At a glance
- Address
- Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, 4227 Fifth Avenue, Alumni Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
- City
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States — process, visa & costs
- Website
- pitt.edu
- Type
- Public
- Founded
- 1787
- Students
- 31,924 (2021)
- Map
- Open the campus on a map ↗
Where it ranks
#88 in the world — ShanghaiRanking ARWU 2025.
Strongest subjects (GRAS 2025)
| Nursing | #7 |
| Clinical Medicine | #11 |
| Human Biological Sciences | #12 |
| Biological Sciences | #25 |
| Education | #31 |
| Dentistry & Oral Sciences | #36 |
How to get in
read on the university's own pages, 28 September 2026Bachelor's (after Class 12)
- Apply via
- University of Pittsburgh Application or Common Application (no preference) — application page ↗
- Cycle
- Fall 2027 entry
- Intake
- August, January
- Tests
- Test-optional for Fall 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 entry (first-year, transfer, international, homeschool); cannot submit scores later if applying test-optional
- English
- IELTS 7.0 (6.0+ per subscore) · TOEFL 100 (90-99 given strong consideration; 80-89 typically routed to regional campuses) · Duolingo 125
Waiver possible with 60+ US college credits, 4 years of US high school, exempt-country citizenship, or SAT EBRW 660+/ACT English 27+ - Tuition
- USD 43,328 / year (2026-27) · about ₹41.5 lakh
- Financial aid
- International students must prove full ability to fund studies before acceptance; not eligible for Federal Stafford or private US loans; merit scholarships are the main aid path
Deadlines
| Round | Apply by | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| Scholarship priority (Fall entry) | 1 February 2027 | auto-considered for merit scholarships |
| Fall term application | 1 April 2027 | rolling, ~6-8 weeks after checklist complete |
What you send
- STARS record (formerly SRAR) required
- personal statement/essay
- international student short-answer response for scholarship consideration
Master's / PhD (after graduation)
- Apply via
- direct (per-school application) — application page ↗
- Intake
- August/Fall, January/Spring (program-dependent)
- Deadlines
- Vary by program; e.g. Engineering Fall financial-consideration priority deadline Dec 1, final Jan 15
- Tests
- Vast majority of programs no longer require/consider GRE; some consider it holistically if submitted
- English
- IELTS 7.0 (6.5 per section, Dietrich School) · TOEFL 80 (90+ strongly preferred; new scale from Jan 21 2026 uses 0-30 subsections, overall ~4.5 per section per some programs) · Duolingo 120
Scores valid 2 years - Tuition
- USD 49,272 / year (2026-27) · about ₹47.2 lakh
- Funding
- Varies by program/department (assistantships, fellowships); Dietrich School publishes a Graduate Financial Document for 2026-27
For Indian applicants: Indian applicants with a 3-year bachelor's degree are generally required to complete a 2-year master's degree before applying for further graduate study
Scholarships
- International Freshman/First-Year Merit Scholarship — international UG
In numbers
US Department of Education, College Scorecard- Admission rate
- 58.1% of applicants admitted
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1280–1460
- Tuition (non-resident)
- USD 41,430 / year · about ₹39.7 lakh
- Undergraduates
- 20,370
- International undergrads
- 4.5%
- Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
- USD 66,125 / year (all graduates)
Source: College Scorecard — University of Pittsburgh. Tuition excludes housing, food, insurance and fees.
Studying in United States
The US offers the widest range of degree programmes and research universities in the world, with flexible majors and strong graduate schools. Indian students go for choice of subject, name-brand universities, and post-study work through OPT, though costs and visa steps are the highest of any major destination.
- Visa
- F-1 student visa
- Work while studying
- Pre-completion OPT/on-campus work: up to 20 hours/week while school is in session, full-time when school is not in session (USCIS).
- After graduating
- Optional Practical Training (OPT): up to 12 months post-completion (pre-completion OPT time is deducted from it); STEM-degree graduates working for an E-Verify employer may add a 24-month STEM OPT extension (USCIS).
Every subject ranking
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Admission facts on this page were read from: admissions.pitt.edu/international/ · admissions.pitt.edu/international/international-first-year-students/ · admissions.pitt.edu/test-optional/ · admissions.pitt.edu/international/toefl-ielts-duolingo/ · tuition.pitt.edu/undergraduate/tuition/pittsburgh · tuition.pitt.edu/graduate/out-of-state · financialaid.pitt.edu/types-of-aid/scholarships/international-student-scholarships/ · admissions.pitt.edu/request-info/contact-us/ · admissions.pitt.edu/apply/ · asgraduate.pitt.edu/admissions/international-students — checked 28 September 2026.