Undergraduate Current Students | Application Process and Important Dates

You must be nominated by your home university in order to study at NYU Stern on exchange. Contact your school’s exchange office for information on how to apply.

Step 1: Submit the following three documents via email to ibexincoming@stern.nyu.edu

• One copy of your official or unofficial transcript in English that includes ALL university-level coursework, including the most recent semester
• Your English Language Test Results. See below for accepted tests and required scores
• One passport-sized digital photo of yourself (for our office use only)

Step 2: Complete the University Programs Application

• The link will be sent to you directly via email after you are nominated by your home university. This application is required to officially matriculate you as an NYU student.

Step 3: Receive your Acceptance Letter and Visa Sponsorship Instructions (via email). 

• Your NYU NetID and N Number (Campus ID) are found at the top of this email and will allow you to activate your NetID/NYU Home account. This letter is emailed to you automatically within a few weeks after you submit the University Programs Application in Step 2.
• Complete all steps in Step #3 before taking action on the Visa Sponsorship Instructions! 
• The Acceptance letter will show your 2 NYU IDs at the top of the email
  • NYU N# is the letter N with 8 numbers following it (i.e. N12345678)
  • NYU NetID is 2 or 3 letters (your initials) followed up by 1 – 5 numbers (i.e uc1234)
• Activate Your NetID/NYU Home account - IMPORTANT
  • Visit the NYU Start page
  • Input NYU NetID and follow the prompts to create your password and activate your NYU Home account.
• Activate Your NYU Email
  • Your NetID is the base of your NYU email address. For example, if your NetID is uc1234, then your NYU email will be uc1234@nyu.edu
  • To activate your NYU email account, go to home.nyu.edu, log in with your NetID and password. You should be able to access and set up your NYU email from there. 
  • You will receive information about your @stern.nyu.edu email address at Orientation. You will be responsible for checking both your @nyu.edu and @stern.nyu.edu email addresses once the semester starts.

Step 4: Apply for a DS-2019 (Certificate of Eligibility for a J-1 student visa)

English Language Ability (for Step 1)

All courses are conducted in English and involve discussion, group work and presentations that require strong English speaking and listening skills.

• If you are from a partner university in Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore, or from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, you do not need to submit any proof of English language ability.
• If you are in a degree program taught entirely in English, you must provide a letter on official letterhead, dated, and signed by your international office. It must describe how this English language ability was determined for entrance into the home university program.
• If you do not fit into one of the two categories above, you must provide an approved English Proficiency Test - taken less then 2 years before the application deadline - with a score that meets these minimum requirements:
  • 100 and above on the TOEFL iBT (Home Edition Accepted)
  • 130 and above on the Duolingo English Test
  • 7.5 and above on the IELTS Academic
  • 70 and above on the PTE Academic
  • 191 and above on the Cambridge English Scale
  • 4.5 and above on the iTEP

Required Funding (for Step 4)

For the 2025/2026 Academic Year, students will be required to show the following funding amounts:

Fall Semester (September 2 - December 19, 2025)

• February 15th: Nominations due from Partner Schools
• March 1st: Exchange Application Due
• Mid-March: Housing Application
• Mid-April: Course Registration and Visa Application
• ​​​​​August 24: Expected Arrival Date
• August 25: Mandatory Orientation

Note: Visa documents (to obtain student visa) will be emailed to you by late May

Spring Semester (January 20 - May 13, 2026)

• August 15th: Nominations due from Partner Schools
• September 2nd: Exchange Application Due
• Early November: Course Registration, Visa Application, and Housing Application
• January 17-18: Expected Arrival Date
• January 20: Mandatory Orientation

Note: Visa documents (to obtain a student visa) will be emailed to you in November