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Graduate Non-Degree-Seeking Student Admission

UNIVERSITY-WIDE REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS

A graduate non-degree-seeking student is admitted to UTRGV for the purpose of enrolling in graduate coursework for professional improvement.

In order to be considered as a graduate non-degree-seeking student, an applicant must submit a graduate application along a nonrefundable application fee and meet the following criteria:

  1. Undergraduate GPA. Awarded a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution or international equivalent and earned at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) GPA in the last 60 semester hours or the equivalent in quarter hours on the applicants bachelor’s degree transcript. OR Earned Graduate Degree. Earned a previous master’s degree or doctoral degree from an accredited university or international equivalent.
  2. English Proficiency. International applicants whose native language is not English must also submit scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). For more information, please see the International Graduate Student Admission section.

CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-DEGREE SEEKING STUDENTS

  1. In order to be eligible to enroll in a graduate course, students must meet the necessary prerequisites, space must be available, and students must obtain the approval of the course instructor. Students who wish to take a graduate course in a discipline other than that for which they have been authorized upon admission must obtain the approval of the authorized representative (as defined above) of the discipline offering the course.
  2. A maximum of 6 semester credit hours earned as a non-degree-seeking student may be applied toward a graduate degree. If applicable, the credit will only be applied after the student has been admitted as a graduate degree-seeking student.
  3. Graduate non-degree-seeking students are not permitted to enrolled in accelerated online courses.
  4. When educator certification is involved, approval of the director of the College of Education and P-16 Integration Educator Preparation Office is required before the student enrolls to ensure that credit earned as a non-degree-seeking student can be applied to an educator certification program.
  5. To continue as a non-degree-seeking student in a subsequent semester, the student must meet the standards required to remain at UTRGV as indicated in the section on Graduate Academic Standing.