University of South Florida

Graduate Admissions

Admitted Students 

General Information for Admitted Applicant

Admitted Students 

Finalizing Your Graduate Admission
If your admission is provisional, pending the receipt of missing application materials, you have the first semester of enrollment to provide those items.

Failure to submit the necessary materials may result in a registration hold for the student's second semester of study.

Transcripts must be official, in English, and must show the award of the degree earned Test Scores must be submitted to our office directly from the Educational Testing Service. The institutional code for USF is 5828.

 

Admitted Students

Transfer of Credits Earned at another Institution

Up to 12 graduate-level credit hours earned at another institution may be transferred into the admitting program at the discretion of the admitting program. Contact your program director for information (see Graduate Programs for contact information).

 

Admitted Students

Enrollment

ALL students must provide proof of immunization to Student Health Services before they will be allowed to register for classes. These forms are sent to admitted students by the Office of Graduate Admissions. All necessary forms may be downloaded from the SHS site. Students must enroll for the term to which they have been admitted to validate their admission.

Students may register online using OASIS or by telephone.
 
Students must enroll for the term to which they have been admitted to validate their admission. Students who cannot enroll for the admitted term must request a Deferment of Admission directly from the admitting program.

Admitted Students

Change of Program



Graduate students who decide after entering a program that they wish to change graduate programs must do so through Graduate School, not the Office of Graduate Admissions.

Change of Program Request will NOT be considered for graduate students in their first semester of study. Only a continuing graduate student enrolled for study in a particular program who wishes to change to another program at the same or lower level must complete the Change of Program Request Form #USF 2085. It is up to the discretion of the student’s original program to determine if a Change of Program is appropriate and will be granted. Students may obtain the form at http://www.grad.usf.edu. This form must be signed both by the current program and the new program, after which it must be submitted to the Graduate School for approval. If approved by the Graduate School, the change of program form is then sent to the Registrar for processing.


NOTE: Some programs may require another application to be submitted because the Change of Program Request Form does not contain sufficient information for them to make a decision. You should check with the new program before completing any paperwork.