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Items to complete your Application
FOR MAGUM AND DMIN APPLICANTS:
Filling out this online application begins your admissions process. The following items are required to complete your application so it can be submitted to the Academic Affairs Committee for official acceptance:
- Application
Every applicant must fill out an application entirely to be considered for acceptance into BGU. You can fill out the online application by clicking the button at the bottom of this page, or you can download the application to fill out and send in with the other application documents.
- Official Transcripts
Please use the forms from our web site to request your official transcripts from all of your former schools. These must be sent directly to BGU in a sealed envelope. Download Transcript Request Form.
- Personal Statement
Please print off the form from our web site entitled "Personal Statement" or download a copy to your computer and fill in the blanks. Please return it with your other documents or email it to BGU. Download Personal Statement.
- References
Please use the forms from our web site to request at least two references from people who know you well enough to provide the information requested. It would be helpful to have a reference from both a clergy colleague, denominational official or other Christian leader as well as from another person who has observed you in your ministry setting. Download Reference Request Form.
- Photograph
Please email a digital photo of yourself to bgu@bgu.edu.
- Application Fee
The application fee is $75 for online applications, $100 for paper applications that are mailed to the BGU office, and $25 for international applications. Please mail a check or money order, made payable to Bakke Graduate University. To pay with a credit card, click here.
(we accept visa or master card only) - Student Statement
Please print off the form from our web site entitled "Student Statement," sign it and return it with your other documents. Download Statement.
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Personal Learning Community
BGU attributes much of its students’ educational success to what we call the “Personal Learning Community” (or PLC). Students create their PLC by identifying three to five individuals who contract with BGU to act as a support group for that student during the course of their studies. We have seen that students who utilize a PLC are much more successful and better able to achieve their goal of completing the program.
Previously we waited until students took their first class to ask them to find this group, but often the student became too busy and never established a PLC. We are so committed to seeing every student identify and obtain contracts for their PLC, that we have changed the admissions process to include the requirement that a minimum of three PLC members must submit a contract before an applicant will be considered for acceptance as a BGU student.
Please print PLC Contract and Evaluation and send it to three to five individuals who would be willing to support you during this time. They can be close friends, co-workers, pastors, spouse, children, etc. You will be asking them to read your homework and assist you in staying accountable to turn work in on time, etc.
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TOEFL Score (international students only)
All international applicants must submit a TOEFL score and only those applicants whose score is 80 or above will be considered for acceptance into BGU. Please use BGU's code number of 0709 for institution recipient. For on-line information about testing locations and practice tests go to www.ets.org/toefl.
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Educational Goals Essay
This essay should demonstrate the applicant’s writing ability as well as address the following: 1) Explain why you feel that an education from BGU is unique from other graduate schools; 2) What do you hope to learn from your educational experience at BGU; and 3) How do you see your education at BGU impacting your current ministry or organization? Download template.
FOR MASCE AND MBA APPLICANTS:
Please click on the links below for application requirements and to download admission packet.
