Application Procedure

• Candidates for full-time admission must:
1. complete and return the full-time application form with a nonrefundable $35 application fee,
2. request that an official copy of their high school record be sent to the UPG Admissions Office, and
3. submit scores of either the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or the American College Testing Program (ACT).
• Candidates for part-time admission must:
1. complete and return the part-time application form with a nonrefundable $35 application fee, and
2. request that an official copy of their high school record be sent to the UPG Admissions Office.
• Candidates for transfer admission must:
1. follow the steps listed above according to whether they wish to pursue full-time or part-time studies, and
2. request that an official copy of their transcript from any previous post-secondary institution be sent to the UPG Admissions Office.

Requirements for Full-time Admission

NOTE: Applicants who do not meet the foreign language component of these requirements may still apply for admission. If admitted, applicants will be required to remedy this deficiency by completing one year of a foreign language at UPG.

The Admissions Office strongly recommends that students take three or four years of mathematics in high school (including two years of algebra), two or three years of science, two or three years of history or other social studies, and four years of a single foreign language.

Students interested in engineering should have taken two years of algebra, one-half year of trigonometry; and one year each of plane geometry, chemistry and physics. In addition, calculus and computer science are recommended.

Requirements for Part-time Admission

NOTE: Applicants with incomplete high school preparation may qualify for admission by taking the Professional Examinations given by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and earning a High School Equivalency Certificate (GED). Information about these examinations may be obtained by writing to: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education, Bureau of Special Services for Pupils, Division of Guidance and Testing, Harrisburg, PA 17102.

Financial Aid

 In order to be eligible for financial aid, a student must demonstrate financial need according to the following formula: student budget minus expected family contribution equals financial need. The budget is determined by the Financial Aid Office and includes tuition, fees, books and supplies, room and board, transportation, and personal expenses (such as laundry and entertainment).

 The Expected Family Contribution is calculated by applying the Federal formula to the information supplied by the student on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The EFC represents an index of a family's ability to contribute toward the cost of education; it is not a dollar amount for which the family writes a check. Rather, the acutal amount the family will pay is the difference between cost and the amount of financial aid received.

 Financial aid applicants must submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a Pitt-Greensburg Financial Aid Application Supplement, a Financial Aid Transcript from any previously attended post-secondary institution(s).