1. Completed online application
2. English language proficiency proof (if required)
3. Official transcripts
   • Applicants with no college credit (may only enroll part-time, whether domestic or international online out of country): Official High School transcripts or foreign equivalency showing diploma conferral or Official High School Equivalency Test results (GED, HiSET, etc.)
   • Applicants with some college credit completed in the United States: Official or Unofficial College transcripts (Please note that unofficial college transcripts may be submitted for application review, but final, official college transcripts will be required for transfer credit evaluation).
   • International Applicants with US high school equivalency and some college credit completed abroad: High School Attestation and official college transcripts for all foreign earned credentials.

Important: Reference Your Applicant ID

For any below method that you choose, reference your Applicant ID on your request, if possible. If you have more than one Applicant ID, use the one that is associated with the College/Degree/Program to which you plan to pursue Your applicant ID can be located in your Application Status Portal by logging in to your application portal. 

Method 1: Previous Institution(s) Mail to NU P.O. Box U.S. Address

If your previously attended college or university allows for requests where documents can be mailed for receipt to a NU, P.O. Box address, you may make such arrangements according to their instructions. Note that typically only institutions located in the United States allow for mailing to a P.O. Box address in the U.S. Important: If your previous institution allows you to add notes or instructions to your request, include a reference to your unique Applicant ID; see above for instructions to locate your Applicant ID. Use the following for the mailing address:

Northeastern University – College of Professional Studies – Applicant ID: [Insert Your Applicant ID here]
Graduate Application Processing Center
P.O. Box 1490
Portsmouth, NH 03802 USA

Method 2: Student Mails Documents to NU P.O. Box U.S. Address

If you have in your personal possession (or can obtain for your personal possession) one or more sealed, unopened package(s) or envelope(s) containing your official, complete, final documents, then you may carry them with you and arrange to mail said package(s) or envelope(s) from within the United States for receipt to a NU, P.O. Box address. If you have more than one package or envelope, it is preferred that you put all such items into one larger package or envelope that contains all of your packages, envelopes, or documents for mailing purposes. Important: On your unopened package(s) or envelope(s) write or include a reference to your unique Applicant ID; see above for instructions to locate your Applicant ID. Use the following for the mailing address:

Northeastern University – College of Professional Studies – Applicant ID: [Insert Your Applicant ID here]
Graduate Application Processing Center
P.O. Box 1490
Portsmouth, NH 03802 USA

Method 3: Previous Institution(s) Mail to NU Boston U.S. Address

If your previously attended college or university allows for requests where documents can be mailed for receipt to a NU, Boston, Massachusetts address, you may make such arrangements according to their instructions. Important: If your previous institution allows you to add notes or instructions to your request, include a reference to your unique Applicant ID; see above for instructions to locate your Applicant ID. Use the following for the mailing address:

Northeastern University – College of Professional Studies – Applicant ID: [Insert Your Applicant ID here]
Graduate Application Documents
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115 USA

Method 4: Student Mails Documents to NU Boston U.S. Address (For International Correspondence)

If you have in your personal possession (or can obtain for your personal possession) one or more sealed, unopened package(s) or envelope(s) containing your official, complete, final documents, then you may arrange to mail said package(s) or envelope(s) to a NU, Boston, Massachusetts address. If you have more than one package or envelope, it is preferred that you put all such items into one larger package or envelope that contains all of your packages, envelopes or documents for mailing. Important: On your unopened package(s) or envelope(s) write or include a reference to your unique Applicant ID; see above for instructions to locate your Applicant ID. Use the following for the mailing address:

Northeastern University – College of Professional Studies – Applicant ID: [Insert Your Applicant ID here]
Graduate Application Documents
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115 USA