International Applicants
Visa Requests
International students admitted to the MS in Accounting program who need a visa to study at American University will be required to complete and submit the CFIS Form or Immigration Transfer Form along with documentation of financial support. Submission of either document is not required to be considered for admission; however, admitted students planning to enroll will need to submit the documentation to initiate the issuance of the I-20.
Additional information about the immigration process, including required documentation, is available online through American University's Office of International Student and Scholar Services.
Applicants whose native language is not English and who do not meet the English Proficiency Test Waiver requirements outlined below must demonstrate English language proficiency through completion of one of the accepted tests within the last two years.
If an English proficiency test score is required, the application will not be marked complete until a test score meeting the requirements is received.
A TOEFL (minimum score of 100), IELTS (minimum score of 7), or Duolingo (minimum score of 120) is required for consideration of direct admission to any of our graduate programs.
Minimum composite score of 100 or higher is required for the internet-based test (iBT). Submit official scores to code 5007 through the testing center.
Unofficial test scores may be uploaded into the supplemental items section of the application and used to make an application decision. If the applicant is admitted, the official score report is required before the start of the academic term.
Minimum score of 7 or higher is required. Submit official scores to “American University – Kogod School of Business”, through the testing center.
Unofficial test scores may be uploaded into the supplemental items section of the application and used to make an application decision. If the applicant is admitted, the official score report is required before the start of the academic term.
Minimum score of 120 or higher is required. Submit official scores through the Duolingo website.
Unofficial test scores may be uploaded into the supplemental items section of the application and used to make an application decision. If the applicant is admitted, the official score report is required before the start of the academic term.
Applicants may qualify for an English language proficiency test waiver if they meet one of the waiver conditions. To meet a waiver condition, applicants must have:
- completed at least the final two years of a bachelor’s degree while physically located in the waiver country OR
- completed an entire graduate degree while physically located in the waiver country OR
- hold citizenship in one of the waiver countries listed below.
The countries in the following list allow applicants to meet the waiver conditions:
- Anguilla
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Australia
- The Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- British Virgin Islands
- Cameroon
- Canada (except Quebec)
- Cayman Islands
- Cook Islands
- Dominica
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Micronesia
- Montserrat
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Philippines
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Maarten
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
The Kogod admissions office reserves the right to conduct an English communication assessment with any applicant whose native language is not English over a video-enabled virtual meeting.
Waivers are not permitted for applicants who have completed coursework in English outside of the approved countries listed. English language certificate programs do meet the waiver conditions.