Transfer International Students
Apply for Admission
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Provide College Transcripts and Evaluation Report
Request to have your college transcripts sent to Concordia University, Nebraska. If your transcript is not in English or not from an American international school, you must provide an evaluation report to verify your credentials, degree and U.S. equivalencies. A comprehensive or course-by-course report is required. An evaluation may be obtained from wes.org or InCred.
Complete International Student Transfer Form
Please complete the International Student Transfer Form. Email a copy to your current International Student Advisor (DSO) with a copy of your admission letter from Concordia and email a copy of this form to Concordia.
Provide English Language Proficiency Scores
Non-native English speakers must provide proof they are proficient in the English language to be accepted into college studies. If students, however, have been in the United States for two years or longer, studying at an English-speaking high school or college, Concordia may accept successful completion (noted in transcripts) as proof. Concordia will accept these tests for undergraduate admission:
- TOEFL iBT (Test of English as a Foreign Language) – 78 total score or above required
- Duolingo – 100 total score or above required
- IELTS (International English Language Testing) – 6.5 total score or above required
Please request to have your official test scores forwarded to Concordia University, Nebraska.
English proficiency is required by the United States government for an international student to prove they meet all admissions requirements and can come to the U.S. on an F-1 visa status to engage in academic studies.
Once you have fulfilled the admission requirements and been accepted to Concordia, you will need to complete several more steps to enroll and begin attending. Please complete the next steps to take and let your admissions counselor know if you have any questions.
Next Steps After You've Been Accepted to Concordia
Confirm Visa Status
Complete and return the Visa Status Information form, along with a copy of your passport ID page.
Provide Financial Verification
The U.S. government requires proof of financial support from all international students.
- Complete and return the Financial Understanding and Agreement to verify and list available funds to support study and life in the U.S.
- Have any sponsors also complete the Sponsor Support Statement.
Request Bank Letter
The U.S. government requires proof of financial support from all international students.
To verify the support noted on the Financial Understanding and Agreement and the Sponsor Support Statement, Concordia requires each individual providing support (student, parent, sponsor, etc.) to request a letter from their bank to verify account status and amount available.
Bank letters should be:
- Current (received within 4 weeks of being signed and dated)
- Written in English
- Printed on official bank letterhead
Bank letters should include:
- Bank name and location
- Name of bank customer
- How long individual has been a customer of this bank
- Average amount available in accounts and amount that is currently readily available in liquid funds
- Amount listed in local currency and in U.S. dollars
- Bank representative signature and date
- Bank representative notarization
Pay Enrollment Fee
Send your $200 enrollment fee to Concordia.
Receive I-20, Certificate of Eligibility
Receive transfer I-20 from Concordia. You should be able to use your previous F-1 visa if not expired or revoked.
Complete Confirmed Student forms
You’ll receive messages from Concordia to work on these details:
- Concordia email account: Sign in and please check it on a regular basis, as this is how Concordia’s staff and faculty communicate with you.
- Student portal: At portal.cune.edu you’ll find your student portal with class schedule, roommate information, financial aid information, etc.
- Course Pre-Registration: This form will be emailed to you. Once returned, advisors will create your first semester’s course schedule and give you instructions on finding it on your student portal.
- Required campus documents: These will include Housing, Student Consent, and Assumption of Risk forms.
- Health and Medical forms: You will be contacted by the Health Center to complete your health information online and provide a copy of your immunizations records.
- Textbook Access Program: Each student must opt in or opt out of receiving textbooks for their classes. Learn more about our textboook access program.
Pay your balance
Check your student portal for your billing statement for the upcoming semester. New students need to pay their fall term bill by August 1 (or January 1 if starting in the spring term). See here for details on Paying Your Balance.
Arrange for Medical Coverage
International students need medical insurance coverage in case of illness or injury or needing emergency evacuation or repatriation of remains, etc. while in the U.S. Concordia recommends using International Student Insurance.
You need coverage from the first day of arrival in the U.S. until departing the country at the end of the school year. Athletes are required to purchase the Select or Elite levels for athletic coverage.
Please upload the policy verification document (the Fulfillment PDF you receive) into the Health portal and provide a copy for the campus principal designated school official (PDSO).
Provide Travel Details and Profile
Once you have received your visa and know your date to arrive in Seward, please make your travel arrangements and provide those details here:
Then, also complete this personal profile to let us know a bit more about you:
Checkcune.edu/launchfor updates on LAUNCH Weekend schedules and activities – Concordia’s orientation weekend for all new students.
Remember!
Please return forms and reach out with any questions to Marian.Hogan@cune.edu