No Application Fee, Rolling Admissions
It’s true. It’s free to apply to Michigan Tech. Although there are no application deadlines, we encourage you to apply by April 1 for fall semester (August start) and September 1 for spring semester (January start).
Application Requirements
First-Year Students
- Complete our free online application.
- Mail official secondary school transcripts or attested marks sheets (include last three years minimum). English translations must accompany all documents.
Michigan Technological University
International Programs and Services
Administration Building 200
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
- Submit official English proficiency test score (TOEFL or IELTS). Read the English proficiency page for more details.
Additional Requirements by Country
- India
Required: Examination Board results - Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the Gambia
Required: NECO or WAEC examination results and scratchcard information - Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos
Required: Caribbean Secondary Education Certification (CSEC), or CXC, results - Students enrolled in Cambridge curriculum schools
Required: official GCSE or IGCSE examination results and official AS-level results or predicted A-level marks.
When your application has been submitted, you can log in to your MyMichiganTech account to track your application status. (We will email your username and password to you.)
Transfer Students
- Complete our free online application.
- Mail official secondary school transcripts or attested marks sheets (include last three years minimum). English translations must accompany all documents.
Michigan Technological University
International Programs and Services
Administration Building 200
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
- Submit official English proficiency test score (may be waived depending on country of origin and/or prior study in the US). Read the English proficiency page for a list of exempt countries and test score requirements.
- Official transcripts of all colleges/universities previously attended or currently attending. English translations must accompany all documents.
- For any college/university courses taken outside the US or Canada, a course-by-course evaluation conducted by one of the pre-approved credential evaluators below:
Students must contact the course evaluation service on their own. The service will provide us with the name of each course, credits earned, and US grade equivalent.
When your application has been submitted, you can log in to your MyMichiganTech account to track your application status. (We will email your username and password to you.)
Transfer Credit Process
To apply for international transfer credit, you must provide a syllabus or course description (in English), for each course taken outside of the US. You must include:
- Course name
- Course number
- Start and end date of each course
- Description of each course and the topics it covered
- Textbook titles for each course, including author, edition, and date of publication
- Transfer credit is determined by the appropriate academic department for equivalent content.
- Michigan Tech reserves the right to award transfer credit following its own policies and procedures.
- Only courses comparable to Michigan Tech courses are eligible, and a minimum US equivalent grade of a C or higher must be earned.
- Courses listed on official transcripts with no grade or score, with grades of C- or below (D, F, below 1.0 on four-point scale), Pass/Fail scores, Audit, or for 0 credit hours are not eligible for transfer credit.
- To ensure proper credit, submit all documents to International Programs and Services at least four months prior to your intended start date. Credits are only evaluated if you have been admitted and the enrollment deposit is paid.
- Current Michigan Tech students who want to take a course in their home country or other countries should work with IPS staff before they plan to take the course.
Conditional Admission (ESL + academics)
Academically admissible applicants who do not meet minimum English proficiency requirements are automatically considered for conditional admission. This is admission into the Intensive English as a Second Language (IESL) program plus your degree program.
Follow the admission requirements for the appropriate applicant type (first-year or transfer, as detailed above). When we receive your official English proficiency test score with a score below minimum, we change your application to conditional, which means we will list IESL as your primary major.
English as a Second Language (ESL) only
Admission to the English as a Second Language program is granted through International Programs and Services.
- Complete our free online application.
- Mail official secondary school transcripts or attested marks sheets (include last three years minimum). English translations must accompany all documents.
Michigan Technological University
International Programs and Services
Administration Building 200
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
- Submit official English proficiency test score (TOEFL or IELTS). Read the English proficiency page for more details.
When your application has been submitted, you can log in to your MyMichiganTech account to track your application status. (We will email your username and password to you.)
Exchange Students (non-degree-seeking)
With the permission of your home university, you may apply to Michigan Tech for up to one year of non-degree seeking studies as an exchange student.
- Complete our free online application.
- Mail official university transcripts. English translations must accompany all documents.
Michigan Technological University
International Programs and Services
Administration Building 200
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
- Submit official English proficiency test score (may be waived depending on country of origin and/or prior study in the US). Read the English proficiency page for a list of exempt countries and test score requirements.
Course Registration
Exchange students must be enrolled in a minimum 12 credits per semester while studying at Michigan Tech.
- Review the course descriptions to make your choices. We recommend selecting eight to 10 (rank in order of preference), because some courses will not be offered when you are here, or fill up fast—enrollment in preferred courses is not guaranteed.
- After you decide what you want to take, confirm the courses are offered in the semester you will be here by using our class schedule search engine.
- Then complete the Incoming Exchange Student Course Planning Sheet and send to ipsadms@mtu.edu.
Optional Supporting Documents
To give the admissions committee a well-rounded evaluation of who you are and how you would succeed at Michigan Tech, we encourage you to submit any of the following in addition to the required documents.
1. Personal Statement
2. Letters of Recommendation
3. Vericant Interview
Post-Acceptance Required Documents
To process an I-20 or DS-2019 for you, which you need in order to apply for your student visa, you must show proof of funds for one year of studies. You can scan and email these required documents to us at ipsadms@mtu.edu.
Include your M Number, given name, and family name on each page.
- A completed Affidavit of Financial Support. It must be dated no later than 12 months before the semester start date.
- A bank statement demonstrating sufficient funds for at least one full year of studies, dated no later than 12 months before the semester start date.
- A copy of your passport photo page.
- Students currently in the U.S. on an F-1 visa are required to complete a Transfer In form.