International Admission
Admissions
Master's admissions international students
Graduate admission at WMU requires preparation of two sets of application forms--one for the Office of International Student and Scholar Services (OISS) and another for the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology. Once completed, both sets of application forms must be returned to:
The Office of International Student and Scholar Services
A411 Ellsworth Hall
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49009-5246 USA
If you are a permanent resident, please follow the application process for U.S. students.
Master's program admissions for international applicants
All master's degree application materials must be RECEIVED by CECP on or before the appropriate application deadline. CECP has three different application deadlines for MA program admissions during the year: January 15 for ensuing summer and fall semester, May 15, also for the ensuing fall semester and September 15 for the following spring semester.
Applicants interested in beginning their graduate master's degree studies in the Fall semester are encouraged to meet the January 15 application deadline This allows applicants to receive admission offers well in advance of the fall semester. Also, applicants who plan to seek assistantships or campus employment beginning in the fall semester should apply by January 15 to be competitive for such assistance or positions.
Please note that CECP MA program application deadlines are different from the general published deadlines on the OISS website. Applications should be sure to meet applicable OISS and department deadlines for the semester they wish to begin their graduate studies.
To apply, print the international student application form. Submit your completed application, an official TOEFL score report (required minimum is 500 on written portion; required minimum is 173 on computer-based testing) and other documents for processing immigration documents.
Next, complete the following. Remember, both the international and the CECP departmental application forms must be returned to OISS first.
- Transcripts: A complete set of transcripts (translated in English) from each college or university you have attended (except WMU)
- CECP departmental Master's Programs Application, Program Choice form and three Recommendation Forms.
- Professional Goals Statement: On no more than two typewritten, double-spaced pages, write an essay discussing your professional goals. Give attention to work with racial/ethnic minorities and diverse populations throughout your essay. Include information about: a) your reason for wanting to be in a specific program; b) your professional goals as they relate to that program; c) an assessment of your personal assets and liabilities; and d) life experiences that might be useful in your work as a helping professional, including your worth with racial/ethnic minorities and diverse populations.
- Resume: on no more than two pages. In addition to the standard elements of a resume (e.g. educational and paid work experiences, etc.), be sure you identify and clearly label all volunteer human services experience, including starting and ending dates.
Please be sure that all of your materials have been received by OISS at least two weeks prior to the department deadline for applications. Applicants may be interviewed as a final step in the application process. It is your responsibility to keep the Department updated regarding any change of address and/or telephone numbers where you may be contacted. If admitted by the department, OISS will send applicants an admission letter and/or immigration documents necessary to obtain a student visa.
Doctoral Program admissions for international applicants
Doctoral admissions is specific to either the counselor education doctoral program or counseling psychology doctoral program. The deadline for receipt of all admission materials for the counseling psychology program is January 10 and February 1 for the counselor education program. Please note that CECP doctoral students begin their doctoral studies in the fall semester and our doctoral program admission deadlines are earlier than the general application deadlines for OISS.
Contact information:
Office of International Student Services
A411 Ellsworth Hall
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5246
Phone: (269) 387-5865
Fax: (269) 387-5899