Admission Instructions
- Check the application deadline for your program. Applicants are responsible for ensuring all application materials are received by the department by the application deadline!
- Make sure you have everything ready from the Application Checklist.
- Create an account or sign into the Portland State University Admissions Application system.
- Select "Start New Application" and then "Graduate Application." Do not select "Non-degree". You will not be able to upload the necessary documents with the non-degree application, and your application will not be considered.
- For the college, select "College of Education"
- For the program of study, select "Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Graduate Certificate." If you are planning to pursue the MS in addition, you will add that to your student account at a later date. No additional application is required.
Once your submitted application is complete, you will be contacted to schedule an interview with a faculty member. Once the entire admission process is complete, you will be notified of your official admission status via email from the Graduate School. Only after you are officially admitted will you be able to register for courses.
To validate your admission you must take a course during the term in which you have requested admission. Should you not take a course in that term, your application will be cancelled and you will need to reapply for the next cohort. If you need to defer your term of admission, please contact spedadmit@pdx.edu.