International Admission

Complete information on how to apply to UC Riverside as an international student can be found at international.ucr.edu. The credentials of an international applicant — a student who holds or expects to hold a student, exchange, visitor, diplomatic, or any other visa and who wishes to attend school in the United States as an undergraduate — are evaluated in accordance with the general regulations governing admission. UCR uses the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System (SEVIS) for all nonimmigrant F- and J-status students.

Students may apply electronically during the priority filing periods at universityofcalifornia.edu/apply. Early in the application filing period, students should submit the following to Undergraduate Admissions: official certificates and detailed transcripts of record, including hours and marks, accompanied by English translations; course syllabi; results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examination. An applicant from another country whose native language is not English must achieve a score of 550 (paper- based), or 80 (Internet-based) on the TOEFL or a score of 6.5 on the IELTS.

Students may receive more information about the TOEFL at toefl.org. Students may receive more information about the IELTS at ielts.org.

Results of the test should be forwarded to Undergraduate Admissions. Applicants living locally should contact Undergraduate Admissions (see address below) for further information concerning other test options or completion of an acceptable English composition course to clear the English as a Second Language requirement.

Generally, financial assistance from the university is not available to nonimmigrant visa students. International students must provide proof that they possess sufficient funds to meet their educational commitments while studying in the United States. International students are considered nonresidents of California and are assessed the nonresident tuition in addition to the fees paid by legal residents of California.

For inquiries about the admission of international undergraduate students:

International Specialist Undergraduate Admissions 3106 Student Services Building University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A.; internationalinfo@ucr.edu