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Frequently Asked Questions
For application information, access www.asu.edu/graduate.
ASU does not waive, defer, or refund the fee. A decision cannot be made on your application until the application processing fee is paid.
See ASU Maps and Directions for campus maps, access asu.edu/map. The Graduate College (ADM B107) also distributes maps of the campus and parking facilities.
Address letters to Department or Office Name, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287. For information regarding the progress of your file during the admission process, access the interactive Web site at www.asu.edu/interactive using your ASURITE UserID and password. If you have not activated your ASURITE UserID, do so at www.asu.edu/asurite using your ASURITE UserID and activation code included in your application acknowledgement letter. If you wish to contact your department, you can find departmental contact information at www.asu.edu/graduate/studies; click on“Degree Programs and Contacts.”
Degree Programs and Departments
For specific information about faculty, programs, application requirements, and deadlines, contact the academic unit directly, by mail or by phone.
The Student Employment Office, 480/965-5186, maintains and posts up-to-date employment information for jobs on campus.
Financial Assistance? Loans? Scholarships
Your best source of information is the academic unit to which you are applying, where you can receive information, guidance, and application forms for scholarships, assistantships, and fellowships specific to that program. Most units set early deadlines and require special forms or procedures.
Information about loans, scholarships, grants, work-study, and employment opportunities is available through the Student Financial Assistance Office, Student Services Building, 480/965-3355. For more information, access asu.edu/graduate/financial on the Web.
At a college or public library, ask a librarian for publications to help you find scholarships and fellowships.
If you now attend school, ask your advisor for guidance in finding information on financial assistance in your discipline.
International applicants must provide explicit verification from their banks that funds equal to the amount specified on the Financial Guarantee Form are available to them. (A general assurance of good credit is not accepted.) For more information, access asu.edu/graduate/admissions on the Web.
Graduate Student Housing is available on the Tempe campus. For more information, call Residential Life at 480/965-3515, or access the Web site at www.asu.edu/reslife. University housing is available for married students or families only at Polytechnic campus. For more information, access the Web site at www.poly.asu.edu/students/housing.
Information is available from the ASASU Tenants/Commuter Students Association, 480/965-4216. Local newspapers advertise many rentals.
ASU issues visa forms permitting attendance at ASU only. ASU issues the I-20 or IAP-66 only after admitting the student to a graduate degree program and receiving an acceptable Financial Guarantee Form.
Students born after December 31, 1956, must receive a measles immunization or offer proof of measles immunity. For more information, call 480/965-8177, send e-mail to measles@asu.edu, or access asu.edu/health on the Web.
International Student Association
Call the International Student Office, 480/965-7451, after arriving on campus. For more information, access www.asu.edu/ed/iso on the Web.
Send these letters to the director of graduate study in the academic unit to which you are applying.
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Directory, for listings on all campuses. Call the campus operator Monday through Friday, 8
Release of Information to Friends
Staff members can give personal information to only the applicant. If you want us to release information to another person, you must authorize us to do so. Send a letter to Graduate Admissions naming the person who may represent you. Sign the letter with your name as it appears on your application form.
Students who select nondegree and degree graduate programs at ASU are eligible for Arizona teacher’s certification. Call the Office of Student Services, Mary Lou Fulton College of Education, at 480/965-5555.
See English Language Requirement.
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