Applicants are often admitted to Master's degree programs before they have completed the requirements for a Bachelor's degree.

If your Bachelor’s degree is still in-progress at the time of application, you will need to resend a complete official transcript no later than 3 months after you have finished your degree to fulfill this requirement. A copy of a transcript provided by the student is not an official transcript. It must be ordered by the student to be sent directly from the issuing institution to our Graduate Admissions Office, either by mail or electronically.

Electronic: sphgrad@iu.edu

Degree Requirements:

For a Master of Science or Master of Public Health degree, students are required to successfully complete all degree program course and grading requirements. This information may be found for each individual degree program in the SPH-B Academic Bulletin under the “Graduate” tab within the “Master’s Degree Programs” link.

Independent Study:

In most cases, a maximum of 6 credit hours in independent study, readings, and research courses (not including internships) may be used to meet Master's degree requirements.Special permission to use Independent Study as a substitution for degree course requirements must be obtained from the assistant dean of graduate studies via a Substitution Form: https://one.iu.edu/task/iub/current-sph-students (follow the “Forms” link, then scroll to the “For Master’s Degree Students” heading and select the Online Form under “Course Substitution Request Form.”).

A student must have at least a 3.0 GPA to enroll in independent study courses.