Application Checklist: Degree
Your application for a graduate degree program will be reviewed for admission consideration once the Office of Graduate and Professional Enrollment has received and processed all of the items on the checklist below. Exceptions: Financial support documents, passport identity page copies and School Transfer Forms may be submitted after admission.
Application Checklist for Degree-Seeking Students
- Application
Submit your application online. - Application fee
This $75 fee may be paid (a) by credit card or Paypal account when prompted at the end of the online application process, (b) by credit card through the IIT Bursar's Office payment website, or (c) by check or money order made payable to Illinois Institute of Technology and mailed to the Office of Graduate and Professional Enrollment. For the most expedient processing, we recommend option (a). If you choose to pay by check or money order, please specify the fee amount in U.S. dollars (USD). Other currencies cannot be accepted.
The application fee is waived for applicants who have been enrolled at IIT in the past or who attend an IIT graduate open house event. - Transcripts
We require complete transcripts from each university you have attended for any length of time (both undergraduate and graduate study).
Guidelines for transcripts from institutions within the United States:
Official, original transcripts must be sent directly to IIT by the issuing institution(s) either by post or electronically. In certain cases as determined by your IIT admission coordinator after you apply, photocopies mailed or faxed to IIT by the institution may be accepted for review purposes.
Transcripts from institutions in China:
Official transcripts must bear the original stamp/seal of the university on each page and must be sent to IIT by post, either by the issuing institution or by the applicant, in an envelope signed and sealed by the university.
Transcripts must be submitted in the original language and in English. Translations may come from the institution or from a professional translation service.
Legible photocopies of all graduate certificates (if applicable). These documents should be in the original language and translated in English.
Legible photocopies of all degree certificates (if applicable). These documents should be in the original language and translated in English.
For a faster processing all transcripts, degrees, and diplomas must be verified by China Academic Degree and Graduate Education Development Center or China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center, as appropriate. All documents must be sent directly to the Illinois Institute of Technology by these organizations.
University degrees and transcripts should be verified by:
China Academic Degree and Graduate Education Development Center
18 Floor, Tongfang Keji Building B
No. 1, Wangzhuang Road
Haidian, Beijing 100083
CHINA
Tel: 8610-82379480
Fax: 8610-82379491
http://www.cdgdc.edu.cn/
Non-university diplomas and transcripts should be verified by:
China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center
Box 6#, Beihang University
No. 37 Xue Yuan Road
Haidian District, Beijing 1000081
CHINA
Tel: 8610-68914154
Fax: 8610-68914160
Email: kefu@chsi.com.cn
All questions about the verification policies and process should be directed to these two organizations.
NOTE: For English translation services we recommend consulting http://www.atanet.org.
Transcripts from institutions in India:
Individual marksheets are required from all institutions attended; consolidated transcripts cannot be accepted. Either original marksheets or photocopies that have been attested on each page by the Registrar or Controller of Examinations of the degree-granting university (not affiliate college) are required. Marksheets must be sent to IIT by post, either by the institution or by the applicant.
Transcripts from institutions in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone:
Official, original transcripts must be sent directly to IIT by the issuing institution via post.
Transcripts from institutions in all other countries: Official, original transcripts must be sent directly to IIT by post, either by the issuing institution or by the applicant.
If your prior institution does not issue transcripts in English, both the original and a professional English translation are required. If your prior institution does not use the 4.0 scale grading system, your admission coordinator in the Office of Graduate and Professional Enrollment will evaluate your grades to that system upon review of your transcripts. In the case we are unable to evaluate the credentials, applicants will be required to have their documents professionally evaluated. Applicants are free to choose their own service; however, we highly recommend World Education Services, Educational Credential Evaluators, or One Earth International Credential Evaluations. Official transcripts must be submitted along with the evaluation. - Resume
Your current resume may be submitted (a) through your online application, (b) by email to admission@stuart.iit.edu, or (c) by fax to 312.567.3138. For the most expedient processing, we recommend option (a). Please choose only one form of submission.
Note: Public Administration applicants only are not required to submit a resume. -
Professional statement
Please answer questions 1 through 3 of the following list. Question 4 is optional. Each essay response should not exceed 500 words. Your responses must be submitted through your online application and cannot be revised or resubmitted after you submit the application.
- Provide a brief summary of your relevant professional and/or educational background, highlighting your skills and what you consider to have been important influences and experiences.
- Develop a five-year career plan, including your professional goals and how you intend to implement them.
- Why do you wish to pursue graduate study in the program to which you are applying? Discuss how you believe graduate studies at IIT Stuart will contribute to your professional goals.
- Provide any additional details that you feel would assist the admission committee in evaluating your application.
- Letters of recommendation
Letters of recommendation should be submitted from individuals who are able to assess your academic and/or career achievements and potential. Recommenders may include professors or employers, but may not include family members or personal friends.
