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International Applicants

Texas A&M University School of Public Health welcomes international students to apply!

All international applicants to our graduate-level degrees must take the following steps to be considered for admission:

Foreign Coursework & Transcript Evaluations

Applicants with coursework from institutions outside of the U.S. and English-speaking Canada must submit international academic credentials to World Education Services (WES) for a course-by-course (ICAP) evaluation and U.S. equivalency determination. Applicants should submit the WES evaluation directly to the SOPHAS or HAMPCAS. Follow the instructions for routing provided by WES. 

English Language Proficiency Requirement

Official English language proficiency (ELP) test scores are required for  most international applicants. Citizens of certain English-speaking countries are exempt from this requirement. Refer to the list on the  TAMU Office of Admissions website.  

If an applicant’s country of citizenship is not on the exempted list of countries, the applicant is required to submit official scores that meet the minimum ELP requirement or meet the Alternative Verification criteria for the School of Public Health. 

Test Scores

Submit proof of English language proficiency as demonstrated by one of the criteria below:

  • GRE verbal score of 153 or higher from a test date within five years.
    • SOPHAS applicants should send official scores to GRE Code  7841
    • HAMPCAS applicants should send official scores to GRE Code 0653

  • IELTS overall band score of 7.0 or higher from a test date within two years. 
    • SOPHAS applicants should send official scores to SOPHAS
    • HAMPCAS applicants should send official scores electronically to  Texas A&M University (College Station and Galveston)

  • TOEFL iBT test score of 95 (or higher) from a test date within two years.
    • SOPHAS applicants should send official TOEFL iBT scores to school code  5688
    • HAMPCAS applicants should send official TOEFL iBT scores to school code  B589

  • TOEFL Essentials test overall band score of 10 (or higher) from a test date within two years.
    • Scores should be submitted to Texas A&M University using code 6003

ELP Alternate Verification & Certification

An international graduate student may qualify for English Language Proficiency (ELP) Alternative Verification by

  • completing a bachelor’s degree (with less than four years of coursework) at an accredited academic institution located in the United States  or
  • completing a master’s degree at an accredited academic institution located in the United States.

An international graduate student may qualify for English Language Proficiency (ELP) Alternative Certification if they completed all four years of a bachelor’s degree at an accredited institution located within the United States.

The degree must be awarded at the time of application submission. The official transcript submitted with your application will be used to confirm the conferred degree status and will verify eligibility for ELP Alternate Verification or Certification.