INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE GRADUATE ONLINE APPLICATION

EXCLUSIVELY FOR PRE-SELECTED APPLICANTS FROM AMONG THE IIT PARTNER SCHOOLS IN EUROPE

SOME POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND, BEFORE COMPLETING THE IIT GRADUATE ONLINE APPLICATION

Question: What type of Master’s should I choose, if applying for a degree at IIT?

Answer: The 1-Year Master of Engineering with research project option

Some examples: Master of Power Engineering

Master of Computer Science

Master of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Master of Information Technology Management

Master of Industrial Technology & Operations

Note that in certain departments there are some Master’s listed as Master of Science with research project option and the duration is 1 year – such as Master of Science in Electrical & Computer Engineering or Master of Science in Computer Science

PLEASE DO NOT CHOOSE THE MASTER OF SCIENCE WITH THESIS, AS THIS MEANS THAT THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM IS 2 YEARS, INSTEAD OF 1 YEAR. FOR 99% OF YOU, THIS DOES NOT APPLY

II. RESEARCH PROJECT NOT THESIS

Your Projet de Fin d’Etude ( if from a French school) or Proyecto fin De Carrera ( if from a Spanish school) is referred to as a Research project at IIT, NOT a thesis. The duration of the project is important and is dependent on the requirement of your school – so it could vary from 4 months to 6 months. For most of you, you will be required to do your research project at IIT. Your school has to validate your project and courses completed, during your 5th year, at IIT in order for you to eventually receive your Diplôme d’Ingenieur degree, or “Ingeniero” degree.

III. Question - Which College/School should I apply to?

Answer: At IIT, we have 8 Schools/Colleges

Armour College of Engineering

College of Science & Letters

School of Psychology

School of Applied Technology

Stuart School of Business

School of Design

Kent College of Law

College of Architecture

Under each college, or school, there are different departments based on the field of study you wish to pursue. For example, under the Armour College of Engineering, you will find the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, or Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering etc.

Thus, ALL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS are under the ARMOUR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (

COMPUTER SCIENCE, APPLIED MATH, APPLIED PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY are under the COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & LETTERS (

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY & OPERATIONS are under the SCHOOL OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ( Formerly the Center for Professional Development( or

FINANCE, BUSINESS are under STUART SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (

IV. PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT:

BEFORE YOU ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE THE GRADUATE ONLINE APPLICATION, IT IS HIGHLY ADVISABLE FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT WRITTEN & COMPLETED, IN A WORD DOCUMENT, BEFOREHAND.

The professional statement may be 500 – 2000 words – and reference the following:

  1. Your reasons for choosing your field of study and for choosing IIT
  2. Your plans for your career once you graduate
  3. Your experience in the field – if you have worked in a company, published or done some research
  4. Any other element in your transcript – for example if you did not do well in important courses related to your field, your reasons for this
  5. Extra-curricular activities, involvement in community projects, student organizations, etc.

HAVE THE PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT COMPLETED IN A WORD DOCUMENT, SO THAT WHEN YOU START THE APPLICATION, YOU MAY CUT & PASTE THE PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT ONTO THE APPLICATION FORM

NOW YOU ARE READY TO COMPLETETHE GRADUATE ONLINE APPLICATION!!

COMPLETING THE GRADUATE ONLINE APPLICATION

STEPS:

  1. Website:
  2. Click on GRADUATE ADMISSION – APPLY
  3. Scroll down below and read carefully – Areas of study pages and Academic Department websites
  4. Follow the “Click here to set up a new Account”
  5. I am applying for a – select Master’s or Phd program

If applying to IIT only to take courses for a semester or for a year, select Non-Degree Master’s program

  1. First Name or Given Name – example if your name is Luca, Javier Fernando, Nicole, Jean-Pierre or Raquel – this is your first or given name
  2. Family Name or Last Name – PLEASE INCLUDE ALL LAST NAMES AS INDICATED EXACTLY ON YOUR CURRENT PASSPORT – Example: If your last name is Fernandez Rodriguez – include all of this when you apply, exactly as indicated on your passport
  3. Set up your Username and Password and then click on SUBMIT
  4. You will receive a message that “You are now registered with the date and time of submission
  5. Click on CONTINUE
  6. The screen will take you back to Application Registration and Login page – Re-input your User Name and Password
  7. To start or Complete your application,click on BEGIN
  8. Student Type – if you have a US passport or US Green Card and have lived and studied outside the US all of your life, click on DOMESTIC APPLICANT

