Country Specific Requirements

Bangladesh

• Graduate Applicants:
  • UCM does not accept 3-year Bachelor's degrees for admission to Master's programs.

China

• Transcripts from any secondary or post-secondary institution attended, in Chinese and English.
• Applicants may send electronic CSSD/CHESICC verification reports of 1) their secondary or postsecondary transcripts and 2) degree certificate(s). The CSSD/CHESICC reports may be sent directly to the University of Central Missouri electronically via Parchment through the CSSD/CHESICC website

Ghana

• Higher National Diploma is not equivalent to a Bachelor's degree at UCM.

India

• Graduate Applicants:
  • Beginning with the Spring 2024 intake, UCM is no longer accepting 3-year Bachelor's degrees for admission to Master's programs.
  • Please provide all individual marksheets and either a provisional certificate or an original degree. If you are in your last semester or year, we must have marksheets through at least your 6th semester (or 7th if available).
  • Transcripts are required from any college or university you have attended or are now attending - even if you do not want transfer credit.
• Undergraduate Applicants:
  • Class 12 or Standard XII Board Examination Results as issued by the Examination Board.
  • Transcripts are required from any college or university you have attended or are now attending - even if you do not want transfer credit.

Kenya

• Graduate Applicants:
  • The Higher Diploma is not equivalent to a Bachelor's degree at UCM.
  • Transcripts are required from any college or university you have attended or are now attending - even if you do not want transfer credit.
• Undergraduate Applicants:
  • Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
  • Transcripts are required from any college or university you have attended or are now attending - even if you do not want transfer credit.

Nepal

• Graduate Applicants:
  • UCM does not accept 3-year Bachelor's degrees for admission to Master's programs.

Nigeria

• Graduate Applicants:
  • Neither the Higher National Diploma nor the Higher Diploma are equivalent to a bachelor's degree at UCM.
  • Transcripts are required from any college or university you have attended or are now attending - even if you do not want transfer credit.
  • The Bachelor of Pharmacy represents attainment of a level of education comparable to a first professional degree in the United States. First professional degrees are not equivalent to a bachelors degree at UCM.
• Undergraduate Applicants:
  • Photocopy of SSCE results (WAEC or NECO)
  • Transcripts from all colleges or universities you have attended or are now attending - even if you do not want transfer credit.