Transfer Student

Transfer Students have attended a regionally, accredited institution since graduating from high school. In order to be admitted as a transfer applicant, you must:

• Have a minimum of 18 college-level hours (excluding developmental courses– you must have completed college-level English and math course designed to fulfill general education requirement)
• Have earned a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 on college-level courses, and
• Be in good standing and eligible to return to the last college or university of attendance

What you need to get started

• $20 application fee 
• Proof of immunization, and
• Offiial transcript from EACH regionally, accredited institution attended, regardless if credits appear on another transcript. An official transcript is defined as one mailed directly from one institution to another. It bears the institution's seal, signature of the registrar, the date of issuance, and is issued to Grambling State University – Office of Admissions. (Note: A sealed transcript issued to the student is not official; it must be issued to us)

If you have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 on college-level work and earned less than 18 semester hours of course work (excluding developmental courses), you must meet the admission criteria for new first-time freshmen. NOTE: You will be admitted as a transfer student, but will be evaluated using the new freshman criteria.

All transfer coursework will appear on the GSU transcript.  Credit is given for courses, taken at a regionally accredited institution, in which a grade of “C” or better was earned.  The appropriate department head determines if an accepted courses will be used toward a degree. The equivalence of a course taken at an institution within the Louisiana system is determined by the Board of Regents transfer articulation matrices, and Grambling State University.  All other course equivalences are determined by the appropriate department head. We do not accept credits earned at institutions not regionally accredited.

NOTE: You can access the transfer articulation matrices that indicate the correlation of courses among Louisiana’s public colleges and universities by going to the Board of Regents website and viewing the Master Course Articulation Matrix.

Adult/Non-Traditional Student

Degree-seeking applicants who are 25 years of age or older may be admitted without meeting the core requirements of a traditional new freshman, and may need no more than one developmental course. However, for placement in appropriate English and mathematics courses, placement examinations will be administered and the results will be used to determine course entry level.

International Student

The Center for International Affairs (CIAP ) fosters global cooperation and articulation linkages that augment overall campus internationalization. Additionally, CIAP encompasses the Office of International Student & Scholars Services which provides immigration counseling, coordinates the Homeland’s Security (SEVIS Database System) and complies with the code of federal regulations as it pertains to F-1, J-1 and M-1 nonimmigrant visas. It also provides retention services for international students & supports foreign faculty exchanges and cross-cultural advising. CIAP will also administer the ESL program which will provide an intensive ESL language training to meet the needs of our growing international student population.

The Office of Study Abroad & International Academic Programs will coordinate international academic programs, faculty exchanges, GSU faculty taught courses overseas, foreign language and international studies; international joint degree programs and short term and special summer language and academic programs both overseas and in the USA in cooperation with provost’s office.

The Office of International Graduate and Undergraduate Admission will coordinate foreign credit evaluation, the entire international application process, bi-national degree programs.

CIAP serves as liaison and ombudsman between the university and international students, global partners, federal government, public and private agencies, and the community.

International students who apply early may qualify for a partial scholarship grant lasting up to 4 years. Earliest applicants will receive first consideration, since the number of admission seats and grants are limited. Subject to availability of funding. Certain conditions and restrictions apply.

Please contact:

Center for International Affairs & Programs (CIAP)
Grambling State University
100 Founder Street, Suite 51
Grambling, Louisiana 71245-1188 USA
Tel: (318) 274-6556
Fax: (318) 274-3292

dangh@advaoptical.net

Reamitted Student

Any student not attending Grambling State for one regular semester, excluding summers, must apply for readmission.  The readmission application and other required items must be submitted to the Office of Admissions at least thirty (30) days prior to registration.  Former students who have attended other regionally accredited institutions during their absence from the University must submit official transcripts from each college attended. Items needed in order to be considered for readmission are:

• Online application for admission
• $20.00 Application fee
• Official transcript from accredited college(s) attended while absent from Grambling State University
• Proof of Immunization

Note: You must provide proof of immunization even though you attended Grambling State University previously. Please contact the Foster-Johnson Health Center if you have questions.

Contact the Telecounselor:
(318) 274-6183 
admissions@advaoptical.net