Admission Requirements for International Freshman

All first-year undergraduate applicants must apply online using The Common Application. The application includes:

• The UC writing supplement
• Letter(s) of Recommendation
• $100 application fee

We must receive official transcripts showing the current year’s subjects and the previous 3 years’ subjects. Transcripts should include a certified English translation, if needed. There are two options for submitting your transcripts, and you only need to choose to do one of them:

• You can request that a high school official upload the transcripts via the Common Application, or
• You can submit the official or notarized, sealed transcripts through the physical mail to:

International Admissions, University of Cincinnati
2618 McMicken Circle
PO Box 210123
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0123

English language requirements vary by academic college. You can find your academic college by searching for your program here.

Proof of English is not required if the student has one of the following:

• You have taken a full year of high school in the U.S.A. and earned a passing grade in one year of Standard English (not ESL). This must be shown on your transcripts.
• You have earned a passing score on the O Level Exam.
• You have passed the first year of IB English (SL or HL) with a score of 5 or higher.
• You are from or have attended a full year of school in a country in which has been deemed as English proficient.

Proof of Math is required for the UC Global Scholarship, full admission after receiving a Conditional Letter of Admission, or those exempt from the English Language Requirement and can be satisfied by the SAT, ACT, or UC Math Placement Test (MPT).

Math ability requirements vary by academic college. You can find your academic college by searching for your program here.