Advanced Certificate and Non-Degree Application Checklist

Students entering a master's program, advanced certificate, or non-degree program are required to hold a four-year bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in the U.S. or an equivalent degree from a foreign country.

Graduating Seniors may apply for admission to NYU Wagner prior to degree completion. If an offer of admission is made and accepted, you must submit your final transcript with all grades and the date of degree conferral prior to enrollment and by the deadline established by the NYU Registrar’s Office. 

Transcripts submitted through the online application must meet the following criteria:

• Unofficial transcripts are required from all colleges or universities attended in which you earned grades and/or academic credits at the college level, including undergraduate, transfer credits, continuing education, etc.
• Unofficial transcripts are accepted for the review process.  All transcripts uploaded by the applicant are considered unofficial.
• In order for a transcript to be considered official, it must be received directly from the institution or an official third-party transcript provider such as those available through eSCRIP-SAFE, Parchment, and National Student Clearinghouse, etc. 
• Transcripts must show all courses taken, all credits earned, and all grades received.
• Transcripts must include your full legal name and the name of the college or university attended.
• Transcripts must be written in English.
• Word documents and HTML documents are not acceptable.

International Credential Evaluation Requirement

If you received an undergraduate degree from an institution located outside of the United States or Canada, we require that you use a third-party international credential evaluation service to assess U.S. bachelor’s equivalency and evaluation of your grade point average. NYU Wagner will only accept international evaluation reports from NACES-approved agencies. You can find the full list here.

• Applicants must select a course-by-course evaluation to be completed by one of the approved NACES.org evaluation service providers.
• When completing your NYU Wagner application, upload both unofficial transcripts from the degree-granting institution(s) and a copy of your international credential evaluation report from an approved evaluation service.
• All applicants who are required to submit an international credential evaluation, are eligible to receive an application fee waiver to apply to NYU Wagner. Once your NYU Wagner application is submitted and the international credential evaluation is received, your application fee waiver will be waived. Do not pay the application before the waiver is applied, as we will not be able to issue a refund. 

International Credential Evaluation (ICE) Waivers

• We only require applicants to have their undergraduate degree evaluated. If you earned a graduate-level degree from an institution outside of the US or Canada, this requirement is optional and not required. 

• Students with degrees from institutions based in the United States that operate degree-granting branch campuses in another country are exempt from this requirement. 

• We do not require an evaluation for a study abroad semester.

Please contact wagner.admissions@nyu.edu for questions or clarification. If you meet the criteria for an ICE waiver, this requirement will be waived upon submission of your application, no formal request is needed.