IF you do NOT have a US Passport or US Green Card, click on INTERNATONAL STUDENT

  1. Question – “Please notify us if you are one of the following”:

Check - IIT PARTNER SCHOOL IN EUROPE

SAVE & Click on NEXT

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  1. Salutation: If Female, check Ms, if Male check Mr.
  2. Last Name/family name – indicate ALL NAMES AS ON PASSPORT. Scan a copy of the name page of your passport
  3. First name/Given Name – indicate your first name

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOUR PARENTS or FRIENDS, DECIDE TO COMPLETE A SMALL PART OF THE APPLICATION FORM FOR YOU, THEY MUST INDICATE YOUR NAME AS THE APPLICANT

  1. DATE OF BIRTH ( DOB) – Put the Year first, then month, then day

Example: if you are born on 1st of July 1986 you have to indicate it as such – 1986/07/01

  1. GENDER: Check whichever applies – Male or Female
  2. Question – “Provide email addresses you use Most frequently & will access throughout the application season” – please indicate the email address –( whether your school email address or a gmail address or another) that you USE THE MOST FREQUENTLY AND OFTEN CHECK OR READ
  3. Question – “Do you wish to be considered for funding at IIT – Check NO
  4. Question – “What initially prompted your interest in IIT? Check – Other
  5. Question – “Please choose the option that best describes you – check NEW APPLICANT
  6. Question – “Have you ever applied for a Graduate program at IIT? - Check No
  7. Question – “Have you ever taken classes at IIT? - Check NO

SAVE & Click on NEXT

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  1. Question – “Are you currently in the US on a non-immigrant visa – check No if you are still in your home country. Check Yes, only if you are currently in the US completing your research project at IIT or elsewhere in the U.S.
  2. Question – “What type of immigration status do you expect to have – If you are not currently in the U.S. – check F1. If you are currently in the US working or doing research, then also check F1

SAVE & Click on NEXT – you have now completed 27% of the application

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  1. Term of Entry – check Fall ___ if planning to attend IIT in August ( IIT’s Fall term starts in mid-August), or Spring if planning to attend IIT in January ( IIT’s Spring term starts in mid-January)
  2. Question – “To which College/School/Institute are you applying?

Refer to the Instructions page

If applying for any Master’s program in any engineering field – check ARMOUR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (

If applying for Master of Information Technology Management or Industrial Technology & Operations – check SCHOOL OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY ( Formerly known as the College of Professional Development or CPD – to re-verify that your Master’s program falls under this school – go to

IF applying for Computer Science, Applied Math, Applied Physics or any of the pure sciences such as Biology, Chemistry, check COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & LETTERS ( To re-verify that your Master’s program falls under this College, go to

If applying for Finance, Business Administration or any Business-related program – check STUART SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ( to re-verify that your Master’s falls under this school – go to

SAVE & click on NEXT ( You have now completed 33% of your application)

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  1. Question – “Please select your program of interest” – this means the field of study

Example: computer science or chemical engineering etc.

  1. Question – “Please select your degree” – Example – Master of Biomedical Engineering
  2. Question – “GRE test date, registration number and score ( combined verbal and quantitative) – if you have registered for the test, but have not taken the exam yet, you may leave the score part blank.

Make sure that when registering for the GRE GENERAL EXAM ONLY, that you ask ETS to send your OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT directly to IIT Chicago – Institution code 1318. Sometimes the score report will ask you if you are an Undergraduate or Graduate – indicate Graduate : if asked which department – LEAVE BLANK

  1. Question – “TOEFL or IELTS test date, registration number and scores – if you have registered for the test, but have not taken the exam yet, you may leave the score part blank.

Make sure that when registering for the TOEFL Exam, that you ask ETS to send your OFFICIAL SCORE REPORT directly to IIT Chicago – Institution code 1318. Sometimes the score report will ask you if you are an Undergraduate or Graduate – indicate Graduate or which department – LEAVE BLANK. For the IELTS, you must submit the official report to Graduate Admissions by post.

SAVE & click on NEXT ( You have now completed 53% of your application)

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  1. Educational History – Question – “Where was your Undergraduate study”?

If your school does not offer any Undergraduate degree, indicate the current school you are at.

