Nondegree seeking student

Arizona State University welcomes visiting university students to choose from a robust catalogue of classes, available 100% online. As a national leader in online and remote learning, we can ensure you stay on track academically and advance toward your personal and professional goals.

Visiting university students:

• Haven’t attended ASU previously as a degree-seeking student.
• Haven’t earned a bachelor’s degree.
• Aren’t applying to a degree program at this time.

Visiting university students can take a maximum of 24 credit hours total, which is limited to eight hours a semester. Proof of eligibility is required in order to be admitted to ASU as a visiting university student. Speak with an admission counselor for more information.

View the visiting university student page for more information on courses, admission and FAQs.

Our visiting university student application is streamlined, taking only 10–15 minutes to complete. Decisions are made within 24–48 hours.

Application procedure for visiting university students

Undeclared undergraduate students:

• Haven't attended ASU previously as a degree-seeking student.
• Haven't earned a bachelor's degree.
• Aren't attending another college or university.
• Aren't applying to a degree program at this time.

Undergraduate nondegree students:

• May enroll in eight credit hours each fall or spring semester, seven credit hours for each six-week summer session and nine credit hours for the eight-week summer session.
• May apply up to 15 credit hours taken in nondegree status to a degree program if they choose to pursue an undergraduate degree in the future.

Undeclared graduate students:

Students who have completed a bachelor’s degree can attend ASU through the Graduate College as a nondegree student. This doesn’t prevent students from taking undergraduate classes, but students with a completed degree will be in graduate student status. Once admitted to a degree program, a student isn’t permitted to register in nondegree status.

Graduate nondegree students:

• Are limited to enroll in 18 credit hours in fall or spring semesters, or 14 credit hours in summer semesters.
• May take as many courses as they would like in nondegree status. However, if a graduate nondegree student wishes to use the credits toward an ASU master’s or doctoral degree, they may only apply 12 graduate credit hours taken prior to admission to a master’s or doctoral degree program.

Please review the Class Search page prior to applying to confirm that the course needed is available and open to nondegree students.

For further information, please contact asuonline@asu.edu.

Nondegree students must still apply to ASU but do not need to submit official documents or transcripts.

To be admitted to ASU as a nondegree student, an applicant must be a high school graduate. Students currently enrolled in high school and persons under the age of 18 may be admitted as nondegree students by submitting an official high school transcript and a letter of approval from a high school counselor or principal stating the student is in good standing and is allowed to take nondegree courses.

Application procedure for undergraduate students

Application procedure for graduate students

1. Open the Undergraduate Admission Application or Graduate Admission Application.
2. Select nondegree seeking in the major selection step.
   • If you select a specific major, you will go through the full application review process.
3. Submit the nonrefundable application fee.
4. If needed, send transcripts directly to ASU.

ASU will review your application for admission once all materials are on file. To see if your file is complete, sign in to My ASU using the ASURITE ID provided after you submitted the application.

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