If you are, or soon will be, a high school graduate with no previous college attendance, you should apply as a freshman. You’ll find details about applying in the Freshman Admission section of Be a Longhorn.

Summer/Fall Deadline: December 1

Spring Deadline: October 1

Review the following information before applying:

• How to Apply: Details about required items and deadlines
• Required High School Courses: Details about high school course requirements
• Program-specific Requirements for Schools & Majors: Details about specific items (such as essays or auditions) required when applying to certain majors
• Admission Factors: Information about what we consider when making admission decisions, including information for various applicant types such as applicants who qualify for automatic admission and international students who qualify for Texas residency under state law

• On-Campus Housing: Details about the process of applying to live in a residence hall (Apply as soon as possible after completing your application for admission.)
• Financial Aid: Details about applying for financial aid (UT Austin's FAFSA code is 003658.)
• Scholarships: Information about the process of applying for UT Austin scholarships (Scholarship deadline: December 1)
• Honors Programs: Details about applying for honors programs open to incoming freshmen

If you’re thinking about applying to UT Austin after attending another college or university following high school graduation, you should apply as a transfer student. You’ll find details about applying for transfer admission in the Transfer Admission section of Be a Longhorn.

Summer/Fall Deadline: March 1

Spring Deadline: October 1

Completion of at least 30 semester hours (or the equivalent) of transferable credit is required for transfer admission consideration.

Review the following information before applying:

• Requirements: Details about required items and deadlines
• Program-specific Requirements for Schools & Majors: Details about specific items (such as essays, portfolios or auditions) required when applying to certain majors
• Admission Factors: Information about what we consider when making admission decisions

• On-Campus Housing: Details about the process of applying to live in a residence hall (Apply as soon as possible after completing your application for admission.)
• Financial Aid and Scholarships: Details about applying for scholarships and financial aid (Scholarship deadline: December 1; UT Austin's FAFSA code is 003658)

If you’re a former student who attended UT Austin as a regularly admitted student and you had your enrollment interrupted for at least one long (fall or spring) semester and you now wish to resume study at the University, you should submit the application for readmission.

• If you’re a former UT graduate student and wish to resume your previous program of study, you should also apply for readmission. You must be in good standing (with no academic or disciplinary bars); readmission is subject to the approval of your program’s graduate adviser.
• If you’re a former UT graduate student seeking a higher degree or study in a different graduate program, you should contact the Graduate and International Admissions Center to determine which application procedures to follow.

If you’re a student at another college or university and wish to attend UT Austin as a visiting student during the summer only, you should apply as a transient student.

Transient Application Deadline: May 1

You should apply for U.S. Graduate Admission if you are:

• A U.S. citizen
• A permanent resident of the U.S.
• An international student who has previously attended the University of Texas at Austin

All other international students should refer to the International Graduate or International Undergraduate (freshman or transfer) sections of this web page.

To apply to law school, consult the UT School of Law web site.

Contact the Graduate and International Admissions Center at 512-475-7391 if you have questions about the proper application.

For a list of graduate department deadlines, visit the Graduate Programs & Deadlines page.

To apply for graduate admission as a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, you must submit the following by the appropriate deadline:

• A complete ApplyTexas Application for Graduate Admission.
• Your application fee; the fee amount varies depending on the program to which you are applying.
• Official transcripts of all college coursework completed at any post-secondary college or university, including a transcript showing that you have earned a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or proof of equivalent training in a foreign institution.
• Official GRE or GMAT scores; the required scores vary depending on the program to which you are applying.

Most programs have additional requirements and application materials that you must complete before they will consider your application for admission. Deadlines are set by individual graduate programs. Contact the program to which you are applying.

In addition to submitting the required items, international graduate applicants must show adequate subject preparation for the proposed graduate major and obtain a recommendation for admission by the Graduate Studies Committee in the proposed major. All complete applications are reviewed by the Graduate Studies Committee to which they are directed if they are received by the graduate program deadline. The Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies must approve all admissions.

For additional details about the application process and how decisions are made, including the process for admission with conditions and applying for non-degree graduate admission, review the information on the U.S. Graduate Admissions web site.

• If you are not a U.S. citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident and if you are, or soon will be, a secondary school (high school) graduate with no previous post-secondary college attendance, you should apply as an international freshman.
• If you took any college coursework after graduating from secondary school, you should apply as an international transfer student (see information below).
• If you graduated from a Texas high school after three years of residence in Texas or if you have applied for permanent residency with USCIS and have resided in Texas for at least one year, you should apply in the same manner as a U.S. Freshman applicant (see information above).

Summer/Fall Deadline: December 1

Spring Deadline: October 1

All required items must arrive in the Office of Admissions by the deadline. Mailing or postmarking your application by the indicated date does not mean that you have met the deadline. Applications that arrive after the deadline are considered for admission only if space is available.