  1. Question – “School attended until – This is NOT A REQUIRED FIELD –LEAVE BLANK
  2. Question – “Degree expected – Check Master’s degree Other
  3. Question – “Date degree granted – not a required field– LEAVE BLANK
  4. Question – “Cumulative GPA” – not a required field – LEAVE BLANK
  5. Question – “Did you attend another college or University? – if attended another college (NOT HIGH SCHOOL OR CLASSES PREPAS), check YES, if not, check NO

SAVE & click on NEXT ( You have completed 67% of your application)

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  1. Professional Statement – YOU MUST COMPLETE THIS OTHERWISE YOUR APPLICATION CANNOT BE SUBMITTED. It is advisable to have this written well in advance as indicated in the instructions earlier
  2. Question “Verify all the information”
  3. Question – “Right to View Recommendation letter waiver”

“Do you waive your right to review the recommendation letter…” – this means that if you DO NOT wish to see what your professor has written about you, then you check YES.

If you wish to see what your professor has written about you, then check NO

  1. Signature – check I AGREE….
  2. Click on SUBMIT

NOTE: IF, upon completion of your application, you may have indicated some information in error, immediately, send a message to notifying them of the correction.

CONGRATULATIONS – You have completed the Graduate online application !!

NEXT STEPS:

  1. You will receive an A number within ______days. You must provide this A number when communicating with any member of IIT
  2. Have your school, mail your certified transcripts ( bulletin de notes) certified in English and French if from a French Grande Ecole, or Spanish, Basque or Catalan if from a university in Spain.

For French applicants, if your school does not have the Classes Prepas integrées, then submit only your first year ( 2 semesters) and 2nd year first semester results of courses/exams completed. If your school has Classes Prepas integrées, then submit only the 3rd year ( two semesters) and 4th year first semester bulletin de notes in French and English certified.

For Spanish students – submit all 4 years of courses/exams completed

For all, your school must mail your certified transcripts in the native language & in English, to:

The Graduate offie of Profssional Enrollment

c/o Illinois Institute of Technology

203 Perlstein Hall

10 W 33rd Street

Chicago, IL 60616
USA
P: 1312567 3040

It is advisable that your school mail your transcripts via courier service ( e.g; Fedex, TNT etc.), so that there is a tracking number of receipt.

  1. Register for the TOEFL or IELTS and the GRE Revised General exams as soon as possible. The busiest times are April through June, so the earlier you register for these exams, the better. Also, if, your scores do not meet our minimum requirements you will have the opportunity of re-taking the exam(s) to improve your score(s).

Timeline: Once you have received your scores and have ordered your official score reports to be sent to IIT Chicago, it may take between 7 – 14 days for IIT to receive your official scores.

  1. Recommendation letters – your professors must complete them online and MUST indicate your A number at IIT.
  1. Financial support form – please submit the financial support form in ORIGINAL – there is a prescribed form on the website – where you, the student, must sign, your sponsor ( could be yourself, your parents or relative or friend) to sign, and finally the bank official of your sponsor’s bank.

We are aware that many banks refuse to sign or stamp another institution’s form. In this case, you have two options:

The bank official may submit a letter, IN ENGLISH, entitled

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

This certifies that Mr./Ms/ ______has the amount ( indicate the amount on the financial support form) available to meet the cost of studies for ______( mention your name) at Illinois Institute of Technology starting Spring 2012 or Fall 2013.

If the bank official refuses to write the above in English, then you may have it translated by an official translator and attach both versions ( Native language version and English translation)in ORIGINAL, when mailing them to the IIT Graduate Admissions office, along with the signed financial support form

2nd Option – submit certified bank statement of the past 6 months if the sponsor’s bank is in the U.S.

IIT WILL ONLY ACCEPT ORIGINALS. MAIL ALL ORIGINALS TO:

Office of Graduate & Professional Enrollment

c/o Illinois Institute of Technology

203 Perlstein Hall

10 W 33rd Street

Chicago, IL 60616

USA

P: 312567 3040

N.B. – It is advisable to have two originals of the bank letter as sometimes, the US consulates

may ask for an original as well. IIT also have to keep an original and CANNOT return it to you.

  1. How long will it take for IIT to send me a decision once I have submitted all the documents, with the exception of the financial support form?

It will take about 3 - 4 weeks . Please bear in mind that the busiest months for the Graduate Admissions office are from January through April.

  1. Whom should I contact if I have questions during the application process?.

You may contact your Graduate Admissions specialist if your question concerns the application, or Dr. Misquita if your question, relates to the program.

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