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Mississippi College’s Intensive English Program is very helpful in preparing international students for academic course work toward an undergraduate or graduate degree. The Intensive English Program at Mississippi College helps students improve their Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary, Grammar and Pronunciation in the language. Apart from this, Intensive English Program students take various trips off campus to fully experience their local surroundings as well as major surrounding cities. This programme is also very inclusive as students get to celebrate a variety of festivals and enjoy cultures which are followed by the international students studying at Mississippi College.

Yes, Mississippi College does offer transfer courses. Students are offered transfer courses in various programs like Business, Arts, Communication, Music, Psychology, Nursing, Kinesiology, Biology, Mathematics and more.

The grades earned on transfer work from another college or university will be reflected on the permanent record at Mississippi College, but they will not be used in calculating the overall GPA. Mississippi College considers the following in transferring credit: 

• Course credit is earned at colleges or universities with regional accreditation;
• Courses taken at other accredited institutions are comparable to those offered at Mississippi College as determined by the Mississippi College Registrar;
• The student has earned a grade of C or higher;
• Students may transfer in up to 65 hours from a community college and could transfer additional hours if coursework is from a 4-year university; and
• The last 33 hours must be taken at Mississippi College.

Mississippi College offers academic scholarships to international students on all levels of studies; undergraduate & graduate. More details regarding these scholarships:

Scholarships for Undergraduate Students:

All qualifying international undergraduate students are provided $2,000 in financial aid each semester for their first two semesters of academic study as long as the students maintain a 2.5 GPA or above. To reward academic excellence, the Office of Global Education will add $1,000 to the financial aid of students who obtain a 4.0 GPA (or straight A’s) in their first semester.

Note: Financial aid for undergraduate students is only provided for the first two academic semesters. Once students have completed their first two semesters of academic study, they must apply for the merit-based scholarship offered through the Office of Global Education.

Scholarships for Graduate Students:

All qualifying international graduate students are provided $1,500 in financial aid each semester as long as they maintain a 3.0  GPA or above.  As with undergraduate students, graduate students who obtain a 4.0 GPA  (or straight A’s) in one semester will have their financial aid increase an additional $500 for the following semester.  This consideration is made each semester and only applies to semesters following a semester where the graduate student made all A’s.

Merit-based Scholarships:

The OGE Merit-Based scholarship is available for international students who are classified as sophomores, juniors, or seniors in their undergraduate academic programme at Mississippi College after they have completed their first two semesters of academic study. Students who have a full scholarship from Mississippi Colleg or are Government Sponsored are not qualified for Merit Scholarships. Qualified applicants must have a GPA of 2.5 or higher in the previous semester, and students must have at least one volunteer event to report on the application. Applications are accepted through the Office of Global Education only. Scholarships are given based on evaluation of GPA, documented volunteer involvement and leadership activities, and a personal essay. Scholarship awards are upto $6,000 per academic year. Evaluation will be made by the International Student Scholarship Committee.