Naval Postgraduate School Admissions

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is one of the best public institutes for defence students which is located in Monterey, California and around 2,704 students are doing their studies in 14 departments and more than 70 maters and doctorate level degrees. Overall 135 international students are part of this academic session from 42 countries in various disciplines like computer science (MS, PhD), computing technology, software engineering (MS, PhD) and many more. International students have to take permission from the government of the US and they can apply for only one subject in NPS.

Naval Postgraduate School Admission Requirement

More than 70 postgraduate and doctorate programs are offered by Naval Postgraduate School in various disciplines like information sciences, applied cyber operations, network operations and technology, software engineering and many more. The admission requirement for international students in all the courses transcripts from previous colleges with course name, credit hours, marks which students got and the give the reference of all the certificates which you have been awarded. Given below the requirements of postgraduation admission and PhD admission at NPS:

Post Graduate Admission at the Naval Postgraduate School

Naval Postgraduate School never accepts an application for admission directly from international students for postgraduate students. The respective government will sponsor the students for admission to NPS. Civilians can apply directly via online application. Given below the admission requirement of postgraduation admission at NPS:

Eligibility Criteria for International Students

• Completed application without any application fee
• Submit the bachelor's degree certificate with a minimum of 2.2 CGPA
• All the certified transcripts of school or college and scores of subjects
• Submit the proof of English proficiency test
• Student’s statement
• Recommendation letter from an authorized staff

PhD Admissions at the Naval Postgraduate School

For PhD admission, civilians can apply directly through the online application portal but international students cannot apply through online application, they need their sponsorship of admission from the respective government. Listed below are the PhD admission requirements at NPS:

Eligibility Criteria for International Students

• Needs a postgraduate degree from any authorized university.
• All the degree and postgraduate degrees marks and certificates of the previous college
• A score of English proficiency test
• Student’s statement
• Lettre of reference
• Scores of GRE test

Naval Postgraduate School Application Process for the International Students

International students admission at Naval Postgraduate School is dependent on the government of the student’s country and like civilians, international students cannot apply through online application. Listed below are some of the specific requirements for international students at NPS:

Required Documents

• All the official transcripts of degrees should be submitted by the student
• Submit the score of a bachelors degree with a 2.0 GPA
• Scores of English proficiency test that should be a minimum of 6.5 for PG and PhD admission
• TOEFL iBT should be 83 for PG and 100 for PhD
• Copy of passport
• Score of GRE
• Letter of sponsorship from respective government

How to Apply?

• International students only need sponsorship from their government and after receiving the international student's records by NPS it will take time of 4 to 6 weeks for the evaluation process
• Students from the US can create an account on the application portal
• There is no application fee for the civilians
• After opening an account on the website download the form
• Civilians can completely feel the form and submit it.

Naval Postgraduate School Application Deadlines

There are no such deadlines in Naval Postgraduate School because it takes admission on a rolling basis. Listed below are the presumed deadlines for international students admission:

Admission Procedure of the Naval Postgraduate School 

The admission procedures of international students are quite different from the students of the US. US students can apply through the online application but international students can apply only with the permission of their government. International students are advised to apply earnestly for sponsorship to their government. Listed below are the steps for international and civilians after accepting the admission offer by NPS:

• Students should immediately accept the offer
• Submit all the copies of academic records 
• Copy of visa
• Pay the tuition fee according to the program

Acceptance Rate at Naval Postgraduate School

Naval Postgraduate School accepts international students based on the permission and sponsorship of the government. It will take the admission of international students only if they will show the TOEFL iBT score is 83 and submission of proof of sponsorship from their country. Around 135 international students are taking education in NPS.