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When you apply, you'll be asked to choose a major from the hundreds of degree programs available at Wayne State. If you're undecided, select an exploratory track, which allows you to check out your options while staying on course for graduation.
Incoming first-year students are welcome to apply for fall 2025 using either the
Use the code WSU2025 to receive a waiver on your application fee. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Decisions can be expected 4-6 weeks after all application requirements are received and processed by Undergraduate Admissions. Check for it on your application status page, using the email address and password created for your applicant profile page.
Individuals who are current high school seniors in dual enrollment or early middle college programs should apply as a first-year student.
General admission requirements for transfer applicants include:
Use the code WSU2025 to receive a waiver on your application fee. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Decisions can be expected 3 weeks after all application requirements are received and processed by Undergraduate Admissions. Check for it on your application status page, using the email address and password created for your applicant profile page.
If you have already completed a degree and are interested in earning college credit without intending to use it toward another degree — or if you want to get into a graduate program but need to raise your GPA first — this type of admission is for you. Post-bachelor students are welcome to apply for 2025. Apply now Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Take the first step in joining a top-ranked urban research university. If you're applying to a graduate program, you must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S. institution or a degree equivalent to a four-year U.S. baccalaureate degree from a college or university of government-recognized standing. Incoming students are welcome to apply now for Spring/Summer 2025, Fall 2025, or Winter 2025: Apply now Contact the Office of Graduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Beginning Fall 2024, applicants who are interested in receiving a PhD, DNP, MSN, or graduate certificate from Michigan’s premiere research institution, please apply through the AACN-operated universal application system NursingCAS. Applicants are not required to submit a separate WSU application. College of Nursing NursingCAS application For Winter 2024 MSN and Graduate Certificate programs, please use the general university application.
Graduate students
Learn more about the application process. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions.
You are considered a first-year student if:
Incoming first-year students are welcome to apply for fall 2025 using either the
Use the code WSU2025 to receive a waiver on your application fee. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Decisions can be expected 4-6 weeks after all application requirements are received and processed by Undergraduate Admissions. Check for it on your application status page, using the email address and password created for your applicant profile page.
You are considered a transfer student if:
Individuals who are current high school seniors in dual enrollment or early middle college programs should apply as a first-year student.
General admission requirements for transfer applicants include:
Use the code WSU2025 to receive a waiver on your application fee. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Decisions can be expected 3 weeks after all application requirements are received and processed by Undergraduate Admissions. Check for it on your application status page, using the email address and password created for your applicant profile page.
If you have already completed a degree and are interested in earning college credit without intending to use it toward another degree — or if you want to get into a graduate program but need to raise your GPA first — this type of admission is for you.
Post-bachelor students are welcome to apply for 2025.
Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Take the first step in joining a top-ranked urban research university. If you're applying to a graduate program, you must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited U.S. institution or a degree equivalent to a four-year U.S. baccalaureate degree from a college or university of government-recognized standing.
Incoming students are welcome to apply now for Spring/Summer 2025, Fall 2025, or Winter 2025:
Contact the Office of Graduate Admissions if you have questions about the application process.
Beginning Fall 2024, applicants who are interested in receiving a PhD, DNP, MSN, or graduate certificate from Michigan’s premiere research institution, please apply through the AACN-operated universal application system NursingCAS. Applicants are not required to submit a separate WSU application.
For Winter 2024 MSN and Graduate Certificate programs, please use the general university application.
You should apply as an international student if you are not a permanent resident or citizen of the United States. You should also apply under this status if you have graduated from a secondary institution and completed pre-university educational curricula in your own country.
Graduate students
Learn more about the application process. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Admissions if you have questions.
If you have previously enrolled at Wayne State University, you do not need to complete another Undergraduate Admission application. Please visit the Returning Students webpage for more information.
If you are reapplying for admission and have applied within the last year, you are only required to submit the Undergraduate Admission application. Your transcripts and application fee do not need to be resubmitted. If it has been longer than a year since you last applied to Wayne State, you will need to submit the application fee.
Students may pay the required $25 nonrefundable application fee by credit card online or by check mailed to: Wayne State University, P.O. Box 02759, Detroit, MI 48202.
The WSU Office of Undergraduate Admissions accepts fee waivers for the application fee for first-year and transfer students. The applying student’s high school guidance counselor must sign the university fee waiver prior to application submission at WSU. Transfer students may submit the NACAC Transfer Fee Waiver and must have attestation from a financial aid officer or staff member from their current or most recently attended college/university. Application fee waivers are subject to the approval of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and are granted based upon evidence of financial need.
The following documents may also be used to waive the application fee:
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