No, there is not a separate application for international applicants. All first-year applicants are required to apply online using our institutional application or the Common App. Once you submit your application form, you will need to check your Application Status Check for updates to your application status and for notification of received or missing documents. Your admission decision will also be available on your Application Status Check portal.

If you attended a school outside the United States, the International School Form will be added to your Application Checklist to help us better understand your educational curriculum and determine what items we will need to review your application. Please complete this form before the deadline to allow plenty of time for you to submit any additional required materials we may need.

All credentials from non-U.S. institutions must be evaluated by a foreign-credential-evaluation agency to include a U.S. equivalent grade point average. We recommend using a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. All academic records must be issued in the native language and be accompanied by a certified English translation. To be considered official, your evaluation must be sent directly to our office by the evaluation agency.

All credentials from non-U.S. institutions must be evaluated by a foreign-credential-evaluation agency, preferably a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. All academic records must be issued in the native language and be accompanied by a certified English translation. High school documents need to include a U.S. equivalent grade point average. University documents need to include a course-by-course evaluation. To be considered official, your evaluation must be sent directly to our office by the evaluation agency.

International first-year applicants who indicated that they were completing an exam-based curriculum will need to submit official or certified copies of their examination results. These results must be sent directly to Florida State by the issuing school or testing agency.

Applicants whose native language is not English are required to demonstrate spoken and written proficiency by providing examination results. Proficiency exam exemptions are granted if certain conditions are fulfilled.

For more information regarding our English Proficiency requirements, please reference our English Proficiency page.

During the application process, applicants can self-report their English Language Proficiency results by completing the form on their Application Status Check. Once admitted, our office will request your official scores to verify your information.

First-Year admission is a holistic and selective process, and no single criterion guarantees admission. Rather, we consider all the documentation you submit, and we carefully review your academic record and test scores to ensure that you are prepared for the rigorous curriculum you will encounter at Florida State University.

Requirements for international applicants vary based upon the curriculum that they have taken. Please complete the International School Form on your Application Checklist to better determine which materials you will need to complete your application.

Applicants attending an international school that follows a U.S.-based curriculum may self-report their academic history by completing the SSAR.

If your U.S. school has evaluated your international high school coursework, please complete the Self-reported Student Academic Record (SSAR). Once completed, link your Self-Reported Student Academic Record through your Application Status Check. Please allow one to two business days after linking for the checklist item to be satisfied. For more information about the SSAR, please see our FAQ.

If your U.S. school has not yet evaluated your transcripts, please submit official or certified copies of all secondary school records and/or examination results. All credentials from non-U.S. institutions must be evaluated by a foreign-credential-evaluation agency to include a U.S. equivalent grade point average. We recommend a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.

Florida State accepts electronic transcripts submitted through FASTER. If you choose to send your transcript using an electronic database, please be sure to list admissions@fsu.edu as the recipient's email address.

You may also request that your official transcripts be sent by mail in a sealed envelope directly to Florida State at the address below:

Florida State University
Office of Admissions
A2500 University Center
282 Champions Way
Tallahassee FL 32306-2400

All required documentation must be received in our office by December 1, 2022 to receive a Regular decision on February 15, 2023. Applications received after December 1 will receive a decision in early April. The deadline for rolling admission decisions is March 1, 2023.

Applicants who submit a complete application and all required materials by our November 1, 2021 priority deadline can expect to receive a decision on February 17, 2021. Applications completed after this date will receive a decision in late March on a rolling basis.

As required by the Florida Board of Governors, all first-year applicants must submit at least one set of SAT and/or ACT scores to be considered for admission to Florida State.

All admitted first-year applicants are automatically considered for the Office of Admissions' merit-based academic scholarships; a separate application is not required. Scholarships are competitive and awarded based on academic merit (a combination of the applicant's GPA and test scores).

As non-Florida residents, international first-year applicants are eligible for the Tuition Reduction Scholarship offered by the Office of Admissions. For the 2021-2022 academic year, students who were awarded scholarships met the following minimum criteria:

FSU Core GPA: 4.0
SAT Total: 1390
ACT Composite: 31
All A's & B's grades

These standards are subject to change from year to year based on the competitiveness of our applicant pool.