In the event that you are denied admission, you need to re-apply to be reconsidered for a future term by the same graduate program. The transcripts you submitted with your original application are kept for one year in both the Graduate Program Office and the Graduate Admissions Office. You will need to have any transcripts containing new coursework sent to both offices.

If you were already admitted to a graduate program and your intention is to defer your admission, please contact the graduate program to see if they can accommodate your change in plans, as you may not need to re-apply. If deferral is approved, you will receive a new Notice of Admission and immigration document. Please return your original immigration document back to the Graduate Admissions Office.

When admitted to The Ohio State University, please provide the following information to confirm your acceptance:

1) Graduate Programs NOT requiring a tuition deposit: If your program does not require a tuition deposit, then you may accept your admission on-line by visiting "Application Status" via the following link http://appstatus.osu.edu/

NOTE: International students must wait to receive the I-20 before accepting on-line.

2) Graduate Programs requiring a tuition deposit: If your program requires a tuition deposit,you will be sent by regular mail an acceptance statement with tuition deposit information. By the due date indicated, please send the completed original acceptance statement and a check or money order for the tuition deposit. Return the statement and check in the window envelope enclosed with your statement. Please be advised photocopied statements WILL NOT be processed, only originals. Before mailing, confirm the Retail Remittance Center address on the Acceptance Statement shows through the envelope window. The acceptance statement must be returned via regular mail to the Retail Remittance Center, not Graduate Admissions. The Center does not accept express mail packages.

If you are concerned that your Acceptance Statement will not be submitted in time, please contact your graduate program office to inform them about your intention to attend Ohio State. It is very important to inform your graduate program of your acceptance, especially if you were awarded financial aid. Program contact information can be accessed at: http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/gri.asp

NOTE#1: Additionally, if you were awarded a Fellowship, please also communicate your decision to accept to the Graduate School's Fellowship Services Director, Ms.Bobbi Davis-Jones at: Davis-Jones.1@osu.edu.

NOTE#2: You must accept our offer of admission in order to register for classes. The Registrar's Office will later send an email notifying when to register.

To decline an admission offer,please confirm your decision as follows:

1) For Graduate Programs NOT requiring a tuition deposit: If your program does not require a tuition deposit, then you may decline your admission on-line by visiting "Application Status" via the following link http://appstatus.osu.edu/


2) Graduate Programs requiring a tuition deposit: If your program requires a tuition deposit,you will be sent by regular mail an acceptance statement with tuition deposit information. By the due date indicated, please send the completed original statement noting your decision to decline. Return the statement in the window envelope enclosed with your statement. Please be advised photocopied statements WILL NOT be processed, only originals. Before mailing, confirm the Retail Remittance Center address on the Statement shows through the envelope window. The acceptance/decline statement must be returned via regular mail to the Retail Remittance Center, not Graduate Admissions. The Center does not accept express mail packages

If you are an international student wishing to decline your admission and you were sent an I-20, please return the form via regular mail to the following address:

Graduate Admissions Office
The Ohio State University
P.O. Box 182083
Columbus, OH 43218-2083

It is also very important that you contact your graduate program to inform them you are declining their offer of admission especially if you were awarded financial aid. Contact information for graduate programs can be accessed at:http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/gri.asp

NOTE: Additionally, if you were awarded a Fellowship, it is requested you communicate your decision to decline to the Graduate School's Fellowship Services Director, Ms.Bobbi Davis-Jones at: Davis-Jones.1@osu.edu.

The program to which you apply will determine if your previous graduate level coursework will apply to your program of study here. The Admissions Office does not make that determination. Likewise, we do not do course-by-course evaluations of graduate level courses.

Please fill out the Request for Transfer of Graduate Credit form which can be found online at http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/Depo/PDF/TransferGradProgram.pdf. The form requires a signature from your Graduate Studies Committee Chairperson in your graduate program. Registration Services will review the request to ensure that the proposed coursework is graduate-level, that the student was in a graduate program when the coursework was taken, and that the grade earned was at least a B.

Please visit the Office of International Affairs website at http://oia.osu.edu/iss/97-department-guide/680-visitor-beginning-instructions.html for information on paying the SEVIS Fee.

