Health Care Policy & Management
Admission for Foreign Applicants

Admission to a graduate program requires that the applicant have the preparation and ability that – in the judgment of the program – are sufficient to enable satisfactory progress in the degree program.

Applicants who are not United States citizens or who do not hold permanent resident status should contact Office of Student Services before applying. The Department of Health Care Policy and Management does not offer stipends or scholarships to foreign applicants. We do not have teaching assistant positions.

If a foreign applicant chooses to apply to the either the Master’s in Health Care Policy and Management or the Advanced Certificate, the following documents will need to be submitted (all documents MUST be ORIGINALS):

• Transcripts from every college attended.
• Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by WES (World Education Services); visit their web site at www.wes.org. You must request a course-by-course evaluation and the evaluation must show a GPA (grade point average).
• GREs are required (graduate record exam); visit their web site at www.gre.org. You need to take the general exam.
• TOEFL (test of English as a foreign language) is required if English is not your first language; visit their web site at www.toefl.org.
  • You must meet the following minimum standards: paper – 550; CBT – 213; iBT – total 90 with no subscore lower than the minimums listed: reading – 22; listening – 21; writing – 25; speaking – 22.

In addition to the above listed documents, see the admissions requirements for the Health Care Policy and Management’s programs:

• http://www.hsc.sunysb.edu/shtm/programs/hcpm/admissions.html.

Visit Stony Brook’s Graduate Bulletin web site for additional information:

• http://www.grad.sunysb.edu/academics/bulletin/BULLETIN_HTM.htm.