Student Affairs and Admissions >> Information for International Applicants

Please read the following carefully if you are an international applicant (from outside the United States on a student visa) or if you have academic credit from a foreign institution that you wish to have considered for credit towards pre-pharmacy course requirements.   

An applicant who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States must follow the normal application procedure.    

The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Student Affairs and Admissions Office does not evaluate transcripts from outside the United States.  If coursework has been earned in a foreign country, the following procedure is required: 

International students or domestic students with credentials from institutions outside the United States are required to have those credentials evaluated by a professional evaluation service.  This evaluation must include an analysis of courses, grades and grade point average, and U.S. degree equivalency. Mercer University accepts evaluations from the following three services:

• World Education Services: http://www.wes.org/
   
• Josef Silney & Associates, Inc. http://www.jsilny.com/html/foreign.htm
   
• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers: http://www.aacrao.org/international/foreignEdCred.cfm

Until this procedure has been accomplished, an application for admission cannot be considered.

An official copy of the evaluation report must be sent to PharmCAS to be included in the application.

All entering students with foreign coursework will also need to provide an official copy of the evaluation report to the College's Student Affairs and Admissions Office prior to enrollment.