Freshman Admission Requirements

Incoming freshmen students must have completed a core of selected high school courses as well as specific performance criteria listed below. If you graduated high school before 1997 visit the pre-1997 graduation admission requirements section.

Core Courses

There are 16 units of required academic courses required for admission. A unit is described as a Carnegie unit—one year of high school study or a semester or quarter of college coursework.

See which Nebraska High School classes count toward these core course requirements, or find information on removing core course deficiencies.

Performance Requirements

In addition to meeting the above core course requirements, traditional freshmen students seeking admission to the University should:

• be ranked in the upper one-half of their high school class, OR
• have received an ACT composite score of 20 or higher*, OR
• have received an SAT total score (Critical Reading and Math only) of 950 or higher*.

*Freshman applicants under 23 years of age are required to submit an ACT or SAT score. Our ACT code is 2482. Our SAT code is 6877.

For more information on sending ACT scores, visit http://www.act/org/aap/scores.

For more information on sending SAT scores, visit http://www.collegeboard.com.

College Specific Requirements

All the colleges at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln require students to meet the minimum core course and performance admission requirements listed above. Some colleges have additional prerequisites that students must meet before they can be admitted into that college. If you are not admitted into the college you request on your application for admission, it is because you have not met the prerequisites listed below for the college you indicated.

If you are admitted to the Division of General Studies instead of the college you indicated on your application, you will be advised by General Studies until you meet these requirements. At that time, you will have the opportunity to transfer into the college you have requested.

Please note: Some University of Nebraska–Lincoln degree programs require the equivalent of four years of H.S. foreign language in the same language in order to graduate. Click to view a list.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Office of Admissions.

College of Architecture

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Architecture you must also have successfully completed:

Application Deadlines:

March 15, 2008: Pre- Landscape Architecture
March 15, 2008: Pre-Architecture Majors (Incoming Freshmen)
March 15, 2008: Pre-Interior Design (Incoming Freshmen)

College of Arts & Sciences

In addition to the core course requirements required to be admissible to the College of Arts & Sciences you must also have successfully completed:

College of Business Administration

Core course requirements required.

College of Education & Human Sciences

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Education & Human Sciences you must also have successfully completed:

College of Engineering

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the College of Engineering you must also have successfully completed:

Hixson-Lied College of Fine & Performing Arts

In addition to the core course requirements, to be admissible to the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts, you must also have completed:

There are no special admissions requirements for majors in Art and Art History.

Audition dates for the Music Major and Music Minor; Dance Major and Dance Minor:
For admission and scholarship:

• January 25, 2008 (winds, brass, voice, percussion)
• January 26, 2008 (voice, strings, keyboard, dance)
• February 22, 2008 (voice, strings, keyboard, dance)
• February 23, 2008 (winds, brass, voice, percussion)

Schedule auditions on-line: http://www.unl.edu/music/prospective/audition_info.shtml

Auditions for Theatre - Performance Emphasis:

• March 8, 2008 (Additional appointments on most Fridays through April 25, 2008.)

Theatre and Film (Emphasis in Film & New Media, or Directing and Management):

A separate application and supporting materials to the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film is required.

• Early Deadline & Notification: February 1, 2008 (postmark)
• Application Deadline: March 17, 2008 (postmark)

PLEASE NOTE – VERY IMPORTANT:
Students who have been admitted to UNL, but not admitted into the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts by March 31 (Fall/Summer) and October 31 (Spring) will automatically be admitted to General Studies as an undeclared major. After being admitted to General Studies, students can change to a major in the College after the College Requirements and Additional Departmental Requirements (if applicable) have been met.

For further information, please contact the departments.

College of Journalism & Mass Communications

Core course requirements, required

College of Public Affairs & Community Service

Core course requirements required