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• Resume
  • Maximum 2 pages
  • Include educational background, relevant volunteer, internship or employment experience, special skills, awards and honors, and/or professional affiliations
• Application essay (maximum 7 pages) 
  • Application essay content:
    • Preparation and Commitment: describe your preparation for advanced social work study and practice as evidenced by lived and/or professional experiences and academic achievements;
    • Social Work Values: describe and reflect on the compatibility of your personal values and beliefs with the core values of the , as well as the strategies you would take to reconcile any conflicts between personal and professional values when working with diverse individuals and communities;
    • Topic of Focus: identify a social problem of particular concern or interest to you and the role of social work in addressing that problem; and
    • Readiness: indicate if you are interested in enrolling as a full-time or part-time MSW student. Share any strategies or plans that you have for balancing your existing commitments with the courses and internships required for completion of the MSW degree.
  • Must conform to , including all formatting of essay
• Three recommendation letters
  • Professional and/or academic
  • Address applicant's academic and/or professional readiness for graduate study and advanced social work practice
• Official transcript of bachelor's degree
  • Must be from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from an international institution with a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the last 60 credit hours of undergraduate study
  • Successful completion (grade of C or better) of undergraduate courses in social and behavioral sciences (9 credit hours), statistics (3 credit hours), and biology with human content (3 credit hours)

• Resume
  • Maximum 2 pages
  • Include educational background, relevant volunteer, internship or employment experience, special skills, awards and honors, and/or professional affiliations
• Application essay (maximum 7 pages)
  • Application essay content:
    • Preparation and Commitment: describe your preparation for advanced social work study and practice as evidenced by lived and/or professional experiences and academic achievements;
    • Social Work Values: describe and reflect on the compatibility of your personal values and beliefs with the core values of the , as well as the strategies you would take to reconcile any conflicts between personal and professional values when working with diverse individuals and communities;
    • Topic of Focus: Identify a social problem of particular concern or interest to you and the role of social work in addressing that problem
    • Readiness: indicate if you are interested in enrolling as a full-time or part-time MSW student. Share any strategies or plans that you have for balancing your existing commitments with the courses and internship required for completion of the MSW degree.
  • Must conform to , including all formatting of essay
• Three recommendation letters
  • One academic recommendation from a professor that describes the applicant's academic skills and readiness for graduate study in an accelerated program
  • One professional recommendation from a social work or human services professional who has direct knowledge of the applicant's generalist social work practice skills
  • One additional academic or professional recommendation that describes the applicant's readiness for and suitability to graduate study and advanced social work practice
• Official transcript of BSW degree
  • Must be from a BSW Program accredited by CSWE, recognized through CSWE's International Social Work Degree Recognition and Evaluation Services, or covered under a memorandum of understanding with international social work accreditors;
  • Must be from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or its equivalent from an international institution;
  • BSW degree earned within six years of the application deadline for the Advanced Standing MSW program
  • GPA of 3.25 or higher in the last 60 credit hours of undergraduate study
  • Successful completion (grade of C or better) of undergraduate courses in social and behavioral sciences (9 credit hours), statistics (3 credit hours), and biology with human content (3 credit hours)

All applicants are required to use our online system to create an account and submit an application. The application opens approximately one year in advance and is only good for the term and program in which it is submitted. Applicants who have submitted their application and wish to change their admission term or major/concentration may submit a new application and associated application fee. If you would like to cancel an open application, please contact us.

All applicants must provide transcripts from a U.S. institution accredited by an accepted institutional accreditor or its equivalent from a non-US institution that awarded the bachelor’s degree and master’s degree, if applicable, and transcripts from institutions where any post-baccalaureate and/or graduate credits were earned.

All international transcripts will require a course-by-course evaluation by an approved third-party credential evaluation agency unless a graduate program has established an alternative credential evaluation procedure that is approved by the graduate school. To be accepted, the evaluation must be:

1. Translated to English and be the U.S. equivalent
2. Evaluated course-by-course
3. Include the overall academic GPA
4. Be from an . Recommended evaluation agencies: 
   • SpanTran. They have created a custom application for ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ that will make sure you select the right kind of evaluation at a discounted rate. You can access their application through the  portal.

• The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ Graduate School cannot request transcripts on an applicants behalf.
• Unofficial transcript copies are accepted for admissions but must clearly state the institution name, student name, course information, terms, grades, and credits. Degree audits are not accepted. Admitted students will be prompted to provide official transcripts. 
• If currently enrolled in courses, an incomplete transcript must be submitted before the posted deadline. 
• Applicants who also have to apply through systems such as ATCAS or PTCAS, must submit separate transcripts to ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ. 
• When requesting college transcripts, please verify with your institution(s) whether or not they are able to submit electronic transcripts in the proper EDI format. Institutions can submit transcripts via e-mail to graduateschool@unf.edu from an approved vendor such as ScriptSafe, Credentials, or Parchment. 
• Former or current ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ students should not request ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ transcripts. After application submission, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ requirement will be updated to a "waived" status.
• If prompted to submit official transcripts they must meet the following requirements to be considered official:
  • Must be less than one year old from the date of printing
  • Must be submitted in a sealed envelope from your institution, or emailed through official electronic means.

The immigration processing deadline is for international students who are required to submit documents for immigration processing. While these deadlines are not mandatory, it is encouraged to submit all documents for immigration by the dates below to ensure timely visa processing. Please direct questions to the International Center.

Fall...........May 1
Spring......October 1
Summer...February 1

According to U.S. immigration regulations, F-1/J-1 students cannot pursue online degree programs, part-time enrollment, or certificate programs. Therefore, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ is not allowed to issue F-1/J-1 student immigration documents to these applicants. Immigration documents can only be issued for students who are fully admitted to a full-time, on-campus, in-person, degree-seeking program. Please contact the International Center for more information.

Programs on the list of F-1 Non-Qualifying Degree Programs are not eligible for F-1 status. Therefore, students admitted to a program on that list will not be issued a Form I-20. This list is subject to change. Please contact the International Center for more information.

If you have a scholarship which requires you to be enrolled in face-to-face (in-person) classes each semester, contact the Graduate Program Director for more information regarding availability of face-to-face (in-person) classes.

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ International Center
1 ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ×ÊÁÏ Drive 
Jacksonville , FL 32224-2659 

intlctr@unf.edu

The Affidavit is a legal document which is signed by the sponsor (the person who will be providing the funds) stating the amount of funds that she/he will provide for the educational expenses of the student applicant and then certified by a bank official that the sponsor does have that amount of funds in their account. This form represents an obligation on the part of the sponsor to provide the required amount of funds as indicated on the form. Please review the Estimated Costs of Attendance for International Students to determine the amount of funds needed to be written on the Affidavit.