• Present evidence of fluency in English. If your native language is not English, you must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) and earn a minimum score of 500. For information about the TOEFL, please write to TOEFL, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S.A.
  
• Complete a Foreign Student Financial Statement (included in the application packet). This statement demonstrates that you have sufficient financial resources--at least $16,700--to meet the cost of living in the United States, the cost of travel to and from your native country, and the cost of graduate education at IUP.  
  
• Submit official foreign transcripts and official English translations. These documents must bear the official seal of the issuing college or university.
  
• Due to the procedural changes in our Pennsylvania banking system, we are not able to accept foreign checks. Acceptable options include:
  
  1. Submit a check drawn on a U.S. bank. The computer code must appear on the bottom of the check.

  2. Submit a U.S. foreign postal money order. (Preferred)

  3. Submit a traveler's check that has been signed by you in both areas on the front.

If you are admitted to the university, you will receive information on housing, arrival dates, and other general information about the university from the Office of International Affairs at IUP. Questions about certificates of eligibility (I-20) and other legal matters should be addressed directly to Office of International Affairs, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Wallace Annex, 875 Grant Street; Indiana, PA 15705, U.S.A.

The office's phone number is (724) 357-2295; fax number is (724) 357-2514.