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Accepted International Students
To obtain your I-20, you must complete
the I-20 request forms online at http://
my.pratt.edu after you have submitted
your tuition deposit. Your OneKey
login will be emailed and mailed to
you to access my.pratt.edu. Follow the
instructions at http://www.pratt.edu/
oia. I-20 forms must be sent to the Office
of International Affairs. To expedite your
I-20, FedEx the I-20 forms to the Office
of International Affairs (OIA). Note:
In order to obtain an I-20, the Office
of Admissions must have an original
official TOEFL score report, which will
be sent over to the Office of International
Affairs upon your deposit. If you were not
required to submit a TOEFL because you
met the English requirements in another
way, the Office of Admissions will send a
TOEFL waiver to OIA.
Health Requirements
All new students need to submit
documentation, in English, of all
immunizations (including two
measles, one mumps, and one rubella
immunization received after the first
birthday) to the health services office
prior to registration. In addition, all
students should submit the completed
Health Evaluation form stating their
present health status. The form is
available in the Enrollment Guide and
online at the Graduate Accepted Student
page at http://www.pratt.edu/apply. All students
are required by Pratt Institute to carry
health insurance providing acceptable
coverage. Some countries have health
insurance plans that are valid in the
United States. If a student cannot present
evidence of acceptable coverage, he or she
will be required to subscribe to a health
insurance plan provided by the Institute.
To request a waiver of health insurance or
enroll for health insurance through Pratt,
use the online waiver process found online
at http://www.pratt.edu/health.
Notification and Deposit
Applicants for fall with complete
applications by the deadline are generally
notified of the decision of the admissions
committee by April 1. Applicants for
spring are notified by November 15.
Accepted students who plan to enroll in
the fall semester are required to make a
deposit of US $500 postmarked by May
1 or two weeks following acceptance,
whichever comes later. Accepted students
who plan to enroll in the spring semester
are required to make a deposit of US $500
by December 1 or two weeks following
acceptance, whichever comes later.
The full amount of this nonrefundable
deposit is deducted from the student’s
first-semester tuition. The US $500 must
be in the form of an international money
order or via credit cadr for international
students and can be paid on the phone by
calling graduate admissions. A space will
not be held for students who do not send
the deposit.
Other Graduate
Admissions Services
Readmission
Graduate students must apply for
readmission if they were not in
attendance for two consecutive semesters
(excluding summer session). Master
of Science students in the Graduate
School of Art and Design who attend
four consecutive summer sessions do
not have to apply for readmission each
summer. If they do not attend one
session of the four sessions offered, they
must apply for readmission. Students
applying for readmission must pay a $50
readmission application fee. A graduate
student who wishes to register after
an absence of two or more consecutivesemesters, excluding summer session,
must apply to the Office of the Registrar
for readmission. The form is available
at http://www.pratt.edu/admissions/apply.
Deadline dates for application are August
15 for the fall semester, December 15 for
the spring semester, and May 1 for the
summer session. A graduate student who
was accepted for admission but never
registered must reapply in writing to the
Office of Graduate Admissions.
Transfer Credits
The number of credits toward the
master’s degree that may be transferred
from another recognized graduate
institution varies within the schools
and programs, but in no case will it
exceed 25 percent of the total credits