Prospective students
Prospective students should contact the Office of Admissions for information concerning admission procedures. Refer to the Iowa State University Undergraduate and Graduate Courses and Programs catalog for specific requirements for admission. Applications are available from the Office of Admissions, 100 Alumni Hall. The completed application, application fee, and all required transcripts must be received by the Office of Admissions before admission is complete. Approval for admission is necessary before a student begins the registration process.
Students who have earned a bachelor’s degree must register as a graduate student if they take graduate credit courses. Up to nine semester credits of graduate credit taken as a nondegree/undeclared student may, if approved by the student’s program of study committee, apply toward a graduate degree.
Nondegree Status
Nondegree student status is an undergraduate category of admission. Courses taken as a nondegree student may later be applied to undergraduate degree requirements if approved by the student’s college. However, credits earned as a nondegree student may not be used in a graduate degree program.
Summer Trial Enrollment
Some students who do not meet the freshman admission requirements may be offered the opportunity to enroll during the summer session on a trial basis. This allows some students who otherwise would be denied admission to Iowa State an opportunity to demonstrate they are capable of successfully completing college-level courses. Students who successfully complete the summer trial enrollment will be allowed to continue their enrollment in the fall semester. For more specific information, contact the Office of Admissions.
Returning Students
Undergraduate International Undergraduate Students
All international undergraduate students must complete the international student reentry form with a financial statement (for visa purposes) after an absence of one semester or more. This form is available online at http://www.iastate.edu/~registrar/forms/intl-reentry.pdf. Financial certification of ability to cover all educational and living expenses is required.
International students should contact the Office of the Registrar Tuition and Fees office, 0460 Beardshear Hall or (515)294-1889 with questions regarding academic issues or International Education Services, 250 Memorial Union at (515)294-1120 for information about visa documents.
Undergraduate Noninternational
Noninternational undergraduate students, both nondegree and degree seeking, who have been away from Iowa State for less than 12 months and who were not academically dismissed, may contact the Office of the Registrar Tuition and Fees office, 0460 Beardshear Hall at (515)294-1889 or e-mail to registrar@iastate.edu to have their student record and address information updated prior to meeting with their adviser to discuss course selection. These students do not need to complete a reentry form.
Academically Dismissed
Returning students who have been academically dismissed should contact their college student services office regarding procedures for reinstatement. Students who want to change colleges should contact their prospective college student services office.
Reentering Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate students, both nondegree and degree seeking, who are planning to return to Iowa State University after an absence of 12 months or more must complete a reentry form. See http://www.iastate.edu/~registrar/info/ug-reentry.html for more information.
A student who has previously attended Iowa State only as a nondegree student and who now seeks to earn an undergraduate degree should complete an undergraduate application for admission, not a reentry form.
Requesting Reentry
Reentry forms are available online at http://www.iastate.edu/~registrar/forms/ug-reentry.pdf; or by request from the Office of the Registrar Tuition and Fees office, 0460 Beardshear Hall, (515)294-1889; or e-mail to registrar@iastate.edu. Completed forms should be returned to the Office of the Registrar well in advance of the beginning of the term for which reentry is desired. Students who have attended another college or university since their last enrollment at Iowa State must send official transcripts of all course work attempted to the Office of Admissions, 100 Alumni Hall.
The Office of the Registrar will refer the reentry form to the college to which a student plans to return if the student (a) desires to change curriculum; (b) has a previous Iowa State University cumulative grade point average below 2.00 or had a last term average below 2.00; (c) was dropped from Iowa State for unsatisfactory academic progress or was not otherwise in good standing; or (d) since leaving Iowa State, has completed additional college study with less than a 2.00 grade point average.
Academically Dismissed
A student who was academically dismissed must submit (1) a reentry form to the Office of the Registrar and (2) a petition for reinstatement to the college in which they wish to enroll at least 45 days before the beginning of the term. Students who have been academically dropped twice and wish to return to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences must submit their petition at least 70 days before the beginning of the term.
How to Register
Reentering students should contact their adviser or departmental office to select courses and begin the registration process. New and reentering students will be assigned registration start dates according to their year-in-school classification using the same general guidelines as currently enrolled students. Since courses begin to fill on the first day of the registration period, students should register as early as their start date and time allow.
Reentering Graduate Students
All graduate students who have been away from Iowa State for at least one semester (not including summer) should contact the Office of the Registrar Tuition and Fees office, 0460 Beardshear Hall, (515)294-1889 or e-mail to registrar@iastate.edu to have their student record and address information updated prior to meeting with their major professor to discuss course selection. International graduate students must also complete a Graduate School Reentry Approval form to request a visa document.
