To be eligible to apply for admission to IU Fort Wayne, you must either earn a diploma from an accredited high school or pass a high school equivalency exam such as the GED test, the TASC test, or the HiSet exam.

If you are homeschooled or attend an alternative school, you must provide credentials that show equivalent levels of achievement and ability.

IU Fort Wayne is test-optional, which means you'll be able to decide whether or not to have the SAT or ACT reviewed as part of your admission. Learn more about test-optional admission at IU Fort Wayne.

Decision-making factors

When we review your application, we look at:

• Your high school courses and the grades you received in them. If you attend high school in Indiana, you are expected to earn a Core 40 diploma and are encouraged to earn a Core 40 with Academic Honors diploma. If you attend high school in another state, you are expected to complete a high school curriculum equivalent to Indiana’s Core 40. On average, incoming freshmen admitted to IU Fort Wayne have a 3.25 grade point average. Your minimum GPA required depends on if you apply with or without test scores. Learn more about these requirements along with other information regarding test-optional admission.
• Your SAT and/or ACT score(s). If you choose to submit test scores for admission, we take the SAT or the ACT at IU Fort Wayne. IU Fort Wayne does superscore, meaning we'll take the highest components from each time you take the exam and review your highest combined results.

Before you apply, make sure you spend some time exploring our different health-focused majors.

When you fill out your application, you’ll be asked to choose an intended major. If you know what you’d like to major in, select that major.

High school seniors who are near graduation may be eligible for automatic scholarships from IU Fort Wayne. Each year, we award a variety of admission-based scholarships to students based on their academic achievement. To be considered, apply to IU Fort Wayne by February 15 for the Fall semester. 

You can also look for additional scholarship opportunities within your community and at your high school.

IU Fort Wayne has also adopted a policy that allows incoming freshmen to have their application reviewed with the SAT or ACT component as an optional factor in their admissions decision. Admission to IU Fort Wayne is still selective, and regardless of the application path you take, your application will be reviewed holistically. This allows you to identify the materials you want to submit that best show your potential and tell the story of what you are capable of.

If you choose to have test scores included in our admission decision, we’ll only consider official test scores sent directly from the testing agencies. When you take each test, you’ll be asked to list the universities where you want your scores sent. Use the codes listed below to have your official scores sent to IU Fort Wayne.

• Our SAT code is 6907.
• Our ACT code is 1764.

You must submit these materials to apply to IU Fort Wayne:

• The undergraduate admissions application.
• A nonrefundable application fee. You can pay the $65 fee with a credit card or eCheck when you submit your application. Fee waivers are available for applicants who demonstrate financial need.
• Your SAT and/or ACT scores. If you are applying with SAT or ACT scores, you will need to have your scores set to us. Alternatively, you can apply with self-reported scores; however, official scores will need to be sent prior to your enrollment at IU Fort Wayne. For more details, see the "Have your test scores sent to IU Fort Wayne" portion of the "When you apply" section of this page.
• Your official high school transcript. You must ask your high school to send your transcript directly to IU Fort Wayne.
• Official transcripts from any dual-credit or college courses you’re taking in high school. You must ask the institution(s) offering those courses to send your transcript directly to IU Fort Wayne.

Homeschooled applicants

If you’re a homeschooled student, you can have a transcript service send an official transcript, or you can have your educator provide one. Transcripts provided by homeschool educators must:

• Itemize each course with the grade earned by academic year. If a course’s title does not clearly identify the subject content, please include a brief description of the course
• Include a grade point average
• Indicate when the student will complete all required courses

Policy on returning transcripts

All materials submitted in support of an IU Fort Wayne application become the property of Indiana University and are not returnable, forwarded, copied, or released to the student or to third parties. Students with education outside of the US are advised to bring additional copies of their official educational documents in envelopes signed, sealed and stamped by the issuing institution should they have need of their official educational documents.