Submit the following items to apply for international freshman admission:

• A complete application
• A $90 application fee
• Two essays, usually Essays A and B (Some UT Austin majors, scholarships and honors programs require additional essays and/or alternative essay topics not included in the ApplyTexas Application.)
• Official SAT I or ACT scores sent to our office directly by the testing agency (SAT code 6882, ACT code 4240)
• Official TOEFL (or IELTS) scores sent directly to our office by the testing agency (code 6882). This requirement is waived if you graduated from a high school in the U.S. or in a country where English is the only official language.
• An official copy of your most recent secondary school (high school) transcript

For details about these requirements, visit the First-Time College Student pages on the International Undergraduate web site.

• Some programs may have specific enrollment limitations or additional requirements. Because the University is a state-supported institution, most of our freshman admission spaces are reserved for Texas residents. Admission is highly competitive for nonresidents and international students.

You should apply as an international transfer student if you fit into one of the following categories:

• You are a non-U.S. citizen or non-U.S. permanent resident who graduated from secondary school, took non-secondary college courses, and wish to register as an undergraduate.
• You have previously taken only correspondence courses, extension courses, or summer work under transient status at UT Austin and you wish to apply for admission to the University as a regularly admitted international undergraduate student.

If you graduated from a Texas high school after three years of residence in Texas or if you have applied for permanent residency with USCIS and have resided in Texas for at least one year, you should apply in the same manner as a U.S. Transfer applicant (see information above).

Completion of at least 30 semester hours (or the equivalent of one year of post-secondary study) of transferable credit is required for transfer admission consideration.

Summer/Fall Application Deadline: February 1
Spring Application Deadline: October 1

All required items must arrive in the Office of Admissions by the deadline. Mailing or postmarking your application by the indicated date does not mean that you have met the deadline. Applications that arrive after the deadline are considered for admission only if space is available.

Submit the following items to apply for international transfer admission:

• A complete application, including essays in response to Topic A: Statement of Purpose and Topic E. (Applicants to the School of Architecture and to majors in the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts must submit an essay in response to Topic D in place of Topic A.)
• A $90 application fee
• An official transcript from each college attended
• An official final secondary school transcript
• Official TOEFL (or IELTS) scores sent directly to our office by the testing agency (code 6882). This requirement is waived if you graduated from a high school in the U.S. or in a country where English is the only official language.
• If you are a transfer applicant with fewer than 30 transferrable college hours or less than one year of study completed at the time you apply for transfer, you must submit official SAT I or ACT scores. Have your scores sent directly to UT Austin from the testing agency (SAT code 6882 or ACT code 4240).
• For details about these requirements, visit the Transfer Student pages on the International Undergraduate web site.

The statement of purpose is not meant to be a listing of accomplishments in high school unless this information is recent and applies to your area of study. This is your opportunity to address the International Admissions committee directly - to let us know more about you as an individual in a manner that simple statistics cannot convey.

Some programs have specific enrollment limitations or additional requirements for transfer students. Check requirements for the majors, programs, and scholarships in which you are interested.

Because the University is a state-supported institution, most of our transfer admission spaces are reserved for Texas residents. Admission is highly competitive for nonresidents and international students.

Contact the Graduate and International Admissions Center at 512-475-7391 if you have questions about the proper application.

You should apply for international graduate admission if you are:

• Not a U.S. citizen
• Not a permanent resident of the U.S.
• An international student who has never attended the University of Texas at Austin

International students who attended UT Austin as undergraduate students should apply for U.S. Graduate Admission (see information above).

If you are a former student who attended the University as a regularly admitted graduate student and you’ve had your enrollment interrupted for at least one long semester, apply for graduate readmission.

If you are applying to Law School, visit the Law School web site for details about applying.

Contact the Graduate and International Admissions Center at 512-475-7391 if you have questions about the proper application.

A list of graduate department deadlines is available online.

To apply for graduate admission as an international applicant, you must submit the following by the appropriate deadline:

• A complete ApplyTexas Application for International Graduate Admission.
• Your application fee; the fee amount varies depending on the program to which you are applying.
• Official transcripts of all college coursework completed at any post-secondary college or university, including a transcript showing that you have earned a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution in the United States or proof of equivalent training in a foreign institution.
• Official GRE or GMAT scores; the required scores vary depending on the program to which you are applying.
• An official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score; a score of 550 on the paper test or 213 on the computer-based test is considered the minimum acceptable for admission to the University of Texas at Austin. If you hold a bachelor's degree from a U.S. institution or from an institution in another English-only speaking country, the TOEFL requirement will be waived. (This requirement can also be met by submitting official scores for the International English Language Testing System exam.)

In addition to submitting the above items, international graduate applicants must show adequate subject preparation for the proposed graduate major and obtain a recommendation for admission by the Graduate Studies Committee in the proposed major. All complete applications are reviewed by the Graduate Studies Committee to which they are directed if they are received by the graduate program deadline. The Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies must approve all admissions.

Most programs have additional requirements and application materials that you must complete before they will consider your application for admission. Deadlines are set by individual graduate programs. Contact the program to which you are applying.

• For additional details about the application process and how decisions are made, including the process for admission with conditions and applying for non-degree graduate admission, review the information on the International Graduate Admission web site.