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Application Forms + Additional Requirements

The university graduate student application must be submitted and application fee paid prior to submission of any supplemental application material for any prospective student who wishes to apply as a degree seeking student (master's degree or doctoral degree), to a graduate certificate program, or as a non-degree seeking student wishing to take graduate level classes but does not intend to pursue a degree or certificate.

Letters of Recommendation

Unless otherwise specified, please use this Recommendation Letter Form.  Please use the program-specific recommendation form listed below if you are applying to one of the following programs:

• Doctor of Education
  
• Education Specialist - Educational Leadership (Ed.S.)
• MA in School Counseling/MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CMHC)
• Superintendent Certification

Supplemental Application Forms

Please use the program-specific supplemental application form listed below if you are applying to one of the following programs:

• Education Specialist - Educational Leadership (Ed.S.)
• Legal Studies
• MA in Educational Leadership
• MA in School Counseling/MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
• MAED - Teacher as Leader/Ed.S. - Teaching & Leading/Alternative Certification - Special Education
• Superintendent Certification
• Teacher as a Leader

Other Forms

• Employment Verification Form for Advanced Nursing Programs
• Shadowing form for CRNA
• Critical Care Verification Form
• Teacher as Leader Admission Agreement
•  - Please note, the pdf file of the background check must be e-mailed to graduate@nku.edu by the applicant once completed. It is not sent to us directly from Pre-Check.
• Cardiovascular Perfusion Shadowing Form 
• MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Writing Sample Prompts
• 91´óÉñ School of Nursing Post-Master's DNP Admission Writing Sample Rubric

Visiting Student Form

Submit the Visiting Student Form to the Office of Graduate Education after applying for admission if course credits are to be transferred to your home institution.  Please complete the form and email it to the director of the program offering the class.