You must submit your application for admission and supporting materials by the priority deadline to receive full consideration for the term in which you want to begin attending IU Fort Wayne.

• For fall semester: August 1 (February 15 for admission-based scholarship eligibility)
• For spring semester: December 15
• For summer session I: April 16
• For summer session II: June 16

The first step in the application process is to complete the undergraduate admission application. You’ll need to create a guest computing account that you’ll use solely to submit your application.

Apply online

When you submit your application, you must pay a $65 nonrefundable application fee. If you apply online, you can pay the fee with a credit card at the time you submit your application.

We will waive the application fee for students who demonstrate financial need. You can request a fee waiver by:

• Submitting an ACT, College Board, or NACAC fee waiver request form through your high school counselor.
• Having your high school counselor submit a request on school letterhead or from their official school email account.

If you apply online and request a fee waiver, the form must arrive by the date you designate on your application.

If you are applying to IU Fort Wayne through test-inclusive review, you'll need to submit your SAT or ACT scores to complete your application. When you take either of these tests, you’ll be asked to choose the universities to which you want your scores sent. Use IU Fort Wayne's codes to have your scores sent to IUPUI directly from the testing agency:

• Our SAT code is 6907.
• Our ACT code is 1764.

Self-report SAT or ACT scores

You can also choose to apply with self-reported SAT or ACT scores; however, you will need to send official scores to us after you are admitted, and before you register for orientation. We recommend submitting official scores at the same time you commit to IU Fort Wayne with your enrollment deposit.

   Provide your self-reported test scores

Ask your high school to send your official transcript to IU Fort Wayne. Transcripts can be mailed to:

IU Fort Wayne also accepts official transcripts that are sent electronically. However, we do not accept PDFs of transcripts; your transcript must be electronically generated and sent from an official service. Please provide fwcredit@iufw.edu as the recipient email account if required.

Policy on returning transcripts

All materials submitted in support of an IU Fort Wayne application become the property of Indiana University and are not returnable, forwarded, copied, or released to the student or to third parties. Students with education outside of the US are advised to bring additional copies of their official educational documents in envelopes signed, sealed and stamped by the issuing institution should they have need of their official educational documents.

If you’ve taken any dual-credit or college courses while you’re in high school, you may be able to get credit for them at IU Fort Wayne. To get credit for those courses, you must submit an official transcript from the institution(s) at which you were enrolled. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will review your coursework and issue a Transfer Credit Report that shows any credit you will receive for the courses.

Transcripts should be mailed to:

IU Fort Wayne also accepts official transcripts that are sent electronically. However, we do not accept PDFs of transcripts; your transcript must be electronically generated from an official system.

Policy on returning transcripts

All materials submitted in support of an IU Fort Wayne application become the property of Indiana University and are not returnable, forwarded, copied, or released to the student or to third parties. Students with education outside of the US are advised to bring additional copies of their official educational documents in envelopes signed, sealed and stamped by the issuing institution should they have need of their official educational documents.

If you are a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or undocumented immigrant who has completed secondary and/or postsecondary education outside the U.S., you will apply through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. U.S. citizens who attend American, international, or U.S. Department of Defense schools that hold U.S. accreditation also apply through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

To apply, you will follow the admission process for freshman applicants. After the Office of Undergraduate Admissions receives your application for admission, we will submit a request for Educational Credentials Evaluators (ECE) to review your credentials for any secondary and/or postsecondary education you completed outside the U.S. The Office of Undergraduate Education submits the evaluation request directly to ECE on your behalf and pays the evaluation fee—you do not have to make the request or pay the fee yourself.

You can view the required documents for your country of education on the ECE website. Use the dropdown menu in step 2 under “5 Easy Steps to Apply” to select your country of education. You do not have to complete any of the other steps in the checklist; the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will handle those for you.

We will send instructions for submitting the required documents to ECE to the email address you provided on your application for admission. All documents must be sent directly to ECE, not to IU Fort Wayne. Documents submitted to IU Fort Wayne will not be returned or forwarded to ECE. Documents must be received by ECE by the priority application deadline.

