How do I apply?

First, you must contact the Study Abroad Office at your home institution. If you are selected to go on an exchange program at the University of Maryland, your home university will send a nomination letter/email to Pernille Levine, the Exchange Coordinator.

After that, you must fill out the appropriate application form. Please note that you must have completed your undergraduate degree to apply as a graduate student.

For undergraduates

For graduates

Please submit the following documents with your application to the Study Abroad Office at your school:

1. DS2019 Information Sheet
   
2. Current original transcript
3. Bank statement showing an available balance of a minimum of:
   
• $17,983 for the year
  
• $8,992 for the semester
  (If the bank statement has someone else's name on it, you must include a letter from that person stating that he/she will support you with the required amount listed above. You cannot use an investment account. It has to be a regular checking or savings account that you (or the person listed on the account) can withdraw from at any time.
  
4. TOEFL test score of 100 on the internet-based test (speaking: 22, listening: 26, reading 26, writing 26.) You can be admitted provisionally with a score of 84-99, but you must take a proficiency test upon arrival.  If you get a score of less that 230, you must take a course at Maryland English Institute at your own expense.

Exchange students do NOT pay an application fee. No photo, references or personal statement necessary.

The Study Abroad Office at your home institution will send all the application materials to:

University of Maryland
Study Abroad Attn.: Pernille Levine
1101 Holzapfel Hall
College Park, Maryland 20742
United States

Application deadlines

• Fall Semester (August-December) - - - March 1
• Spring semester (January-May) - - - October 1