International Students
Students who are not citizens of the United States of America and desire admission to MVNU must complete the regular admission process with the following provisions:
- The prospective student must complete and return an application to the University’s Admissions Office by January 1 for fall enrollment. For spring enrollment, students must apply by June 1. Exceptions to enrollment deadlines can be made when the student has taken all required actions and transcript translation/evaluation is in process.
- All international student-athletes must have their transcripts evaluated by InCred, as required by the NAIA.
- All other international students must have their secondary school (or equivalent) and university transcripts evaluated by a member agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (www.naces.org/members) or a member agency of the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (www.aice-eval.org).
- All transcript evaluations must be received directly from the transcript evaluator and must contain a cumulative, unweighted GPA on a 4.0 system. College transcripts must contain a course-by-course evaluation with grades.
- English Proficiency Test Requirements
- All applicants from foreign countries and US territories are required to provide recent evidence of proficiency in English by:
- scoring 70 or above on the Internet-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or
- scoring 525 or above on the written TOEFL or
- scoring 6.0 or above on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or
- If the applicant has earned a high school diploma or certificate where the medium of education was English, then the requirement for a TOEFL score can be waived.
- All tests of English proficiency must have been taken in the last two years to be considered for acceptance. An official score report must be mailed directly to the Admissions Office.
- Each international student must furnish the University with evidence of the ability to finance an education by completing the International Student Certification of Finances form and the International Student Financial Aid Application. These can be obtained from the University's Admissions Office. Upon verification of funds, an initial deposit of $2500 must be submitted to the University.
- The enrollment deposit is refundable minus a $250 processing charge for students who cancel before the deposit deadline.
- Students enrolling for spring or enrolling only for one semester are required to submit half of the deposit amount ($1250).
- This enrollment deposit suffices as the tuition deposit.
- Securing finances for school is the responsibility of the student. International students do not qualify for U.S. federally sponsored financial aid, but may qualify for academic, church-related, international student, and other scholarships from the University.
- Once the above steps have been completed and the student has been accepted, the University will issue an I-20 form for the student to use in obtaining an F-1 student visa. Students who are citizens of a country other than the United States of America (USA) must hold the F-1 visa in order to register for classes and enroll at the University. Persons who have entered the United States on a visitor’s visa must convert it to an F-1 visa before the University will consider admission. A SEVIS fee of $200 must be paid in addition to the visa application fee. International students on academic or disciplinary probation at another university, or who have been dismissed from another university, are not considered for admission.