How to Apply to the UPMC School of Histology

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Application requirements:

Online contact form
Application
Cover letter*
Resume*
Job Shadow Verification Form*
Official College Transcript**
Two letters of recommendation**
$25 application fee

To be granted an interview, international students must fulfill additional requirements. Learn more below.

*Cover letter, resume, and Job Shadow Verification Form should be sent from the applicant to UPMCHistoSchool@upmc.edu.

**Official College Transcripts and two letters of recommendation should be sent from the primary source directly to UPMCHistoSchool@upmc.edu.

International Students

To be granted an interview, foreign students must also submit the following with their applications:

Proof of residency status with photocopies of each:
- Your passport
- Your student (F-1) visa.
- Your I-20 form issued by your university, if applicable.
Report of an English language proficiency exam, if applicable (see English as a second language information, below).
Proof of academic standing:
- For undergraduates: Obtain a letter from the registrar, dean, or other official of your university or college attesting to (1) your full-time student status and (2) your financial standing with the university.
- For post-graduates: Submit a course-by-course evaluation of your international transcripts including a conversion of the GPA to the U.S. grade point average system. In addition, transcripts in a language other than English must be translated into English. It is highly recommended that all international transcripts be evaluated by either the World Education Services, Inc. (WES Basic Course-by-Course Evaluation) or International Education Research Foundation, Inc. (Standard Application).

Note: A foreign student currently enrolled in a two-year associate’s or four-year baccalaureate degree program at a U.S. university or college does not need to have foreign transcripts evaluated by a secondary agency. We accept credits for non-U.S. courses your university has verified and accepted as meeting the requirements for completion of the U.S. degree.

English as a Second Language

All students who are not native or primary speakers of English must demonstrate English language proficiency by providing an official report of recent (within two years of application date) test results from one of the English language proficiency exam options listed below (no other test options are accepted). Photocopies of score reports will not be accepted; exam scores should be sent directly to the UPMC School of Histology Program at UPMCHistoSchool@upmc.edu.

Due to the diagnostic focus and rapid learning pace of our program, applicants must obtain the following minimum scores for the test taken, as shown in the tables, to be considered eligible to apply to the UPMC School of Histology:

	TOEFL-iBT (no grade below 18)	IELTS (no grade below 6.0)
Reading	18+	6.0+
Listening	18+	6.0+
Speaking	23-30	7.0+
Writing	18+	6.0+
Overall Score	80+	6.5+