Vocology Application
Domestic Admission Requirements
Prospective students from the U.S. should submit all admissions materials at least 30 days prior to the start of the semester in which they wish to begin their studies. Upon receipt of all university-required documents, the Admissions Office will forward your file to your desired academic department for an admission decision.
Required admissions materials include:
1. Submit Application
An admissions application completed online through the Apply Texas system (or the Apply Now button). This application includes your biographical, educational and residency information. Please complete all required information, including your transcripts from all institutions attended, and pay the application fee.
2. Submit Academic Records
Official transcripts from each college or university attended, including the accredited institution from which the applicant earned a bachelor’s degree. Submit transcripts electronically through the National Student Clearinghouse to Lamar University. The e-mail to send transcripts to is luadmtran@lamar.edu once you order them from all institutions you've attended.
For additional information on graduate admissions, please consult the academic department in which you wish to pursue a graduate degree using the links on the academics page.
3. Send All Required Supplemental Application Materials
This includes:
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A detailed CV.
- A personal statement that can be in a .doc/.pdf format or via a video file/YouTube link that highlights your professional experience and details your professional goals within the field of vocology.
Submit Supplemental Application Materials
4. Admission Status
After application materials have been received, the Office of Admissions will send the applicant an e-mail with a student identification number and a notice of any missing materials. This ID number, along with the applicant's birthdate, can be used to check admission status online.
5. Questions?
Contact Vocology Admissions at vocology@lamar.edu.
International Admission Requirements and How to Apply for International Admission
Please use your name as it appears on your passport on your application and on all other communication with Lamar University.
1. Submit Application
All international graduate applicants should submit online applications through the Apply Texas system. Graduate applicants must select the International Graduate Application. Courses for this program are offered fully online, and therefore residency in the U.S. is not required to complete the program.
If you are an international applicant interested in an online program, please note that admission to this, or any other fully online program, does not fulfill the academic requirements to apply for an F-1 or J-1 visa. You will not be eligible to travel to the U.S. or to obtain a visa upon admission to an online program.
2. Submit Academic Records
International Academic Records
Graduate applicants must have an official report of course-by-course evaluated transcripts of all post-secondary work from outside the United States sent to Lamar University directly from one of the evaluating agencies listed in the previous link.
Graduate students applying to colleges outside of Engineering and Arts and Sciences and enroll at Lamar University will be reimbursed the cost of the evaluation up to $200.00.
The Lamar University Admissions Office does not evaluate international transcripts internally, so you do not need to send official transcripts to our office. These agencies may deliver your evaluation by email at LUAdmTran@Lamar.edu, or to the mailing address listed below:
Lamar University
Graduate Admissions
PO Box 11614
Beaumont, TX 77710
Or, if sending documents by courier:
Lamar University Office of Admissions
211 Redbird Ln
Beaumont, TX 77710
United States Academic Records
Applicants who have attended institutions in the United States must submit official transcripts from each college previously attended. This requirement applies regardless of the length of time in attendance and regardless of whether credit was earned or is desired.
Students will not be considered for admission until all college transcripts are on file. Students must be eligible to re-enter all colleges and universities previously attended.
3. English Proficiency Requirement
Proof of English Proficiency is a university requirement for all international students regardless of if they are online or on-campus.
Therefore, the only forms of receiving a waiver from taking TOEFL or IELTS are as follows:
- Are from an English waiver country
- Have completed 48 credits of secondary/post-secondary school from an English waiver country
- Have completed 48 credits of secondary/post-secondary school, taught in English
- Have completed a level 112 of Intensive English at a U.S. institution
- Have completed English Composition I and II, or the equivalent, from an accredited U.S. institution with a grade of "B" or better on a 4.0 scale
- Have earned a degree from or have attended two consecutive years at an accredited U.S. institution
If there is a circumstance outside of the above waiver criteria that you would like us to consider, please let Vocology Admissions know via email and we will review the possibility of granting a waiver.
4. Send All Required Supplemental Application Materials
This includes:
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A detailed CV.
- A personal statement that can be in a .doc/.pdf format or via a video file/YouTube link that highlights your professional experience and details your professional goals within the field of vocology.
Submit Supplemental Application Materials
5. Admission Status
After application materials have been received, the Office of Admissions will send the applicant an email with a student identification number and a notice of any missing materials. This ID number, along with the applicant's birthdate, can be used to check admission status online.
6. Questions?
Contact Vocology Admissions at vocology@lamar.edu.
