University of California

You may apply to as many UC undergraduate campuses as you like with just one application. Each of your chosen campuses will receive your application and official ACT/SAT test scores.

Apply to more than one UC campus: this will significantly increase your chances of being admitted to the University of California. While you may not receive an offer of admission from your first choice campus, all of our campuses — without exception — provide outstanding opportunities for you to learn and grow.

Letters of recommendation

You should not submit letters of recommendation for the UC application. However, some campuses/majors may require letters of recommendation as part of a supplemental application review. Be sure to check for an email message from a campus.

As an international undergraduate, you may apply to UC as either a freshman or as a transfer student, depending on your level of education. Freshman applicants are students who have:

• Completed their secondary education and have earned a certificate of completion which enables them to be admitted to a university in their home country
• Never been enrolled as a university student

UC has slightly different admission requirements for applicants who are international students. If you're applying as a freshman, you must:

• Complete 15 year-long academic courses with a 3.4 GPA: 2 years of history/social science (In place of U.S. History, history of your country), 4 years of composition and literature in language in which you are instructed, 3 years of math including geometry and advanced algebra, 2 years of laboratory science (1 biological/1 physical), 2 years of a second language, 1 yearlong course of visual and performing arts, 1 additional course from any subject areas above
• Meet other requirements specific to your country
• Take the ACT with Writing Test or SAT Reasoning Test by December of your last year at secondary school

If you are currently residing or attending school in a country where the ACT Plus Writing or the SAT Reasoning Test is offered, you are required to take one of the tests, self-report your scores on your application and submit official test results to UC by the stated application deadlines. We understand that students living in certain countries where these tests are not offered (e.g., the Islamic Republic of Iran) are challenged to fulfill this requirement. However, given the large number of applications we receive from students throughout the world, we very rarely make exceptions to the requirement.

• Demonstrate English-language Proficiency