The admission process is required of all new students who have never attended Fort Hays State University or who have not recently attended the university.

A Personal Health History form should be filled out before or during the first enrollment. The forms may be obtained from the Student Health Center, Memorial Union, lower level.

UNDERGRADUATE: Students desiring to enroll at Fort Hays State University for the first time should file an application for admission with the Office of the Registrar at least 15 days prior to the opening of the semester. A $30 ($35 international students) non-refundable fee is required for all new undergraduate applicants.

An application for admission may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar, Sheridan 106, the Office of Admissions, Custer Hall 200, or by clicking here.

Effective Fall Semester 2001, Qualified Admission Standards will be in effect. For specific requirements, please visit the Office of Admissions Qualified Admissions site.

A Kansas high school applicant upon high school graduation should request the high school to mail a copy of the final high school transcript showing the date of high school graduation to the Office of the Registrar, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, Kansas 67601-4099. (Section 72-104. Kansas Revised Statutes 1923, provides for admission of a Kansas high school graduate to the freshman class.) Other offices on the Fort Hays State University campus may also request a high school transcript for purposes other than admission.

An out-of-state freshman applicant currently enrolled in high school or who has graduated from high school is required to request the high school to mail an official high school transcript of work completed when applying for admission. For a currently enrolled high school senior, the applicant, upon graduation, should also request the high school to mail a copy of the final high school transcript showing high school graduation to the Office of the Registrar, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, Kansas 67601-4099. Other offices on the Fort Hays State University campus may also request your high school transcript for purposes other than admission.

Transfer students are required to request each college/university attended to send official transcripts to the Office of the Registrar at the time of application. In addition, students currently enrolled should request a final transcript at the conclusion of the semester.

International students must place on file with the Office of the Registrar official foreign and U.S. academic transcripts, financial statements, TOEFL scores, and, if required, a satisfactory report from an Intensive English Center, in addition to an application for admission. Apply online here.

All applicants currently enrolled in high school or applicants who have not reached age 21 are required to submit ACT (American College Test) college reports. Out-of-state applicants may submit SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) college reports. Students 21 or older are encouraged to submit ACT/SAT College Reports.

Applicants who have not taken the ACT (or SAT option if an out-of-state applicant) should contact the high school principal or counselor for an ACT application or write the American College Testing Program, Box 414, Iowa City, Iowa 52240. One ACT test date is established on the Fort Hays State University campus during enrollment for a regular semester or summer term for all freshmen who were unable to take the test previously. Contact the Coordinator of Testing Services, Picken Hall 308, (785) 628-4401, prior to enrollment to determine the particular ACT date, time, and cost.

Applicants who have taken the ACT or SAT but did not request the college reports to be mailed to Fort Hays State University should request college reports to be mailed to Fort Hays State University when applying for admission. (The address of the Iowa Office for requesting ACT college reports is American College Testing Program, Box 414, Iowa City, Iowa 52240.)

Undergraduate students who were previously enrolled at Fort Hays State Univeristy but were not enrolled the most recent previous semester, file an application for re-entry with the Office of the Registrar at least 15 days prior to the opening of the semester.

Applications for admission and applicants for re-entry may be obtained for the Office of the Registrar, Sheridan Hall 106 or the Office of Admissions, Custer Hall 200.

A re-entry application must be complete by former Fort Hays State University undergradute students who did not attend the previous semester. The application must be submitted 15 days prior to the opening of the semester/term.

Undergraduate students, who attended another institution since attending Fort Hays State University, are required to request each college/institution attended to send official transcripts to the Office of the Registrar at the time of application. In addition, students currently enrolled should request a final transcript at the conclusion of the semester.

Applications for re-entry may be obtained from the Office of the Registrar, Sheridan Hall 106, the Office of Admissions, Custer Hall 200, or here.

Students desiring to earn graduate credit or students desiring to obtain a graduate degree at Fort Hays State University must be admitted to the Graduate School before graduate credit may be awarded. First time graduate credit enrollees should submit to the Graduate Office a completed application for admission to the Graduate School at least 20 days prior to the opening of the semester.

Graduate applications for admission may be obtained from the Graduate School, Picken Hall 202. An initial $35 non-refundable application fee is required for all graduate, degree-seeking applicants. Any time a graduate status is changed to degree-seeking a new application fee will be assessed. Graduate students who have been previously admitted to the Graduate School but have not been in attendance at Fort Hays State University in any semester or term for a three year period should notify the Graduate Office of intent to enroll.

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