Admission Information?
Requests for applications or information regarding the progress of your file during the admission process should be directed to Graduate Admissions at 602/965–6113 or asugrad@asu.edu.
Advising?
The Graduate College Advising Office is open to all prospective and admitted graduate students. To make an appointment, call 602/965–3521 or stop by the center lobby, Wilson Hall. Students admitted to degree programs should first seek advising within their programs.
Application Fee Waiver?
ASU cannot waive, defer, or refund the fee. Your application will be processed and sent to the academic unit to which you are applying only after you have paid the fee.
Campus Map?
The Graduate College (Wilson Hall, center lobby) distributes maps of the campus and parking facilities. Maps are also available at the ASU Bookstore, 602/965–3191.
Catalog?
Once admitted, you will receive a free copy. This copy is mailed to you if your address is in the United States, or you may present your letter of admission at the Graduate College to receive your free copy. Catalogs are also available in the ASU Bookstore, 602/965–3191, for a fee of $4.00.
Corresponding with ASU?
Address letters to: Department or Office Name (if known), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287. If you are not sure how to address your letter, send it to Graduate Admissions, and the staff will forward it to the proper office.
Degree Programs and Departments?
For specific information about faculty, programs, application requirements, and deadlines, contact the academic unit directly, by mail or by phone. Unsure? Contact the Graduate College Advising Office, 602/965–3521 or asugrad@asu.edu.
Employment on Campus?
The Student Financial Assistance Office, 602/965–5186, maintains and posts up-to-date employment information for jobs on campus.
Financial Assistance? Loans? Assistantships? Scholarships?
First: Your best source of information is the academic unit to which you are applying; its director of graduate study can provide information, guidance, and application forms for scholarships, assistantships, and fellowships specific to that program. Most units set early deadlines and require special forms or procedures.
Second: Information about loans, scholarships, grants, work-study and employment opportunities is available through the Graduate College Financial Assistance Office, Wilson Hall, 602/965–3521 or e-mail gradaid@asu.edu.
Third: Visit a college or public library. Ask a reference librarian for publications that will help you locate scholarships and fellowships.
Fourth: If you currently attend school, ask your advisor for guidance in finding information about financial assistance in your discipline.
Financial Guarantee?
International applicants must provide explicit verification from their banks that funds equal to the amount specified on the Financial Guarantee Form are available to them. (A general assurance of good credit will not be accepted.)
Housing?
Stop by the Graduate College to pick up a copy of our Housing Information Sheet.
On Campus:
Cholla Apartments house graduate students and should be specifically requested on applications for campus housing instead of other facilities; contact Residential Life, 602/965–3515, or reslife@asuvm.inre.asu.edu. University housing is available for married students or families only at ASU East campus.
Off Campus:
Information is available from the ASASU Tenants/Commuter Students Association, 602/965–6246. Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Phoenix newspapers advertise many rentals.
I–20/IAP–66 Forms?
ASU issues visa forms permitting attendance at ASU only. ASU issues the I–20 or IAP–66 only after receiving an acceptable Financial Guarantee Form and admitting the student.
International Student Association?
Contact the International Student Office, 602/965–7451, after arriving on campus.
Internet Information?
ASU Web: www.asu.edu; ASU Graduate College:
www.asu.edu/graduate; e-mail: asugrad@asu.edu.
Letters of Recommendation?
Send these letters to the director of graduate study in the academic unit to which you are applying.
Phone Numbers?
Call the campus operator Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 602/965–9011. Unsure about who to call? Contact a Graduate College advisor, 602/965–3521.
Registration?
Contact the Office of the Registrar, 602/965–3171, or the academic unit to which you are applying.
Release of Information to Friends?
By law, staff members can give personal information only to the applicant. If you want us to release information to another person, you must authorize us to do so. Send a letter to Graduate Admissions naming the person who may represent you. Please sign the letter with your name as it appears on your application form.
Research and Support Facilities?
The academic unit to which you are applying is your best source of information about library resources, computing facilities, and research laboratories in your field. Contact the program’s director of graduate study.
Teacher Certification?
Students who select nondegree and degree graduate programs at ASU are eligible for Arizona teacher’s certification. Contact the Office of Student Affairs, College of Education at 602/965–3877.
TOEFL Scores?
ASU accepts score reports from only the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, or from a sponsor organization such as LASPAU or the Institute of International Education.
Transcripts?
| Official transcripts for currently enrolled students | $1.00 each |
| Official transcripts for nonenrolled students | $5.00/copy |
1998–99 Graduate Catalog Table of Contents
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