DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY:
This page is mainly for exchange students. Exchange
scholars’ eligibility is determined between the participating institutions.
- International Exchange Programs are based on a mutual
agreement between California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) and a
partner institution or a sponsoring agency. In most cases, but not all, this
includes an exchange of scholars/students between the two institutions.
Exchange students, who come from institutions with which there is a bona fide
exchange and the exchange numbers are in balance, do not pay any tuition
during their time at CSUB. International scholars/students who come to CSUB
through an exchange or sponsored program are eligible for a J-1 visa. At CSUB,
this category of scholars/students enjoys special privileges, but they also
have certain responsibilities and obligations to contribute to the
internationalization of CSUB.
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- It should be noted that J-1 Visa/Exchange students
enjoy all the rights and privileges of a fee-paying matriculated students at
CSUB during their stay (usually one or two quarters), but they have not been
accepted into a degree program at CSUB. They are at CSUB as special guests,
and all academic credit is presumed to transfer back to their home institution
to count towards their home institution degree. It does not count toward a
degree at CSUB.
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- Participating Eligibility
- To determine if you are eligible to apply as
an exchange student, you need to contact your International Programs Office to
see if your institution has signed a Student Exchange Agreement with CSUB and
to find who the Exchange Program Coordinator is at your institution.
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- If your institution is on the list of approved
exchange agreements, you need to be nominated by your institution. Consult
with your Exchange Program Coordinator to determine the following information:
- if you are eligible to participate;
- the terms and conditions of the exchange;
- your institution's selection process and deadlines
for participating in the exchange program.
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- Admission Eligibility
- Determine your CSUB Admission Eligibility
based on Academic, Financial, and English Proficiency Requirements
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- 1) Academic Requirements: Exchange students
need to have a minimum 2.75 GPA on a 4.0 scale and approved by your major
department for the exchange program.
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- 2) Financial Requirements: As an exchange
program participant, you will not have to pay CSUB registration fees and/or
non-resident tuition. You will be required to submit a financial statement
verifying that you have at least $12,378 available for one academic
year (3 quarters) or $ 4,146 for one academic quarter to cover the
following estimated costs:
- Registration Fees: paid by exchange program
- Tuition: paid by exchange program
- Books & Supplies: $ 460 per quarter
- Health Insurance: $248 per quarter
- Food & Housing: $2,598 per quarter
- Personal Expense s: $840 per quarter
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- 3) English Proficiency Requirements
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- CSUB requires that all applicants demonstrate
satisfactory proficiency in English. All applicants who have not attended
secondary or postsecondary educational institutions where English is the
principle language of instruction for at least three years of full-time
transferable level enrollment (12-15 transferable units per quarter), must
submit either an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) or
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score. The test score must be
obtained within two years prior to application to CSUB. You must have the
minimum score or higher to be eligible for admission.
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- TOEFL
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- IELTS
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- Paper
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- Computer
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- iBT
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- Undergraduate
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- 500
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- 173
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- 61
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- 5.0
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- Graduate
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- 550
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- 213
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- 79/80
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- 6.5
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- * For more information about TOEFL, please
visit
www.ets.org/toefl/.
- * For more information about IELTS, please
visit
www.ielts.org/.
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- Participants who do not meet the requirements are not
eligible to participate in the Exchange. However, we’d like to encourage you
to apply later when your eligibility is improved.
