Office of Admissions

Thank you for choosing San Diego State University. For detailed admissions criteria, please select from the list below.

• First-Time Freshmen: A first-time freshman is defined as a student who has earned no college credit after the summer immediately following high school graduation.
  
  
• Transfer: Students with more than 60 transferable semester units (90 quarter units) are considered upper-division transfers.
  
  
• Readmission: Check here to view the readmission requirements for SDSU.
  
  
• International: If you are applying for or currently on a non-immigrant visa (F-1 or J-1), then you are an international student.
  
  
• Graduate Degree: Graduate students are those who have completed a four-year degree and are pursuing a post baccalaureate degree.
  
  
• Veterans: Military veteran, active duty military, or military dependent.
  
  
• Second Bachelor's: Students who have completed a four-year degree and are pursuing another bachelor's degree.
  
  
• Extended Studies: SDSU's College of Extended Studies offers a wide variety of lifelong learning classes, seminars and certificate programs.
  
  
• Imperial Valley Campus: The Imperial Valley Campus (IVC) is a two-year, upper-division campus of SDSU located in Imperial County, which is 120 miles east of San Diego, 60 miles west of Yuma, Arizona, and 120 miles south of Palm Springs.