The commitment deadline is on April 15th.  To accept your offer, you must complete the Statement of Intent: Graduate Studies form which you can access via: you.usc.edu as well as respond to the link from your Multi Year Funding Package that was emailed to you.

Once you have completed your Statement of Intent and the recorded your decision from the Multi-Year Funding Package, please review and follow the next steps found here.

Incoming students will be able to register for fall coursework after orientation in August.  During orientation, your department staff advisor will go over registration requirements, departmental policy, and provide necessary department clearance(s) for your course registration.

Please continue to check your USC email address regularly for more updates from the Viterbi Admission & Student Engagement (VASE) office.  We also recommend that stay in communication with your faculty advisor and department staff advisor.

For degrees from domestic institutions

Students must submit official transcripts to the Registrar’s office. There are 2 options for submission.

• Mail a paper copy of the official transcript to the following address:

USC Degree Verification
C/O The Degree Progress Department
University of Southern California
University Park Campus
700 Childs Way, John Hubbard Hall 106
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0912

• Electronic transcripts sent through email attachments from issuing institutions may be received by USC if sent to etrans@usc.edu. 

See the website for more instructions

For degrees from international institutions

Students will need to obtain a “Certification of Studies for USC” from the International Education Research Foundation (IERF).* This service is not offered on campus. You will need to send IERF your original documents for inspection, but in most (though not all) cases, your prior institution will  not need to send IERF independent verification. When your verification is complete, IERF will mail your documents back to you. 

See the website for more instructions

Deadline for all degree verifications is by the end of your first semester.