Official transcripts and diplomas from any college or university outside of the United States must be translated and evaluated, course-by-course, by an independent evaluation service. The service will issue a report equating foreign academic credentials to U.S. degrees, grades, credits and GPA. The service will forward the report to Bastyr University at the applicant's request. There is a charge for this evaluation, which varies depending on which evaluation service is used.

The evaluation report must be issued by a NACES (National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) accredited evaluation service. Please visit the NACES website at www.naces.org for a list of accredited members. Below is a list of NACES accredited services that are commonly used by students:

Foundation for International Services, Inc. (FIS)
505 5th Ave S, Suite 101
Edmonds, WA 98020
(425) 248-2255 fax: (425) 248-2262
www.FIS-web.com
e-mail:  info@FIS-web.com

Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE)
PO Box 514070
Milwaukee, WI 53203-3470
(414) 289-3400 fax: (414) 289-3411
www.ece.org
e-mail: eval@ece.org

World Education Services, Inc. (WES)Students planning to apply for any of Bastyr's Dietetics programs (MSN/DPD, BSN/DPD, or Dietetics Internship) are required to use an evaluation agency other than WES.
PO Box 5087 - Bowling Green Station
New York, NY 10274-5087
(212) 966-6311 fax: (212) 739-6120
www.wes.org
e-mail: info@wes.org

International students who have attended other medical school programs and are requesting advanced standing in Bastyr University's naturopathic program should ask for additional information about advanced standing from the admissions office.

All applicants for whom English is a second language must present evidence of proficiency in the English language in one of the following ways:

• Official TOEFL exam results on the internet based test (iBT) with a score of 92, with a minimum speaking exam score of 26, a minimum reading exam score of 20, a minimum writing exam score of 24 and minimum listening exam score of 22; or IELTS exam score of level 6
• Two quarters or semesters of enrollment in liberal arts courses taught in English, totaling at least 15 quarter credits (10 semester credits) of college transferrable credits (not including vocational coursework or English as a second language courses), completed at an accredited U.S. or Canadian school, with GPA of 3.0 or greater (no single course less than a C- grade or 1.7 on a 4.00 scale). Please note that the Admissions committee reserves the right to request further English proficiency documentation or the TOEFL results if desired.
• Completion of Level 6 at the A.C.E. Language Institute. If you do not meet the English proficiency requirements above, but you are academically admissible, you may receive "Conditional Admission" to Bastyr University. After you complete the top Level 6 program at A.C.E. Language Institute, you can directly enter Bastyr University with no TOEFL score. For more information, visit the A.C.E. Language Institute.