Admission Requirements
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The University of Houston-Downtown Office of Admissions strives to make the enrollment process as painless as possible for all students. If you apply early and follow our simple admission requirements, you should be quickly admitted and on your way to registration. Spring 2004 early application and application fee deadline: December 15, 2003. After this date a non-refundable $75 application fee must be submitted to complete ALL applications.

The following information is included below:

Application Procedures
Application
Official Transcripts
Citizenship Status Documents
Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA)
Freshman Admission
Transfer Student Admission
Joint Admission
Readmission for Former Students
International Student Admission

For deadlines and dates of the registration process, see Academic Calendar.

If you have any questions during your enrollment, please contact:

University of Houston-Downtown
Office of Admissions
One Main Street
Room 350-S
Houston, TX 77002
713-221-8522
uhdadmit@dt.uh.edu

Application Procedures

• File an Application with the Office of Admissions
• Pay the nonrefundable $25 application fee ($60 for International students)
• Submit all official transcripts
• Submit any required residency or immigration documents

Spring 2004 early application and application fee deadline: December 15, 2003.

Application

You may apply for admission in the following ways:

• Download the UHD Application from our web site
• Apply electronically through the State of Texas' Common Application
• Call or come by the office and pick up or drop off your application

Official Transcripts

• You must submit official transcripts from all previously attended colleges or universities regardless of whether you earned any college credit.
• If you have been to college but have earned less than 15 college-level credit hours, you must also submit an official high school or GED transcript.
• If you have not been to college at all, you must submit an official high school or GED transcript.
• A transcript is considered official when it bears the institution's seal, is signed by the issuing authority, and is sent directly by the issuing institution or delivered in a sealed envelope.

Citizenship Status Documents

All applicants born outside of the United States must provide one or more of the following immigration documents in the original.

• I-551
• I-688
• I-94
• US passport
• US citizenship certificate

Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA)

The state-mandated TASP has been replaced with the Texas Success Initiative, resulting in a new set of rules. Students are still required to take a test prior to enrolling. Several options are available: Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA - formerly known as TASP), ASSET, COMPASS, or ACCUPLACER. If the scores received do not meet the college readiness standard, the student will have to retest and comply with an individualized success plan. See the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's website at www.thecb.state.tx.us for more information about THEA and valid exemptions.

Freshman Admission

The university strongly recommends that all applicants seeking freshman admission complete a college-preparatory high school curriculum.

To qualify for freshman admission, an applicant must be a graduate of an accredited high school or hold a GED high school equivalency and must have earned fewer than 15 college-level credit hours. Graduates of Texas public high schools must also have passed the state-mandated high school exit examination (TAAS).

Placement testing in Reading, Math and English is required of all entering freshmen. Your test results will determine the level of course you will take in your first semester. There is no charge for placement testing. New freshmen are expected to attend an Orientation session before enrolling in classes. For most freshmen, placement testing will be done through orientation.

Transfer Student Admission

To apply to UHD as a transfer student, you must have previously earned 15 or more college-level credit hours.

UHD has worked with area community colleges to develop degree articulation agreements. Students planning to transfer to UH-Downtown are encouraged to direct their questions about the transferability of their courses to their community college counselor or to the UHD Office of Admissions and Records, 713-221-8522. In addition, UHD has prepared Course Equivalencies to help you determine how many of your courses will transfer.

The State of Texas has developed a set of Common Core Requirements (available in the Catalog) to ensure transferability of core courses among institutions in the state. This guarantees that a course taken at any public college or university that is identified as a state core course will automatically satisfy the same core requirement at UHD.

Official evaluation of transfer credit is done once you are admitted to the university. If your evaluation is not done prior to registration, you should bring copies of your transfer transcripts to your advising session. If you do not have copies, you may obtain copies from the Office of Admissions.

Readmission for Former Students

If you have previously attended UHD but were not enrolled during the preceding long semester, you must be readmitted to the university. Check with Admission to be certain that there are no holds on your record.

• Complete an Application for Readmission and submit it to the Office of Admissions.
• Have official transcripts sent from all colleges and universities you attended since you were last enrolled at UHD.

International Student Admission

International students, or holders of non-immigrant visas, have admission requirements that differ from those listed here. They include a $60 application fee, affidavit of support, bank letter and TOEFL scores. See International Students for more information.