There is no acceptance fee associated with your graduate program admission. However, tuition deposits are required by certain programs; if required, the dollar amount will be noted on the Acceptance Statement. Be sure to include a check in that amount along with your statement.

It may take the Ohio State Acceptance Statement some time to reach destinations overseas. We will not rescind your admission if we receive your Ohio State Acceptance Statement after the deadline printed on the form. Your admission is still valid.

This does not extend to offers of financial aid, such as University Fellowships or associateships. If you were offered an associateship from your graduate program or a Fellowship from the University, it is very important to adhere to the deadlines written in the material. We recommend that you keep in close contact with your graduate program in regard to the acceptance of financial aid offers.

You cannot register for class until you have formally accepted your admission.

Health care costs in the United States are very expensive. For this reason, it is mandatory that international students and their families carry health insurance. For further information about health insurance plans, please visit the Student Health Center website. http://shi.osu.edu/page.asp?id=32§ion=7

An applicant receives a provisional admission when the Graduate Admissions Office admits an applicant before that applicant has provided all the necessary academic documents. Therefore, an admitted student may be provisional because the student has not supplied the Graduate Admissions Office with an official, complete transcript or with an official degree statement (diploma) or both. The academic documents for which the student is provisional are listed in the Notice of Admission. A student with a provisional admission must submit the missing document(s) by the first day of the student's first term at The Ohio State University. If a provisionally admitted student does not provide the Graduate Admissions Office with the missing document(s) by this deadline, the University will block the student's enrollment. In order to remove the provision, the university or institution which issues the provision-causing document(s) should mail the official document(s) directly to the Graduate Admissions Office. The Graduate Admissions Office makes no in person photocopies of documents and does not return submitted academic documents.

Applicants to graduate degree programs at The Ohio State University must provide the Graduate Admissions Office official transcripts, (lists of all courses attempted and grades received, marksheets etc) for all university-level academic work. If a graduate applicant has or will receive a diploma or degree certificate before beginning a graduate program at Ohio State University, the applicant must provide proof of graduation to the Graduate Admissions Office. This proof of graduation may be a degree statement, diploma, certificate or an official transcript stating that the university conferred a specific degree and giving the date of the conferral.

Domestic applicants are sent a Notice of Admission letter immediately from the Graduate Admissions Office.

The process for international applicants requires an additional step. If your graduate program has not informed us that you are to receive funding, we will send you an email message informing you that you have been academically admitted, but that you should send financial documents proving that you can afford to attend Ohio State. NOTE:Sometimes emails are sent by the Graduate Admissions Office before graduate programs have finished making funding decisions. It is always a good idea to check your funding status with your graduate program before sending financial documents.

The Graduate Admissions Office will compare your bank documents, sponsor letter, or university funding against the estimated budget ( http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/IGcosts.htm) to determine whether you have enough funding to live and pay tuition at The Ohio State University. If your documents pass this financial review, we will issue the form I-20 or DS-2019. If your documents do not pass the financial review, we shall send you an email asking for additional proof of funding.

Ohio State University has over 800 student organizations. In some cases someone from your country’s student organization, an international or religious student organization, may be able to arrange temporary housing for your first night or arrange a homestay. Contact your organization to see if they might be able to help you. http://www.ohiounion.osu.edu/studentorgs/orgs.asp

In the event that no ethnic, international or religious student organization can provide you airport pick up or temporary housing, please refer to the Office of International Student and Scholar website at http://oia.osu.edu/international-students/pre-arrival-information.html

As tens of thousands of students attend Ohio State University we do not offer an airport pickup service. It is very easy, however, to reach campus from the airport by taxi or by the public bus system (COTA http://www.cota.com/ ).The COTA bus route is #052. The International Students and Scholars Office http://oia.osu.edu/ offers advice on how to get to campus from the airport.

