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Application Procedure

1. Domestic Graduate Students: Online Application or Paper Application ($50 fee)
   International Graduate Students: Paper Application ($150 fee)
   Additional forms for International Applicants (non-US citizen/national): Affidavit of Financial Support, Certificate of Bank Balance


2. Official College Transcript(s)
   International transcripts must be evaluated by the International Education Research Foundation or Educational Credential Evaluators.


3. Professional Resume, showing past academic and work background


4. Statement of Intent (PDF)


5. Two References (PDF)


6. Clear, unobscured digital color copy of undergraduate college/university diploma


7. Clear, unobscured digital color copy of valid US Passport


8. Passport Photo

How to Submit your Application Materials After you Send in your Application:

1. All application items, except for your passport pictures and your official transcripts, can be scanned/emailed to gradadmission@cui.edu or/and Josh.Geisinger@cui.edu Faxed copies can be sent to 949-214-3485.
2. Your passport picture and your official transcripts (need to arrive in your Registrar’s sealed envelope) needs to be mailed to:
   Attn: MAIS Admissions
   Concordia University Irvine
   1530 Concordia West, Irvine, CA 92612
3. If e-transcripts are available with your Registrar, please set gradadmission@cui.edu or Josh.Geisinger@cui.edu as the email recipient of your official transcripts.
4. If you could not access the Statement and Reference forms listed above, you could send over your References and your Statement of Intent in Word file.
5. You will receive an interview schedule (on Skype/in-person) when your application is complete.

Application Requirements

• Bachelor's degree before your designated cohort start date
• Minimum 2.75 GPA
• Native English speaker or equivalent
• Desire to teach and work with young people in new cultural settings
• Prepared to learn, serve, and lead
• Cultural sensitivity, responsibility, diligence, resilience, independence, and ethical character

Application Deadlines

In order to apply for the 2014 Cohort, please select "Summer, 2014" on your online application to ensure that your application is filed for the next cohort.

• The early application deadline for the 2014 Cohort is December 1st, 2013. The regular application deadline is March 1st, 2014.