A bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution, or a comparable degree from an international institution, with a minimum 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) grade point average (GPA) in all coursework attempted while enrolled as an upper-division undergraduate student working towards a bachelor's degree
Each applicant should ask all post-secondary institutions which he or she attended to send two official transcripts of his or her record to the Physics Graduate Office at Florida State University. Unofficial copies of transcripts or GRE and TOEFL scores provided by the applicant are acceptable only on an interim basis. Any admission or financial offer including assistantships made prior to the reception of official copies provided by the schools attended is made on a provisional basis only. A grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in graduate or upper division undergraduate science and mathematics courses is required for admission in addition to the requirements of the Graduate School.
TOEFL score. A student whose native language is not English and who has not been educated in an English speaking institution for at least one year, must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). A total score of at least 80 on the new IB TOEFL test, 213 on the computer-based TOEFL test, and 550 on the paper TOEFL test is required for admission.
International English Language Testing System (Academic IELTS): 6.5