Spring 2013 Admission Closure
Due to the California State Budget Crisis, all CSU campuses have been directed that they may not accept admission applications for the Spring 2013 term for any enrollment category.
Fall 2013 Undergraduate Admission Policy Change Notice
Beginning with the Fall 2013 admission cycle, all CSULB undergraduate majors will become "impacted." As a result, all majors will have majors specific admission requirements. Please check back after July 1 when the admission web site will be updated with details of this change.
Admissions
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All Applicants
- Current Application Deadlines
- Applicant Self ServiceCurrent applicants can check the status of their application and/or update their email address used for receiving communications from the university.
- California ResidencyHow residency is determined for admission and tuition purposes.
Freshmen
- Freshmen Application and Admission Applicants who will have attained a high school diploma or G.E.D. but have never attended a college or university since high school.
- CSU Early Start ProgramA CSU policy requiring incoming freshmen who do not demonstrate readiness for college-level math and/or English to begin remediation during the summer before coming to the CSU.
- Undergraduate Special ProgramsCSULB supports a number of programs designed for targeted applicants including President Scholars, Educational Opportunity, and International students.
- Information For Newly Admitted FreshmanMaking your decision and transitioning to the Beach!
Transfers and Returning Undergraduates
- Transfer Applications and Admission Applicants who have attended a college or university since high school.
- Readmission Undergraduate applicants who have attended CSULB and wish to return.
- Undergraduate Impacted Majors Undergraduate majors with supplementary admission requirements.
- Undergraduate Special ProgramsCSULB supports a number of programs designed for targeted applicants including the Stephen Bensen Learning Disability Program, International students, veterans, and students pursuing a California Transfer AA degree.
- Information For Newly Admitted TransfersMaking your decision and transitioning to the Beach!
Post-baccalaureate and Graduate Programs
- Post-baccalaureate Application and AdmissionApplicants who hold a Bachelor's degree and wish to pursue a Teaching Credential, Certificate or Second Bachelor's.
- Graduate Applications and Admission Applicants who hold a Bachelor's degree and wish to pursue a Master's or Doctoral degree.
- Graduate Special ProgramsCSULB supports a number of programs designed for targeted applicants including International students.
- Information for Newly Admitted Post-baccalaureate and Graduate StudentsMaking your decision and transitioning to the Beach!
