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Graduate Admission Requirements

Charisma University does not discriminate against any person on the basis of age, sex, religion, race, color, disability, national or ethnic origin or political affiliation in its admission policies, its employment opportunities or other policies or practices.

General Requirements

All degree and non-degree seeking students must meet the following admissions requirements before getting admitted or provisionally admitted into the University:
Application form
A completed application form for admission.
Letter of Intent
A completed letter of intent (for doctoral students) stating which doctorate you plan to take and why.
Resume, Recommendation
Doctorate applicants are required to provide documentation attesting to two years of professional experience, in the form of resumes or letters of recommendation.
Official Documents

Official documents that support the granting of college or university credit from sources such as:

CLEP, DANTES and College-Level GED, Advanced placement examinations, Achievement Tests (AT), University of the State of New York Subject Exams, and Thomas A. Edison State Subject Exams.

Official Transcripts
Official transcripts from accredited colleges, universities, or other institutions where you have earned any credit. Transcripts are to be sent directly to Charisma University, Unofficial copies of transcripts are accepted for provisional admissions provided that official transcripts are provided within 8 weeks of acceptance. Students admitted under provisional status will not be allowed to take more than 6-8 credits courses for graduate classes until their provisional status have been removed.
GPA Policies
  • Master’s degree seeking student must have earned a Bachelor’s degree with minimum GPA of 2.0 from accredited colleges or universities.

  • Doctorate seeking student must have earned a Master’s degree with minimum GPA of 3.0 from accredited colleges or universities. At the discretion of the School’s Dean, Doctorate seeking student with less than 3.0 GPA of Master’s degree may be conditionally admitted into the program and will be required to maintain a minimum of 3.3 GPA for 12 consecutive semester hours in the program.
Non-English Speaking Country

Non-native English-speaking undergraduates (Associate/Bachelors’ degrees) without a degree from an accredited English-language institution must provide English fluency test results from one of the following:

  • A minimum score of 500 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT), or

  • 61 on the Internet Based Test (IBT), or

  • 6.0 on the International English Language Test (IELTS).
Non-traditional transfer credits

Non-traditional transfer credits include:

  • Members of the armed services-credits MUST be evaluated using the American Council on Education (ACE) guide
  • Formal educational programs and courses sponsored by non-collegiate organizations whose credits meet the recommendations established by the American Council on Education.
Charisma University accepts credits from accredited colleges or universities

Students with non-English language instruction in previous education must send transcripts/credentials to one of these agencies for evaluation:



– Foreign Academic Credentials Service 

– Institute of Credential Services

– Validential

The agency conducting the evaluation must directly forward completed credentials to the university.

English Proficiency Requirement

The English proficiency requirement may be met through one of the following ways:

  • Graduate applicants (Masters’ degrees) whose native language is not English and who have not earned a degree from an appropriately accredited institution where English is the principal language of instruction must receive a minimum score of 530 on the paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT) or 71 on the Internet Based Test (IBT) or 6.5 on the International English Language Test (IELTS).
  • Graduate applicants (Doctorates’ degrees) whose native language is not English and who have not earned a degree from an appropriately accredited institution where English is the principal language of instruction must receive a minimum score of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL PBT) or 80 on the Internet Based Test (IBT) or 6.5 on the International English Language Test (IELTS).


The agency conducting the evaluation must directly forward completed credentials to the university.

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