Applicant guidance at Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Additional or different steps

These are steps DegreePilot verified as different for this applicant type, not a copy of the general admissions checklist.

Use the correct international applicant route

Follow Rutgers' first-year or transfer instructions according to the applicant's postsecondary history.

Required

Provide the required academic records

Provide the required academic records and a translation prepared by an authorized school or professional translator when a record is not in English.

Required

Check the English-proficiency rule

Rutgers requires an approved English-proficiency result when prior schooling was outside the United States in a country where English is not the principal language of instruction, subject to its published exemptions or case-by-case waiver review.

Conditionally required

Follow the separate immigration-document process when applicable

After admission, students seeking an I-20 follow Rutgers Global's separate financial-document and immigration-document process.

Conditionally required