Enter your passport number and date of birth, and then click the submit button.
Click on the wording “ Agree to conditions of this agreement”.
Read the conditions and click agree to continue.
*If your passport information is entered incorrectly, you may receive an error message in the next step.
Link to apply: https://admissionbui.bu.ac.th/Start/Login
Fill in your personal and contact information in the first section.
The second section requires your educational background and if the name of your school doesn’t show in the “Name of school/College/University” please click “Other” and fill in the name of the school.
The cumulative grade point average is based on a 4-point system.
To convert from a grade to point based system, use the following reference:
A 4.00
A- 3.67
B+ 3.33
B 3.00
B- 2.67
C+ 2.33
C 2.00
C- 1.67
D 1.00
The “Admission Information” section:
-In Project select “BU International Online”
-In Anticipated Major select “International Program”
-School refers to which faculty you are studying in
-Department refers to the program you want to apply for.
Here is a list of the the programs/departments and which school they are associated with:
Please note, only one program/department can be applied to.
School of Communication Arts
- Innovative Media Production
School of Humanities and Tourism Management
- Culinary Arts and Design
School of BU International College
- Marketing
- Media and Communication
- Business English
- Tourism & Hospitality Management
- Digital Media and Design
- Business Administration (BBA.)
School of Entrepreneurship and Mgt. (Management)
- Entrepreneurship (International Program)
School of BUCIC (Bangkok University Chinese International - taught in Chinese)
- Business Chinese (International Trade Business/Tourism Business)
- Business Chinese (International Trade Business)
- Business Chinese (Tourism Business)
If you receive a 101 error message, please double check the passport information entered previously.
Application requirements:
The “High School Diploma”, or equivalent, and “Official Transcript” section are mandatory.
- Files can be uploaded in png, pdf or jpg format
- File size is limited to 5 MB
You can double check your file by clicking “View” under the submission box
The ETC section refers to optional uploads to support your application.
Click the “select” button and then add the relevant file.
We recommend that you attach any English proficiency scores in this section.
See the “English Proficiency Score Information” section below for more details.
If you have nothing to add, then leave this area blank.
Once you have attached a High School diploma and Official transcript, please check your email as the application is forwarded automatically.
If you have received an "Application for Foreign Student " email you don’t need to do anything else at this stage and can close the admission page.
Please wait for your application to be processed.
After this time you will receive a second email with information such as acceptance/rejection, payment instructions, and any testing (English proficiency) that may need to be done.
English Proficiency Score Information.
For application purposes, test scores are considered valid for 2 years
If you are a native English speaker or have a score at or above the list below, you will be exempt from writing the English proficiency test.
- TOEFL 500 PBT, 173CBT, 61 IBT
- IELTS 5.0 in all skills
- SAT 1,000 in both Critical Reading and Mathematics sections
- Duolingo English Test (DET) score 80 in all subscore
**For the academic year 2025 onwards**
- TOEFL iBT score of at least 61
- IELTS score of at least 5.0 in all bands
- SAT score of at least 500 in both Verbal and Math
- PTE score of at least 43
- Duolingo score of at least 80 in all skills
- TU-GET Computer-based score of at least 61 or Paper-based score of at least 500
- CU-TEP score of at least 70
- British Council English Score of at least 400
- BU Placement Test Online score of at least 35 or Paper-based score of at least 60
English Proficiency Test
If you take the English proficiency test and fail, you can take the Preparatory English Course - PEC (fees apply). Upon passing the PEC you will be immediately accepted into the Bangkok University International program.
You can also go directly to the application page to see what documents are needed. https://www.bu.ac.th/en/admission-info/international-programs
Please note that this web information is directed towards mail applicants, versus online applicants, but the language requirements are the same.
Once administration has reviewed your documentation you will receive an email to confirm your application and if any other documentation or information needs to be submitted.
Once your application is approved, you can go to the “payment” section (#4) and pay by QR code, Visa, or Mastercard on the fourth option on the website.
Once paid you can double check your payment status on section #5 (on the left hand side) of the application page.
We look forward to seeing you at orientation.
