By JANUARY 15     (Strict Deadline. No exceptions. Submit ALL of the following listed below)

• Official university transcripts FROM EACH POST-SECONDARY UNIVERSITY or COLLEGE EVER ATTENDED, listing all courses completed and grades earned.

  • Have earned a minimum grade point average of 2.50/4.00, or its equivalent, and be in good academic standing at your current (or most recent) institution of higher education.   

  • Transcripts issued in a language other than English must be accompanied by an official English language translation.

• Course descriptions of all courses completed. 

  • Course descriptions are 1-2 paragraph statements describing the course, as listed in the university's official catalog or bulletin.

• Studio Art Portfolio

  • Ma​y be requested if the BFA-applicant is being considered for admission directly in to the Graphic Design, Interior Design, Fashion Design or Painting & Printmaking major, rather than the Art Foundation program.

Please note: 

• If VCUarts Qatar concludes, based on reasonable grounds, that an applicant has misrepresented his/her academic background or falsified any information presented to the University as part of his/her application for admission, VCUarts Qatar reserves the right to disqualify his/her application, revoke an offer of admission, or terminate the student’s registration.  

By MARCH 31

• International Credential Evaluation

  • Applicants who wish to have prior post-secondary work completed at a university/college outside of the USA, assessed for possible transfer credit at VCUarts Qatar and direct admission to the major, must submit an official International Credential Evaluation.

  • VCU recognizes professional evaluators who are members of the following organizations. Please use the links below to select an evaluator to evaluate your transcript. Please ensure that you request a course-by-course type of evaluation:

    ·       National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES): naces.org/members.html

    ·       Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE): aice-eval.org/members

     

  • International Credit Evaluations must submit its evaluation directly to the VCUarts Qatar Office of Admissions.

  • Transfer credit will not be granted for prior tertiary course work completed outside of the USA without submission of the International Credential Evaluation.