admission before they are eligible to register for courses. Instructions for accepting admission are provided in the official acceptance letter and within the admissions portal.

Students who are admitted but do not register for courses in the term for which they were admitted will be automatically withdrawn and must reapply for future admission consideration.

Complete and submit online an official application through the Graduate Admission Portal. Pay a $50, non-refundable, application fee when submitting the official application form. Applicants are required to pay the $50 application fee by credit card.

Applicants may only apply to one program in any given term, and may not be matriculated in more than one degree program at the same time. Applicants who wish to change the program of application, must resubmit another graduate application and pay the additional application fee.  Applicants who wish to change a concentration/track/option within the same degree program should email gradadmissions@southernct.edu with this request.

Applicants are urged to submit the completed application and credentials well in advance of the semester for which they seek admission. Applying and completing your file by the deadlines will give you priority consideration for admission, and for some programs incomplete applications will not be considered after the deadline.

Although the School of Graduate and Professional Studies has a rolling admissions process for the fall and spring terms, many departments have established application deadlines for their programs. Those who are applying for programs that include teacher certification should allow a minimum of six months from receipt of application to admission.

Program specific deadlines and application requirements can be found on the School of Graduate and Professional Studies' website. 

The applicant is responsible for ensuring that all materials and documentation for the application file are complete. Applicants may view the status of their applications through the graduate admission portal. Application files that are incomplete at the end of the first day of classes will be withdrawn.

Applicants that have pending applications (with no official decision), and who wish for their application to be moved to a future term, must notify the School of Graduate and Professional Studies in writing no later than the first day of classes for the term to which the applicant originally applied. Applications may only be moved within a year of the original date of the application. 

All additional application materials must be uploaded directly through the Graduate Admission Portal. Note: Official test scores must be submitted from the granting organization. Applicants cannot upload these scores themselves. 

Specific requirements for each program are listed here (clicking on the program name will reveal the requirements) and are presented in the admissions portal . These may include, but are not limited to:

• Letters of recommendation
• Essay or personal statement
• Copies of certifications or licensures
• Resume
• Official test scores  

Resident aliens must provide a copy of their alien registration cards to the School of Graduate and Professional Studies or upload a copy (front and back) through the Graduate Admission Portal.

Once all application requirements have been fulfilled, applicants are encouraged to schedule a meeting with the Graduate Program Coordinator for further guidance.

SCSU requires official transcripts of all previous academic work from every college or university attended. Transcripts received from the student are not considered official. Transcripts must be re-submitted when an applicant applies for subsequent graduate programs.

Official eTranscripts should be sent to GradDocs@southernct.edu. Official paper transcripts should be mailed to Southern CT State University, School of Graduate and Professional Studies, 501 Crescent Street, BU 444, New Haven, CT  06515.  

Transcripts from outside the United States must be evaluated (course by course) by NACES approved organization (www.naces.org), at the applicant’s expense .  The evaluation must be course-by-course, and include a copy of the transcript(s) evaluated.

Applicants applying to Southern’s graduate programs, who participated in a Southern supported study-abroad program while enrolled as an undergraduate, may have their international credit evaluated by the Office of International Education, in lieu of having a transcript evaluation performed by a NACES member evaluation agency.