Study Abroad

International applicants must provide an official course-by-course external credential evaluation. This report should be sealed and unopened and sent directly to the Office of Admissions. All official transcripts and relevant credentials (e.g., diplomas and marksheets) will be required at the time of admission. All external credential evaluations should be no older than two years as of the official date received by the Office of Admissions. Once credentials and/or credential evaluations are sent to the university, they will not be returned to the prospective student or sent to a third party. VCU recognizes professional evaluators who are members of the following organizations:

• National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES): naces.org/members.html

• Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE): aice-eval.org/members

Apart from this, the following application documents are required as per program/course:

VCU offers several financial aid services to students to help them manage their higher education expenses through scholarships loans and work study employment. In 2018-19 an average amount of USD 17153 was awarded to fulltime students as financial aid. Here are some financial aid options open for international students:

University Undergraduate Scholarships Presidential- This is a four year scholarship covering tuition fees up to USD 16000 per year -maximum USD 8000 per semester. The total estimated value of this fouryear scholarship is approximately USD 114356.

Provost- This is fouryear scholarship covering tuition fees up to USD 16000 per year maximum USD 8000 per semester The total estimated value of this fouryear scholarship is approximately USD 64000.

Deans- This is a fouryear scholarship covering tuition fees up to USD 8000 per year maximum USD 4000 per semester). The total estimated value of this fouryear scholarship is approximately USD 32000.