Does AIU accept transcripts from international institutions?
International institutions must be licensed or officially recognized by the Education Department or Ministry of the country where the institution is in operation to be eligible for transfer of credit or degree status. Because AIU follows strict policies concerning academic integrity, international students with foreign educational credentials must submit authentic foreign academic documents from all upper-secondary and post-secondary educational institutions. Students with foreign educational credentials will not be accepted for admissions prior to validation that their foreign educational credentials are authentic and meet admissions requirements. Evidence of valid foreign educational credentials can be from a university approved foreign credential evaluation agency, or, in pre-approved circumstances, a written evaluation from a properly trained credential evaluator employed by the university. Any forged/altered academic documents will be retained as property of the school and not ret