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International Applicant Next Steps

Thank you for applying to USF! We hope to welcome you to sunny Tampa Bay soon. In the meantime, review this page to learn more about your next steps. Our advice: Make sure to submit any additional materials on time to make sure your application process is as smooth as possible.

ALl Students

All applicants are responsible for paying a $30, nonrefundable application fee as part of their completed application package. 

• Undergraduate students should pay their application fee in the .
• Graduate students should pay the fee in their application.

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

The USF Applicant Portal is an easy way for you to track your application progress, access supplemental forms and ensure you don't have any missing requirements. 

If you have applied for Summer or Fall 2026, you can see updates about your application status in the . Remember to check it often!

If you are admitted to USF, you will receive a notification via email and/or postal mail. Check your email often for updates to your USF application!

International or overseas students should complete the STARS if you...

• Attended a high school regionally accredited in the United States and have all four years of coursework and grades on a U.S. high school transcript.
• Attended a Department of Defense Education Activity, or DODEA, school.
• Attended a high school outside the U.S. that follows a standard U.S curriculum (i.e., American-style high schools abroad).
• Attended a high school in Vietnam that follows the Vietnamese national curriculum.

You should not complete the STARS if you...

• Attended a secondary school outside the U.S. that follows a non-U.S. standard curriculum.
• Studied a curriculum that does not align with the standard U.S. system (with the exception of the Vietnamese national curriculum).

If you are an international or overseas applicant who attended multiple high schools and one or more of them does not meet the criteria for STARS, submit original or official copies of your transcripts for those schools.

Submit Your STARS

Submit test scores from either the SAT, ACT, or CLT to USF as part of your application package. 

High-achieving freshman students who are looking to be part of a prestigious honors experience should apply to the Judy Genshaft Honors College.

If you need to, log into your  to complete any necessary forms.

• Application Addendum Form: Use this if you need to update your academic information, such as previous institutions attended, or personal information, like an update to your citizenship status.

• Application Update Form: Complete this form if you want to update one of the following selections on your application:
  • Change of Term
  • Change of Major
  • Change of Campus
    
    
• Explanation of Activities: If we need you to submit this, it will appear as a checklist item in your Applicant Portal. If we ask for this, it's because we need more information about your educational history or unexpected gaps in your education.
  
  
• Home School Transcript: Submit this if you completed some or all of your education via homeschooling.
  
  
• Social Security Number (SSN) Update Form: Complete this if you need to modify your existing SSN on your student record.
  • If you need to add your SSN to your student record, please .
    
    
• Third Party Authorization Form: Submit this form if someone else (e.g., family members, educational officials) will be communicating with the Office of Admissions on your behalf.
  
  
•  - If you indicated on your application that you have had previous disciplinary or legal issues, submit this document along with any required supporting documentation.
  
  
•  - All new USF students are required to submit a signed copy of this form along with their immunization documentation.
  
  
• International Student Health Insurance Agreement Form - All international students at USF are required to maintain adequate health insurance coverage at all times. You must submit the Student Health Insurance Agreement before the semester begins. If you fail to submit the form, a registration hold will be placed on your account, preventing you from signing up for classes.
  
  
•  - If you are not purchasing insurance with the , your health insurance representative must submit this form to verify that you have purchased a policy. 
  
  
•  - If you are claiming Florida residency for tuition purposes, fill out and submit this form. Students under 24 years old must have a parent or legal guardian fill out the form.
  
  
•  - If you would like to designate a third party to be able to discuss the particulars of your admissions application , you must fill out and submit this form before we can discuss your file with the designee.
  
  
• - Using this online form, you can scan and submit immunization records and the signed USF Medical History form. 

If you need a paper application for admission or a PDF version of any of the above forms, please reach out to international@usf.edu or call +1 813-974-8884 to let us know.

Please Note: Any update to your Application Checklist may not be reflected on your  until the Office of Admissions processes your forms. Please allow up to 4-6 weeks from the time the form is received for processing.

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graduate students

All graduate applicants should ask their graduate program contact for application updates.

•  - Students involved in the McNair Program, RISE Program, FGLSAMP Program, FAMU Feeder Program, USTAR-MARC Program and Incoming Exchange Student Program (Traveling Scholar - TRS) need to have this form signed by a Program Director/Designee.

• Letter of Recommendation Request Form - To access this form, begin the graduate application and click on 鈥淢y Workspace.鈥� Select the 鈥淩ecommendation Requests鈥� folder. This is where you will enter the recommender鈥檚 email, name and a brief message. Once you save a recommendation request, it will be automatically sent to the recommender by email.
  
  Note: Please use the third-party application for graduate programs that use a third-party application service, such as Nursing, Public Health, Architecture, Art History, Athletic Training, Audiology, Speech Language Pathology, etc.

• - If you need to submit transcripts, follow the instructions on the Graduate Transcript Submission page.

Visit the Graduate Applicant Next Steps page for information about other graduate student forms that are not specific to international students.

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