Master's degree applicants must submit two letters; Ph.D. applicants must submit three. Please do not submit more letters than are required for your application. Additional letters will not be reviewed by the admission committee.
All recommendations should be submitted electronically through the online application system. The link to create invitations to your recommenders will appear on your online application home page after you submit the completed application. Please ask your recommenders to add iit.edu to their email account's list of safe senders now, and request that they check their "junk" email filters if they have trouble receiving an invitation you send. Invitations are sometimes routed there in error.
Once you send an invitation, it cannot be deleted or changed. However, if you need to send an invitation to an additional recommender, or to re-send an invitation to a current recommender at a new email address, simply log in to your online application and use the invitation link. You can create a new invitation at any time.
Please allow three days from the time your recommender submits an online recommendation for your status to update online. - GRE or GMAT scores (if required)
We require official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) scores sent directly to IIT Stuart by the testing service. Please request that your scores be set to institution code 1318; no department code is required.
Master of Mathematical Finance applicants may submit only GRE scores. Applicants to all other programs may submit either GRE or GMAT scores. Submission of GRE or GMAT scores is optional for Master of Public Administration applicants and there are no minimum score requirements for admission consideration. However, GRE or GMAT scores must be submitted by MPA applicants who wish to be considered for scholarships from IIT Stuart available to qualified new full-time MPA students beginning in the Spring 2011 term. Read complete GRE/GMAT score requirements.
Additional Requirements for International Applicants
- TOEFL or IELTS scores (if required)
Any applicant whose undergraduate degree was earned at an institution where the primary language of instruction is not English must submit Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores.
We require official TOEFL or IELTS scores sent directly to IIT Stuart by the testing service. Please request that your scores be set to institution code 1318; no department code is required. -
Financial support documents
IIT Stuart accepts proof of financial support in either of the following two formats:
- Bank official's signature and bank seal on IIT Stuart's Financial Support Form (download the pdf form for Public Administration or for all other Stuart School of Business programs). Please read all instructions carefully to ensure that each required section of the form is complete.
- Original bank statement dated in the past six months, showing the required amount in your own or your sponsor's bank account. The statement must be on the bank's letterhead and bear the bank official's signature and stamp (bank seal). If your education will be sponsored by someone other than yourself, you must additionally submit a notarized letter from your sponsor confirming their plans to pay for your graduate studies. The letter must be signed and dated within the past one year.
Photocopied, scanned, or faxed documents cannot be accepted.
You may submit documents for up to three bank accounts that sum to the required total. Complete documentation (see options 1 or 2 above) is required for each account or each sponsor.
Proof of financial support may not include any frozen or locked funding. All monies must be readily available for use.
You may submit your financial support documents after being notified of admission, if you wish; however, an I-20 cannot be issued to any admitted student until valid documents have been received and approved by the Office of Graduate and Professional Enrollment. For this reason, we encourage you to submit them as early as possible.
Immigration regulations stipulate that financial support documents must be no more than six months old at the time an I-20 is issued. If your documents have expired at the time your admission decision is made, you will be asked to submit new documents. Exception: Students who are admitted to IIT Stuart with valid financial support documents and who subsequently defer their admission to a later term will not be required to submit new proof of financial support. A new I-20 will be issued based on the documents accepted for the original term of admission.
- Bank official's signature and bank seal on IIT Stuart's Financial Support Form (download the pdf form for Public Administration or for all other Stuart School of Business programs). Please read all instructions carefully to ensure that each required section of the form is complete.
- Passport identity page
A copy of your passport identity page may be submitted (a) by email to admission@stuart.iit.edu, or (b) by post to the Office of Graduate and Professional Enrollment at the address below. Please choose only one form of submission.
The copy of your passport identity page is not required for purposes of application review and admission decision, although applicants are strongly encouraged to submit it prior to admission, if possible. This documentation aids in efficient processing of your I-20, if you are admitted. - School Transfer Form
The School Transfer Form (pdf) must be submitted by any international student currently studying on an F-1 visa who intends to transfer to IIT Stuart from another institution in the United States. It indicates the release of your I-20 by your current institution, permitting IIT Stuart to create a new I-20 for you. This form should be submitted only after you officially have been admitted to IIT Stuart. - Admitted international students currently holding another visa status in the U.S. with plans to change to an F-1 student visa will need to be issued a "Change of Status" I-20 from IIT Stuart. Please consult the IIT International Center for assistance with this process.
Only transcripts/marksheets, financial support documents, and (optionally) passport identity page copies should be submitted by post. Please mail those items to:
Office of Graduate and Professional Enrollment
Illinois Institute of Technology
10 West 33rd Street
Perlstein Hall, Room 203
Chicago, IL 60616
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