Christopher Newport University welcomes students from around the world to be a part of our community.  We hope you’ll take the time to explore how CNU can help you achieve your academic and professional goals while also providing you with an opportunity to experience living on a vibrant university campus in the United States.

Academic Programs

International Freshman - Admission Requirements
If you are an international student (not a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident) applying as a first-time undergraduate student, please submit the following pieces of information to the Office of Admission by February 1st for the fall semester, or October 1st for the spring semester.

  • Completed application. You may apply online or download the printable paper form and mail it to the Office of Admission. The application fee is $50 and can be paid with credit card for the online application, or by U.S. bank acceptable check, money order or bank draft if applying with a paper application.
  • International Supplement to the School Report Form and official copies of your secondary school transcript(s) and/or leaving certificate(s). If these documents are not in English, please also include certified English translations.
  • Official scores from the SAT or ACT. Results should be sent directly from the testing agency. Our SAT code is 5128 and our ACT code is 4345.
  • Scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). If English is not your native language, and your secondary school instruction was not in English, you must submit a TOEFL score of 530 or above on the paper-based test, a score of 71 or above for the internet-based test, or a score of 197 or above on the computer-based test.
  •  A Financial Resources Statement. If you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident please submit our Financial Resources Statement. In addition, please attach any official bank statements or affidavits to show that you can afford to study in the United States.

International Transfer - Admission Requirements
If you are an international student (not a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident) applying as a transfer undergraduate student, please submit the following pieces of information to the Office of the Registrar March 1st for the fall semester, or October 1st for the spring semester.

  • Completed online application and $50 non-refundable application fee.
  • Official copies of your secondary school transcript(s) and/or leaving certificate(s). If these documents are not in English, please also include certified English translations.
  • Official copies of translated transcript(s) from all colleges and/or universities attended. Transfer Admission does not accept electronic college transcripts. Please request that all official college transcripts be sent to the mailing address below (partial transcripts and/or grade reports are required until final grades are posted).

    Christopher Newport University
    Office of the Registrar
    Attn: Transfer Affairs
    1 Avenue of the Arts
    Newport News, VA  23606

  • An official credential review of all college transcripts must be sent to an official credential evaluator (Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc., Josef Silny and Associates, Inc, World Education Services, Inc., Global Credential Evaluators etc.) Once the review is complete a copy of the review must to be sent directly from the credential evaluator to the Office of the Registrar.
  • Scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).  If English is not your native language, and your secondary school instruction was not in English, you must submit a TOEFL score of 530 or above on the paper-based test, a score of 71 or above for the internet-based test, or a score of 197 or above on the computer-based test.
  • A Financial Resources Statement.  If you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident please submit our Financial Resources Statement.  In addition, please attach an official bank statement to show that you can afford to study in the United States.
  • Transfer Admission does not require the following Common Application Offline Supplemental forms: College Officials Report, Instructor Evaluation, and Secondary Report. In some cases we do require the Mid-term report, but this will be determined once an application is reviewed.

For questions or more information, please contact Transfer Admission at transfer@cnu.edu.

International Graduate - Admission Requirements