{"id":1266,"date":"2024-02-23T01:16:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gradadm.usc.edu\/?page_id=1266"},"modified":"2025-09-29T10:17:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:17:36","slug":"admitted-international-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gradadm.usc.edu\/admitted-international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Admitted International Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--simplified-landing-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--simplified-landing-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"image-title-container\">\n    <div class=\"image-container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n      \n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"\"\n                              class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Welcome to Graduate Admission at the University of Southern California, one of the world\u2019s leading private research universities. USC is home to over 26,000 top-caliber graduate and professional students \u2014more than half the entire USC student population\u2014 who represent all 50 states and 130+ countries around the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n           <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>International Student Next Steps<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complete the steps <span class=\"TextRun SCXW175925847 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW175925847 BCX0\">necessary 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