Admission Requirements

Getting Started

If you are not yet an FGCU Student, visit the Admissions Office Web site.

If you are a newly-admitted FGCU student please be sure to sign up for an Orientation session. As part of this session you will be meeting with an academic advisor who will assist you in registering for classes for your major. Distance Learning students are not required to attend an Orientation session.

If you are a current FGCU student who wants to change your major or explore the requirements for any Arts and Sciences major, please call (239) 590-7196 to schedule an appointment to meet with an academic advisor.

Program Requirements 

Applicants applying for admission must:

• Submit an application for admission to Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU). A State University System of Florida Application for Admission and
• Request academic transcripts from every college attended to be sent to the University's Office of Admissions and Recruitment, where admission to FGCU is determined. Applicants may need to submit high school transcripts to the University's Office of Admissions and Recruitment, in cases where the University Foreign Language requirement was met in high school;  and
• Submit a completed Division of Health Sciences Supplemental Application for Admission to the Division of Health Sciences;  and
• Submit a portfolio and a one to three page essay/statement of goals to the Division of Health Sciences.

Admission requirements include:

• Satisfaction of all applicable university admission requirements.
• Completion of at least 60 credit hours.
• Either a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 or a minimum grade point average of 2.75 for the most recent 30 (+/-) college credit hours. 
• International students who speak English as a second language, must earn a minimum score of 600 on TOEFL to demonstrate proficiency in English so as to facilitate student success and learning in the program of study.

Applicants may apply for either spring or fall admission.  To assure consideration, applicants must be admitted to FGCU and supplemental application materials must be mailed to the College of Health Professions.

Application Deadlines:

• To be considered for Fall admission, the deadline for all application materials is  March 1st.
• To be considered for Spring admission, the deadline for all application materials is October 15th.

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