Apply to FAU
Before you begin your application, use this guide to determine your admissions classification.
Freshmen/First Year Students
Students who are in 12th grade and applying for admission immediately following high school graduation, or students who graduated high school and did not earn more than 12 college credits after graduation.
Transfer Students
Students who earned 12 or more college credits after high school graduation or completed an associate’s degree from a state or community college.
Returning FAU students.
Students pursuing a second bachelor’s degree.
Graduate Students
Students who received an undergraduate degree and are considering a master’s, doctoral, or specialist degree program.
Freshmen Applications
Freshmen students applying for Fall/Summer may choose to apply to FAU through our FAU Online Application or the Common Application. Spring applicants should utilize the FAU Online Application. If you have already graduated from high school and are applying to FAU as a first-year student, please do not submit the SSAR. Instead, please ensure that your high school sends us your transcript. If interested in the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, use the Wilkes Honors College Common App. Students should only submit one application for admission to FAU.
Your Application Process
- Complete and submit the online application and pay the non-refundable $30 application fee.
- Submit your Self-reported Student Academic Record.*
*High school graduates should submit official high school transcripts in lieu of SSAR - Submit your official SAT/ACT/CLT test scores
Transfer Applications
Your Application Process
- Complete and submit the online application and pay the non-refundable $30 application fee.
- Submit official high school transcripts.
- Submit official post-secondary transcript(s).
- Submit your SAT/ACT/CLT test scores
Graduate Applications
Your Application Process
- Identify the graduate degree program to which you are applying.
- Complete and submit the online application and pay application fee.
- Assemble required documentation to complete your application.
Continuing Education
FAU serves as an educational resource in our community providing a variety of options for professional development, test preparation and continuing education.