Application Deadline for Spring 2025
| Final Deadline | Online Application |
|---|---|
| June 25, 2024 | CLOSED |
To best facilitate a timely and successful application process, we encourage you to finish your application before the deadline. By applying early, you also facilitate more time for financial aid decisions.
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact us at 818-677-2803 or cds.distance@csun.edu.
Application Instructions
To start your application, please click on the Online application link below, and then register as a new user or log in with an existing username and password. Helpful tips before completing the application.
After you register, please complete the online application, which includes the following steps:
- Upload Your Documents - you will be asked to submit a statement of purpose, resume, and copies of unofficial transcripts, unofficial test scores and proof of completing the Graduate Writing Assessment Requirement (For California State University graduates only).
- To help you complete your application and prepare your documents, please follow the instructions and guidance detailed on the "Document Guidelines".
- Provide Recommender Contact Information - you will be asked to provide the name and email of three recommenders who will be sent recommendation request forms once you complete your online application.
- You will be asked to indicate whether you waive your right to view and access these recommendations per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Your choice will be disclosed to your recommenders in the recommendation request.
- Your recommendation requests will not be sent until you submit your application and pay the application fee, so applicants are advised to submit their online applications early to give their recommenders ample time to complete and submit those recommendations by the deadline.
- Application fee - $70 non-refundable payment by credit card
After completing your online application, please submit official academic records/transcripts:
- Transcripts are required from ALL institutions that you have attended, not only those from which you earned a degree:
- All courses taken at other colleges and universities previously attended, even if the course work was not completed.
- All college courses in which you are currently enrolled (these are your preliminary, work-in-progress transcripts).
- Your final transcripts for work-in-progress as soon as you complete the courses and grades are posted.
- Previous CSUN students do not need to request CSUN transcripts, and should only submit transcripts for additional course work completed after leaving CSUN.
- Be sure to notify us of any prior names under which you may possess a transcript.
Electronic Transcripts:
Send directly from your school/electronic service/approved vendor to registrar@csun.edu OR by selecting CSUN, if the option is available.*
If you attended a California community college, your institution might be able to send e-transcripts on your behalf, free of charge. Please visit the eTranscript California page to determine your eligibility.
*electronic transcripts received directly from the student are considered unofficial
Paper Transcripts:
If electronic transcripts are not an option, then paper transcripts must be received in the unopened envelopes, sealed by the institution(s) of study. Ask your previous schools to send your official transcripts directly to us at the address below:
Tseng College
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California 91330-8343- Please do not send identical, duplicate paper and electronic transcripts.
When submitting transcripts, please include two official copies: one in the original language and one in an official English translation.*
In addition to the above requirements, applicants with a degree from outside the United States must also submit the following:
Official or certified copy of TOEFL, IELTS or PTE Academic scores - Scores can either be sent electronically to CSUN's school code (4707) or mailed to the address below:
Tseng College
California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, California 91330-8343
Note: Degrees from outside the United States must be equivalent to a U.S. 4-year degree.
*Translations must be completed by a member of the American Translators Association; a certified court interpreter or translator; or a staff member of a foreign consulate.
After submitting your application, you will receive an email within 2-3 business days containing your username, CSUN email address, and student ID.* Please follow the email's instructions to activate your CSUN email account and gain access to the myCSUN Portal.
Note: If you are a returning student or reapplying, please use your existing CSUN username and password.
CSUN alumni: please note that by default all communications will be sent to your existing CSUN email (which you may or may not have used since you graduated). Information on how to access/reset that email can be found here: https://www.csun.edu/it/accounts-passwords
*If you do not receive an activation email from the Tseng College, please contact tsengarc@csun.edu.
Please regularly check your CSUN email for updates. The university uses this email for all communications, including notification of whether you are accepted into the program.
To reiterate: Updates on your application status will only be sent to your CSUN email account.
Along with your CSUN email, you should regularly use the myCSUN Portal to access important information and complete necessary tasks. The portal is where you can find your student schedule and access or update your personal and academic records.
IMPORTANT NOTES TO ALL APPLICANTS
Please be advised that all communications with University employees, including emails and phone conversations, are considered in admissions decisions. State Consumer Protection Information can be found here.
- Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their application, including all required documents, is complete and has been received in good working order before the application deadline. Please contact us with any questions.
- Out-of-state applicants that will remain out of state during their program of study should check the State Authorizations information relative to their state before applying.
- Admission Decision: Each applicant's situation is unique and application cycles may differ slightly annually; however, admission decisions for completed CDS applications without issues (i.e. all requirements have been submitted and transcripts have been through CSUN's up to four-week processing period) are usually rendered during the last few weeks of July. Thanks for your patience in awaiting your admission decision. Although we can't affect that timeline, we'd be happy to answer any questions that you may have in the interim!
- Admission does not guarantee cohort launch.
- Admission into programs leading to licensure and credentialing does not guarantee that students will obtain a license or credential. Licensure and credentialing requirements are set by agencies that are not controlled by or affiliated with the CSU and requirements can change at any time. For example, licensure or credentialing requirements can include evidence of the right to work in the United States (e.g., social security number or tax payer identification number) or successfully passing a criminal background check. Students are responsible for determining whether they can meet licensure or credentialing requirements. The CSU will not refund tuition, fees, or any associated costs, to students who determine subsequent to admission that they cannot meet licensure or credentialing requirements. Information concerning licensure and credentialing requirements are available from https://www.asha.org/advocacy/state/