If you are an international student, it is a good idea to bring a record of your immunizations. During your orientation program at the International Students and Scholars Office, there is a scheduled international health screening at the Wilce Student Health Center. The website of the International Students and Scholars Office provides information on this topic http://oia.osu.edu/ The e-mail address is iss@oia.osu.edu

There are many hotels in the Ohio State University area. http://www.osu.edu/visitors/accommodations.php

Most hotels are a 30-45 minute walk to the OSU campus on busy streets with limited sidewalks. Van service is listed if it is available. Taxi fare to OSU from most of these hotels is approximately $15. Rates may be higher on certain dates when special events are occurring in Columbus. Show your Notice of Admission or OSU student ID (when received) to prove OSU student status when an OSU special rate is available.

Domestic students are advised to report to their Graduate Program Office upon arrival, particularly if you have not received information regarding departmental orientation activities. If you plan to live on-campus, please be aware that residence hall space fills up quickly, so you should complete arrangements for on-campus housing before arrival in Columbus. The office of On-Campus Housing may be reached at (614)292-8266. Off-Campus Housing may be reached at (614)292-0100.

International students who arrive in Columbus on a weekday between 8am and 5pm, should first come to the International Students and Scholars Office http://oia.osu.edu/ It is located on the first floor of Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave. Columbus, OH. ISS is open Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm, except during the summer when the hours are 7:30am - 4:30pm

If you send the Graduate Admissions Office evidence of adequate funding for the living expenses and health insurance of your dependent(s), we will issue dependent I-20's for your family. See http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/IGcosts.htm

The U.S. embassy will issue F-2 visas to your spouse and children if you present the dependent form I-20 and proof of financial support for your family.

An email will be sent to you containing a blank Affidavit of Support form ( http://www-afa.adm.ohio-state.edu/apps/pdfs/ig-affad.pdf ) for you to complete and return along with a bank statement or sponsor letter. The Affidavit of Support is a signed promise by a person(s) or sponsor to support you throughout the duration of your studies and the bank statement is proof of funds available to cover the cost of the first year of your program's academic and living expenses at OSU (http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/IGcosts.htm). Financial documents should be faxed to the attention of Financial Review at (614) 688-3593. Originals should be mailed directly to Graduate Admissions.

To download a copy of the OSU Affidavit of Support Form go to: http://www-afa.adm.ohio-state.edu/apps/pdfs/ig-affad.pdf

After completing the form, please fax it to the attention of "Financial Review", at: (614)688-3593.

Please Note: The Affidavit of Support form and the accompanying certified bank statement must be in the same person’s name. If you have multiple sponsors, each sponsor needs to provide a set of financial documents in their name; i.e., whoever provides a bank statement must also sign and date the Affidavit of Support form. In completing the section entitled "Sponsorship" on the Affidavit, it is necessary to insert the amount of support according to the amount of years you will be enrolled in your degree program (The time frame to complete a Master's degree program is 2 years and a PHD program is 3 years at Ohio State). However, your certified bank statement and/or sponsorship letter only needs to document one year of funding.

Additional clarifications include:
-The date of financial support documents must be one year or less at the time of financial review.
-The available funding must be liquid; i.e., property titles, statements from chartered accountants, or salary statements are not accepted documentation.
-A Government or Sponsoring Agency (i.e., organization, institution, or employer) must provide the following information on a sponsorship letter:
• Are they paying all tuition and fees? How much?
• Are they covering your living expenses? How much?
• How long is your sponsorship valid?
• Will the sponsor be willing to provide extra support for dependent(s) or English preparation courses, if applicable? If so,how much?

No action is necessary on your part until we contact you to begin the financial review process. Financial documentation will be required for the production of your official notice of admission and immigration document. An email will be sent to you containing a blank Affidavit of Support form ( http://www-afa.adm.ohio-state.edu/apps/pdfs/ig-affad.pdf ) which should be completed and returned,along with, a bank statement or sponsor letter. The Affidavit of Support form is a signed promise by a person(s)or sponsor(s) to support you throughout the duration of your studies. The certified bank statement or sponsor letter provide proof of funds available to cover the cost of the first year of your program's academic and living expenses at The Ohio State University (http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/IGcosts.htm). Please note: Both the Affidavit of Support and bank statement must be in the same person's name. Financial documents should be faxed to the attention of Financial Review at (614)688-3593. Originals should be mailed directly to Graduate Admissions.

