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USF Tampa campus offers more than 600 clubs and organizations, award-winning recreation facilities, the university’s very own beach and frequent campus events. Students can utilize these facilities to enjoy their campus life. Furthermore, the Tampa campus is an ideal college home as some of the best beaches in the US are near to it. Attractions like theme parks, renowned museums, and performing arts centers are near this campus only.

The applicants applying to UG courses of USF can apply via Common App / online university application. For PG courses, the applicants can apply via the university direct portal. The USF application fee is USD 30 (Around INR 2,500). A few of the application materials that are required to submit the application are academic transcripts, ELP test score, standardized test scores, etc.

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To get into USF graduate courses, the applicants are required to have a minimum of 3.0 GPA in all UG coursework / graduate coursework. The applicants are also required to prove English language proficiency. For the same purpose, IELTS / PTE / TOEFL / Duolingo scores are accepted. Besides these, GRE / GMAT scores have to be submitted too. Other application materials that have to be submitted are SOP, resume, LORs, etc.

To get admission to USF, a GRE score is required. A minimum of 164 is required in Quantitative and 150 score is required in Verbal score. Besides meeting the GRE requirements, the applicants are required to meet the following entry requirements:

• A bachelor's degree 
• English language proficiency score
• Academic transcripts
• Statement of purpose
• 3 LORs
• Resume
• Mathematics as a subject

USF accepts the ELP test scores of TOEFL / PTE / IELTS / Duolingo for graduate courses. The minimum scores required in these tests are given below:

UG Students Requirements

International students can meet the English language requirements by submitting one of the standardized test scores:

• SAT: Reading and Writing ≥490
• ACT: English: ≥17, Reading: ≥19
• CLT: Verbal Reasoning and Writing ≥ 38

The university does not accept the test scores like IELTS, TOEFL, Duolingo, etc., as substitutes for the above-given tests.

The University of South Florida's graduate-level programs continue to be ranked among the best as per a top-ranking publisher in 2024. The graduate programs of this university rank among the Top 50. These are:

• Industrial and Organizational Psychology: #3
• Criminology: #18
• Nursing: #31 (Master's)
• Environmental Engineering: #44

In the world-rankings, USF ranks among the Top 1000 Universities in the world for a top-ranking publisher in 2024 and 2025. A ranking publisher has placed USF at #621-630 position in 2025 and #563 in 2024. Other ranking publisher has placed the university at #201-250 position in 2024 and 2025. 

According to a ranking publisher USF rank is #91 in the 2025 edition of the National University category ranking. In the year 2024, this university was placed at #89. In 2023, the university was placed at #97 position. This shows in the US-specific rankings, the university's position has improved. This shows that USF has been rankings among the Top 100 Universities in the U.S. 

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International graduate students of USF must qualify for  Graduate Research or Teaching Assistantship. Requests for assistantships should be made at the time of the application for admission. To be eligible for assistantships, applicants must be accepted to a graduate degree program. They must also maintain minimum GPA and degree program GPA of 3.0.