International Admission Criteria by Country
Review your intended graduate program website for academic department specific admission criteria and filing deadlines.
General university admission requirements are:
- Hold the equivalent of a U.S. Bachelor's degree
You must have earned a degree or diploma that San Francisco State University considers equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. An official determination of eligibility will be made during the graduate application process. - Have the equivalent of a U.S. 3.0 GPA or "B" average
Your overall marksheets, average exam scores or average grade earned should be better than average or better than passing. - English language proficiency
You must demonstrate your English language ability by submitting an English language proficiency score that meets minimum requirements or hold a bachelor's or master's degree earned in one of the exempted countries.
The Division of Graduate Studies accepts International Credential Evaluations from approved organizations:
International Education Evaluation (IEE) - https://myiee.org/university/san-francisco-state-university
You may be able to receive your course-by-course evaluation in 3 DAYS or less with IEE's custom application for San Francisco State University
World Education Services (WES) - https://www.wes.org/
Students should request/submit the WES ICAP report
Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE) - https://www.ece.org/
Students should request/submit course-by-course report
SPANTRAN – The Evaluation Company - https://spantran.com/web/
Students should request/submit course-by-course report with GPA
Foundation for International Services, Inc. - https://www.fis-web.com/
Students should request/submit course-by-course report
International Education Research Foundation - https://www.ierf.org/
Students should request/submit a Detail Report (also known as course-by-course report)
You can submit a Course-by-Course credential evaluation report to our office in lieu of country specific academic documents. Applicants may upload a credential evaluation report from one of our approved organizations in the “unofficial transcripts” section of the Documents in CAL STATE APPLY. Post-admission, the student will be required to request the organization send us an official copy of the credential evaluation report to San Francisco State University.
