Graduate Admission Criteria

The basic admission requirements for entering a graduate program leading to an M.A. or M.Sc. degree at any faculty will be a corresponding B.A or B.Sc. degree with a certain minimal grade point average or higher and satisfactory TOEFL and GRE (Graduate Record Exam) or IUS Graduate Program Entrance Examination Test.

The normal period for completion of graduate studies leading to M.A. or M.Sc. degree will be two years or four semesters. The normal requirements for a Master degree will be a successful completion of 30 graduate level credit hours (60 ECTS points) with Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.0 or higher and a successful completion of the Master's Comprehensive Exam and the Master's thesis, or as prescribed by the faculty.

The basic admission requirements for entering graduate program leading to Ph.D. at any faculty will be a corresponding B.A. or B.Sc. degree with grade point average 3.0 or higher, and satisfactory results in TOEFL and/or GRE examinations or the already completed M.A. or M.Sc. degree in the same discipline.

The normal period for completion of graduate studies leading to a Ph.D. degree will be five to six years or ten to twelve semesters, respectively four years or eight semesters if the candidate has already completed a corresponding M.A. or M.Sc. degree. The normal requirements for a Ph.D. degree will be a successful completion of a total of 60 graduate level credit hours, including the Master's program courses (120 ECST points) completed at IUS and another accredited university, with the Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher, a successful completion of the comprehensive exams, recommended languages exams and the Ph.D. thesis, as prescribed by each program.

Graduate Grading Criteria

A student's academic performance in each course will be assessed by the letter grades and the corresponding quality points: A- excellent (4.0), B-very good (3.0), C-good (2.0), D-satisfactory (1.0) in the case of a satisfactory performance. A satisfactory performance in non-credit courses will be graded by a letter S. An unsatisfactory performance will be assessed by F-failing (0.0) or W -withdrawn (0.0), in which cases the student will have to repeat the course. An incomplete performance in case of illness or some other valid reason will be evaluated by I -incomplete (0.0).

A student's overall semestral or cumulative performance will be evaluated by the:
• Grade Point Average (GPA): the semestral sum of (the number of credits multiplied by quality points) divided by the total semestral number of credits taken.
• Cumulative Grade Point Average (CPGA) evaluated as total credits received for all courses from the enrolment divided by the total credits of those courses taken.

Profile of Graduate Studies

In the initial phase of development the IUS will offer graduate education yielding Master of Arts M.A. or Master of Science M.S. degrees and Ph.D. degrees of the following profiles:

Master Graduate Programs Profile

 Doctoral Graduate Programs Profile

For all of the above M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees, apart from general degree title, each diploma will include the name of studying program as to define narrow scientific field.

M.A., M.Sc. and Ph.D. Degrees Requirements and Curriculum

The description of the detailed requirements and the curricula for M.A. (M.B.A or M.P.A) and M.Sc. degrees offered during the initial phase of the founding of the University will be specified before the first enrolment of the graduate students in each of the faculties. General graduate study courses fall in the category of either area electives or free electives. The scientific activity of the candidates will also be evaluated and IUS will pay great attention to student scientific activity – research and publications.

M.A. and M.Sc. Summary of Degree Requirements

The normal period for completion of graduate studies leading to a Ph.D. degree will be five to six years or ten to twelve semesters, respectively four years or eight semesters if the candidate has already completed a corresponding M.A. or M.Sc. degree. The normal requirements for a Ph.D. degree will be a successful completion of a total of 60 graduate level credit hours including the Master's program courses, (120 ECTS points) completed at IUS and another accredited university, with the cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, a successful completion of the comprehensive exams, recommended languages exams and the Ph.D. thesis, as prescribed by each program.

Ph.D. Summary of Degree Requirements

The tentative lists of some of the 500 and 600 level courses are presented in the Description of the Faculties and Profiles.

Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design (VACD) Curriculum