College of Education

Instructions for Reentry into a Graduate Program

Reentry or return to active status for the College of Education is handled through the Office of Academic Assistance and Graduate Admissions.

A reentry student is one who has been enrolled at Georgia State University and who meets at least one of the following criteria:

• has not registered for courses at Georgia State during any of the previous three semesters;
• has not registered for six or more credit hours for the current and the preceding two semesters (see the University Continuous Enrollment Policy);
• has been on scholastic suspension after an absence of one calendar year;
• has been on scholastic exclusions after an absence of five or more years.

The Reentry Application is available here. You will need to submit a $25.00 application fee (check or money order made out to Georgia State University) with your application. Students who have attended other colleges and/or universities since last registering at Georgia State must also submit official transcripts for all coursework taken prior to the reentry deadline for the appropriate semester. Reentry students who are accepted but do not attend the semester in which they were admitted must contact the Office of Academic Assistance and Graduate Admissions at aaecoe@langate.gsu.edu to attend the succeeding semester. Put the words "Reentry delay" in the subject line of the email.

Department Graduate Degree programs must approve all reentry applications and may deny reentry because of a student's previous academic performance or progress in the program, or the length of time not enrolled. Students missing the university deadlines for reentry must contact the Office of Academic Assistance and Graduate Admissions directly.

Reentering students are subject to the regulations of the Graduate Catalog and the degree program current at the time of reentry. 

Deadlines for Reentry Applications: 

• Fall - June 1
• Spring - November 1
• Summer - April 1