Academic records
Submit official secondary and postsecondary records with certified English translations and required credential evaluation.
English proficiency
Approved exams and qualifying prior instruction may demonstrate proficiency. Programs can set higher communication requirements.
Financial and visa steps
After admission, provide financial certification before immigration documents are issued and complete required arrival orientation.
Credential evaluation
Secondary and university records are reviewed by an approved evaluation service, and Porter accepts course-by-course reports directly from that service. Programs in nursing, education and engineering may ask for syllabi to confirm laboratory and clinical hours.
Arriving in Porter Falls
The nearest international arrival airport is in the Cities, about seventy-five minutes west, and the Global Education Office coordinates a shared airport pickup before fall orientation. Winter housing, a winter coat loan and an early-arrival week are part of international orientation.
In and around Porter Falls
Most families reach campus from the west on US 12 or by regional coach into the Depot District, and the Welcome Center at the Depot — the restored 1911 rail station, two blocks from Founders Hall — is where visits start. Counselors travel to college and transfer fairs across Porter County, the Valley and the Cities each fall, and the office keeps Saturday hours during Millrace Week and through the month of April.
The practical details
Application deadlines: May 1 for fall, October 1 for spring. English exams: TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE Academic. I–20 issued: After admission and financial certification. These specifics can shift from term to term, so confirm anything time-sensitive — a deadline, an appointment, an eligibility rule — before you count on it.
If you have a question
This is handled by Office of Admissions (Welcome Center at the Depot). Call (715) 555-0143 or email admissions@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or use MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If another office turns out to own the question, they will pass it along rather than send you back to the beginning.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.