Application Process

Application process

1. CREATE a personal account and save your account name and password for future use.
2. Apply to study abroad at your home institution. Keep in mind that many schools have very early internal deadlines for studying abroad. If you attend a school that does not regularly send students to AIT, your school may require that you submit a petition in order to receive credit and/or to use your financial aid package. 
3. Be prepared to provide TWO REFERENCE CONTACTS who know your academic qualifications well. At least one of them (ideally both) should be a computer science, data science, statistics, mathematics, or engineering professor, and ONE STUDY ABROAD contact who can verify your approval to study away from your home institution.
4. Be prepared to provide information about your highest level of coursework in mathematics, computer science and/or data science and what you are interested in studying at AIT.
5. Prepare a well-written essay about why you want to attend AIT, what you hope to gain from the experience, and what you may be able to contribute to the AIT experience.
6. Complete and SUBMIT the on-line application form by the deadline date. There is NO FEE to apply to AIT.
7. Only AFTER you have submitted the online application; send an official copy of your most recent TRANSCRIPT (postmarked by the application deadline date) to the AIT North American office: AIT - North America, PO Box 1244, Claremont, CA 91711. (Official emailed digital copies of transcripts are preferable and may be sent directly from an applicant’s school registrar or study abroad office to jorrison [uhlztasp] ait-budapest [shzpokiz] com. Any form or unsealed transcript sent directly by a student through post mail or email cannot be accepted and will be considered unofficial.) PLEASE NOTE: AIT NACD cannot receive EXPEDITED mail OUTSIDE the United States Postal System and does not provide a street address. Regular or Priority mail is preferred. ALSO: Please do not add signature-required services.
8. An application is COMPLETE when the (1) on-line form is completely filled and submitted, the (2) official transcript and (3) both recommendations from your professors have been received, (When you submit your on-line application form, these professors will automatically receive an e-mail informing them how to submit their recommendations.) and (4) your approval to spend a semester abroad is verified by a study abroad official with your school.
   • You have a further 10 days to complete the application process after the final application submission deadline in order to provide your supporting materials; recommendations, approval and transcript.
9. Application process: Rolling admission. AIT seeks to notify applicants about the admission decision as quickly as possible, typically within two weeks of completion of all application materials but, due to the volume of applications, in some cases the decision will be sent within two weeks of the final application deadline.
10. Admitted students will receive instructions on how to accept the offer to study at AIT. Depending on your home school tuition policy, you may be required to pay a deposit of $300 (the deposit is deductible from tuition but non-refundable) within 2 weeks of your acceptance date.
    Additional practical information will soon follow the receipt of the deposit or confirmation from your school (if you are not required to pay the deposit by your home institution), which will outline instructions on the registration process and travel requirements (i.e. visa instructions).