The email you receive should contain the necessary attachment. If you cannot open it, download a copy at http://www-afa.adm.ohio-state.edu/apps/pdfs/ig-affad.pdf Fax the completed form to the Graduate Admissions Office, attention Financial Review at (614) 688-3593. Mailing information is available at http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/gpcontacts.html

The bank statement must be translated into English. It must specify the type of currency such as "U.S." dollars or another currency. The bank statement must show a balance of at least the total estimated budget for one year of your program. See http://gradadmissions.osu.edu/BufferCosts.htm The bank statement must be on official bank letterhead stationary, dated within the last year and and be signed or stamped by a bank official. If you have a sponsor, the owner's name of the account on the bank statement, must match the name of your sponsor as listed on the OSU Affidavit of Support Form.

We do not accept, letters from chartered accountants, state-sponsored retirement accounts, salary statements, deeds to property or other non-liquid assets.

The fastest methods to submit financial documents are via e-mail or fax.

*Fax your documents to (614)688-3593 attention Financial Review. Then send the originals to the Graduate International Admissions Office at the following addresses:

REGULAR POSTAL MAIL:
Graduate International Admissions Office
The Ohio State University,
PO Box 182083,
Columbus, OH 43218-2083

SPECIAL DELIVERY/EXPRESS MAIL:
Graduate International Admissions Office,
3rd Floor Lincoln Tower,
1800 Cannon Drive,
Columbus, OH 43210-1270,
U.S.A.

*You can e-mail scanned financial documents to Graduate Admissions at gradadmissions@osu.edu.

To apply for university housing simply mark your interest in a residence hall on the online application. If you are admitted, you will receive a housing contract around the same time that you receive your notice of admission. To apply for a residence hall, return the completed housing contract as soon as possible. Graduate residence hall space is limited and fills quickly.

Housing information can be obtained by contacting the Office of Residence and Dining Halls at their web site. http://housing.osu.edu/default.asp

The Office of Off-Campus Student Housing exists to provide services and information to students of the Ohio State University who do not reside in the campus residence halls. Among other services, this office provides listings of apartments for rent on their website.

Office of Off-Campus Student Services
The Ohio State University
15 East 15th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel. 614/292-0100; FAX 614/292-4786
website address: http://offcampus.osu.edu/default.asp
Email address: ocss@studentaffairs.osu.edu

Clubs are another way to find a roommate or apartment. Nationality clubs may be found on the International Students and Scholars Office Web site http://oia.osu.edu/pdf/IntlOrgs.pdf, or go to the Ohio Union Student Organization web site http://ohiounion.osu.edu/studentorgs/default.asp to connect with other groups on campus.

Please contact the Office of the University Registrar to know the residency rules. Their website address is www.ureg.ohio-state.edu

Domestic students must contact their graduate program office or the Graduate School to get information on registration. There is also valuable information available on the website of the University Registrar. http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu If your graduate program is unable to assist, and your questions are not answered on the web, you will then need to contact the main office of the Graduate School in Rm#247 University Hall. Their contact information is: phone, (614)292-6031; email, gs-regsrv@osu.edu.

Upon arrival, international students must go to the International Students and Scholars Office to check-in and receive orientation. The International Students and Scholars Office is located on the first floor of Oxley Hall, 1712 Neil Ave. and is open Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm, except during the summer when the hours are 7:30am - 4:30pm.

The Ohio State University's list of courses and when they are scheduled can be found on the website of the University Registrar. http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/courses/

No. We do not make photocopies of official documents. We consider documents to be official if they are sent to us directly by the issuing institution and arrive in our office in a sealed envelopes. If you were provisionally admitted, you must provide official certified, or attested copies of all marksheets, graduation certificates, diplomas or degree certificates needed to fufill the provision of your admission.

We strongly reccomend that you obtain copies of the needed documents before leaving your country. If you are provisional for a U.S. final degree granting transcript, or other transcript from a US school, simply order a transcript to be sent to us directly from the Registrar's Office of your previous institution.

Documents submitted to the Graduate Admissions Office in support of a graduate application may not be returned or forwarded to another institution. Application documents are destroyed annually.