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English proficiency: accepted tests, the limits of a waiver, and when the ELA beats another test sitting
The accepted English evidence at both levels, why the list of accepted evidence is shorter than most counsellors assume, and a decision framework for choosing between another test attempt and conditional admission through the English Language Academy.
A-State News
A-State Leads a $2.2M NSF Project on Drought-Resilient Rice and Wheat
The National Science Foundation has awarded Arkansas State University $2.2 million to lead research using mycorrhizal fungi to help rice and wheat withstand drought, with three partner universities over four years.
A-State News
A-State Alumni Association Names Its 2026 Distinguished Alumni
The Arkansas State University Alumni Association has named the three recipients of its 2026 Distinguished Alumni Award. They will be honoured during Homecoming weekend on 24 October.
Admissions & Scholarships
ELA Pathway: How to Enter A-State Without IELTS or TOEFL
Below the direct-entry English score? A-State's English Language Academy lets you enroll without IELTS or TOEFL. See costs, levels and how it compares.
Student Life
Centennial Bank Becomes A-State’s First Football Jersey Patch Sponsor
Arkansas State Athletics and Centennial Bank have signed a multi-year football jersey patch sponsorship. The logo debuted on 5 September 2026 in the season opener at Memphis.
Student Life
GOJO Red Wolf Route: Free Campus and City Transit for A-State Students
The GOJO Red Wolf Route is officially running with new stops at shopping, dining and entertainment destinations. Both trolleys run 5:30 am to 7:00 pm, free with a valid A-State ID.
Admissions & Scholarships
US Scholarships 2027: What's Real at A-State and How to Qualify
A plain breakdown of the three scholarship types that actually exist at A-State for 2027, their GPA requirements, and what you'll still owe after the award.
Admissions & Scholarships
A-State Sets a Fall 2026 Enrolment Record: 18,775 Students
Arkansas State University reached 18,775 students in fall 2026, up 4.7% and its sixth consecutive record semester. Residence halls are at 99.8% capacity — the number that matters most if you are about to enrol.
Admissions & Scholarships
Entry requirements at a glance: undergraduate and graduate thresholds, and the documents that count
The academic and English thresholds A-State applies to international applicants at both levels, which documents are actually accepted as evidence, and the four screening questions that tell a counsellor whether a file is worth opening.
Admissions & Scholarships
How to Win the $3,000 A-State International Freshman Scholarship
A step-by-step guide to the $3,000/year International Freshman Scholarship at A-State: GPA requirements, documents to prove eligibility, and a Fall 2027 timeline.
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Student Life
“more-than-human” opens at Bradbury Art Museum on the A-State campus
The art museum on the Arkansas State University campus opens a new exhibition bringing together art, science, Indigenous worldviews and technology. On view 20 August – 9 October 2026, admission free.
A-State News
How the A-State partner model works: from signed agreement to a first semester
The operating relationship behind a recruitment agreement with Arkansas State University: the sequence a student file travels, the handovers on each side, and the questions worth settling before signature rather than after it.
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