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions will make an admission decision after we have received notification that ECE has evaluated your credentials. We use ECE’s evaluation to determine your level of prior education and whether you qualify as a freshman or transfer student. We will accept only an evaluation that we request directly from ECE.

As part of IU Fort Wayne'scommitment to maintaining a safe campus community, you must disclose on your application for admission if you:

• Have been subject to formal disciplinary action (including, but not limited to, suspension or expulsion) for academic or nonacademic reasons at any high school, postsecondary institution, college, or university.
• Have been charged or convicted of a crime (or a foreign legal equivalent) that has not been expunged by a court.
• Have any currently pending criminal charges (or a foreign legal equivalent) against you.
• Have engaged in any behavior that caused injury to any person(s) or property (including, but not limited to, vandalism or behavior that led to a restraining order against you) that resulted in some form of discipline or intervention.

You will not automatically be denied admission to IU Fort Wayne if you have a previous conviction or disciplinary action, but your application must be reviewed by the Admissions Committee before an admission decision is made. It can take up to four to six weeks for the Admissions Committee to review applicants with disclosures.

Complete the Prior Conduct Information and Release form

Approximately two weeks after we receive your application, you’ll get an email with your University ID number. You’ll use this ID number to create your IU computing account, which you’ll use to check the status of your application.

Please note that your IU computing account is different than the guest computing account you created when you applied online. The guest computing account was solely for the purpose of submitting your application online.

Setting up your IU computing account

1. Search for and select “Create My First IU Account” in One.IU.
2. Read the Guidelines for Appropriate Usage, which are rules and policies for IT account use at IU, and agree to these policies.
3. Enroll in the Passphrase Self-Service Reset System. If you forget your passphrase, this tool will enable you to reset it yourself without having to visit a UITS Support Center walk-in location in person.
4. You will want to save or record your account information in a secure place. You will need this information each time you log in to your IU computing account.
5. Exit. It may take up to two hours before you can log in to some services.

What to do if you have forgotten your ID or other information

• Forgot your 10-digit University ID number? All other students should first try the Student Self-Service University Lookup Form. If you still need assistance, please email the Office of Admissions at fwadmit@iufw.edu. (In order to help you, we will request additional information.)
• Forgot your username? Contact the UITS Support Center.
• Forgot your passphrase? Reset it here.

Please note that if you have ever previously been enrolled in or participated in a program at any IU campus and were given a 10-digit University ID number and username, you will use the same ID number and username to access your IU computing account (or use the steps above to set up your computing account if you have not already done so).

After you’ve created your IU computing account, you’ll be able to check the status of your application in One.IU. To check your status, go to Application Status in One.IU and select "Start." Log in using your IU username and passphrase (not your guest account information) to see the status of your application.

Submit your self-reported test scores

If you chose at the point of application to have your SAT or ACT test scores considered as part of your application, you can self-report your scores by completing the form below. 

Provide your self-reported test scores

Changing your test-optional selection

If you applied for Fall 2022 and haven't been able to take the SAT or ACT, we have updated our process to allow you to apply test-optional and if you wish, have your scores considered later. If you would like to pursue this option, please complete the form below.

PLEASE NOTE: Only update your test-optional selection if you have already submitted your application and need to change your selection regarding whether or not you want to have your test scores considered as a part of your admission review. If you don't want to change the selection you made on your application, do not complete this form.

Finally, if a decision was made, and IU Fort Wayne was not able to offer you admission, please do not submit this form. Instead, we recommend that you discuss your options with your admissions counselor.

Change your test-optional selection

How to change other aspects of your application

You can use our application update form to:

• Reactivate a previously withdrawn application
• Change your intended major
• Change your starting term
• Update your address
• Update your phone number
• Update your email address

If you’d like to cancel your application after you’ve already applied, please submit the cancel application form.