Prospective international students
As an international organization with affiliates and licensees worldwide, the IIRP has trained educators, social workers, criminal justice professionals, therapists, policy-makers and many other professionals from more than 55 countries. Now the IIRP invites international students to apply to its master’s and graduate certificate programs in Pennsylvania, USA. Faculty and staff will welcome you into our supportive learning and living environment and help you get adjusted.
International students (defined as anyone who is not a U.S. citizen or a U.S. permanent resident) must maintain full-time academic status by continuously enrolling for a minimum of 9 credits per term. You may pursue either a 30-credit master’s degree or an 18-credit graduate certificate:
- The FastTrack master’s degree program involves one year of full-time study, living near the IIRP campus in Bethlehem’s attractive historic district. You begin in July and graduate the following June.
- The graduate certificate program is also full time. You may complete a certificate through either:
- a combination month-long summer residence and subsequent online courses taken in your home country or
- two successive terms in residence.
Certificate students may study either in Bethlehem or, in the summer months, take IIRP classes and live in comfortable air-conditioned residence halls at Delaware Valley College’s 550-acre scenic campus in historic Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Contact us today
The Registrar is happy to answer your questions and help you with the application process. Our staff will assist you with admissions, acquiring visas, financial matters, scholarship opportunities and housing.
Contact the Registrar’s office at:
- Phone: 1-610-807-9745
- Email: registrar@iirp.edu
- Skype: IIRPGraduateSchool
Office hours: 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (U.S. Eastern)
For your information
- Most international students come to the IIRP on F-1 student visas.
- To apply for a visa, students need eligibility documents (I-20s for F-1 visas) from the IIRP.
- The Primary Designated School Official (PDSO) issues the “initial entry” I-20 documents for most students.
- Currently, the IIRP is not able to take students on J-1 student visas.
- Those wishing to attend the Graduate School are encouraged to begin the application process at least six months prior to expected enrollment.
- Students should be admitted at least 90 days prior to the program start to allow ample time to apply for a visa.
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