• A Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) from an approved university. Students whose degrees were completed at foreign universities must submit notarized translations into English where appropriate. Such students may be required to have their degrees evaluated by a UPAS-approved evaluation service to determine equivalency to a bachelor’s degree from the United States.
• A Preferred GPA of 2.5 or above in their Bachelor’s degree.
• Official transcripts and Bachelor’s degree (B.A or B.S) in the relevant field of study from an approved institution.
• Personal Statement for seeking admission @ UPAS as part of application form.
• Satisfactory performance (> 50%) in the UPAS entrance exam to demonstrate web-•‐based online learning capability.
• English Language proficiency must be demonstrated during Step 1 of the application process when the application is submitted. Admission team, after reviewing the application, will determine English proficiency based on the following.
• The prospective student is a native English speaker; or
• The prospective student can provide evidence of having earned a degree from a college or university where English was the primary language of instruction; or
• Students who have had English as a second language need to demonstrate English proficiency by submitting TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores of 71 or higher on the Internet based test (iBT), or 60 or higher on the paper-based test (PBT). Visit www.toefl.org for more information on the TOEFL.
• Have a desktop/laptop with Internet broadband (6 Mbps or higher) connection and familiar with using Internet, email and other software programs with instructions provided on how to connect to the learning platform to complete the coursework.
• UPAS accepts transcripts only in English. If the potential student interested in our programs has transcripts in any language other than English, the student must use the service of third-party transcript evaluators approved by the institution.