Admission criteria:

• ● Student must have earned an Associate Degree from an institution approved by the Bureau or previously approved by a predecessor agency of the Bureau; or an accredited institution in the United States or Canada; or other state approved institution that documents that the institution at which the student earned his or her degree is equivalent to an institution that is approved by the Bureau; or an institution outside the United States or Canada and in addition provides a comprehensive evaluation of the degree performed by a foreign credential evaluation service that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
• ● Students must have been awarded an Associate degree or have completed a minimum of 60 units of lower division coursework with a grade of 2.5 or higher.
• ● Students must pay all applicable fees, as per the current published fee schedule at the time of the signing or entering into an enrollment contract or make other arrangements acceptable to the school.
• ● This institution does not award credit for satisfactory completion of CLEP or other comparable examinations. This institution does not award credit for experiential learning.
• ● This institution has not entered into an articulation or transfer agreement with any other institution.
• ● This institution does not accept Ability to Benefit (ATB) students.

Admission Process:

Virscend University accepts admission year-round. Admission decisions are made by the admission committee which consists of the president, an administrator and faculty member.

Submission Instruction (Bachelor of Science Application)

1. 1. Download and print out the PDF application form from our website.
2. 2. Fill out the application form and write a personal essay.
3. 3. Mail the application package including the following documents:
4. a. Complete application form
5. b. Complete personal essay answering the following prompt: Tell us about a time you encountered a problem and resolved it or a problem that you would like to resolve. Tell us how you would resolve it and why it is of significance to you.
6. c. A check or money order in the amount of $20 USD as an application fee payable to Virscend University
7. d. Official transcripts from all colleges attended. Please note that the Bachelor of Science program only accepts transfer students who are at the Junior level of college or higher.
8. e. Mail the application to: Admission, Virscend University

16490 Bake Pkwy, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618

NOTE: Failure to mail in ALL documents with payment will result in a forfeiture of their application. In order to prevent such result student is encouraged to contact admissions office for help.

Master of Business Administration – MBA

Admission criteria:

• ● Student must have earned a Bachelor’s Degree from an institution approved by the Bureau or previously approved by a predecessor agency of the Bureau; or an accredited institution in the United States or Canada; or other state approved institution that documents that the institution at which the student earned his or her degree is equivalent to an institution that is approved by the Bureau; or an institution outside the United States or Canada and in addition provides a comprehensive evaluation of the degree performed by a foreign credential evaluation service that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES).
• ● Students must have been awarded a bachelor’s degree with a grade of 2.7 or higher. Students with a grade lower than 2.7 must demonstrate additional qualifications such as extensive work experience in related fields, or special awards.
• ● Students must pay all applicable fees, as per the current published fee scheduled at the time of the signing or entering into an enrollment contract or make other arrangements acceptable to the school.
• ● This institution does not award credit for satisfactory completion of CLEP or other comparable examinations. This institution does not award credit for experiential learning.
• ● This institution has not entered into an articulation or transfer agreement with any other institution.

Admission Process:

Virscend University accepts admission year-round. Admission decisions are made by the admission committee which consists of the president, an administrator and faculty member.

Submission Instruction (MBA Application)

1. 1. Download and print out the PDF application form from our website.
2. 2. Fill out the application form and write a personal essay.
3. 3. Pay for the application fee ($20).
4. 4. Mail the application package including the following documents:
5. a. Complete application form
6. b. Complete personal essay answering the following prompt: Tell us about a time you encountered a problem and resolved it or a problem that you would like to resolve. Tell us how you would resolve it and why it is of significance to you.
7. c. A check or money order in the amount of $20 USD as an application fee payable to Virscend University
8. d. Official transcripts from all colleges attended
9. e. GMAT or GRE Score (Optional. Please note that beginning in 2019, GMAT or GRE scored will be mandatory)
10. f. Two (2) letters of recommendation from school or work

Mail the application to:

Admissions Office, Virscend University

16490 Bake Pkwy, Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92618

NOTE: Failure to mail in ALL documents with payment will result in a forfeiture of their application. In order to prevent such result student is encouraged to contact admissions office for help.

Application Decision

Once the application has been processed (for either B.S or MBA applicants), those candidates who meet the initial requirements will be invited to an on-campus/virtual interview. After the interviews have been completed, the selection process will begin and acceptance/rejection letters will be made thereafter.

Graduation Requirements for BS

To earn a Bachelor of Science Degree, students must complete a total of 20 required courses (60 units) with a GPA of 2.0 or higher.

Graduation Requirements for MBA

To earn a Master of Business Administration degree, students must complete 10 required courses with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Transfer Policy for BS Program

Virscend University only takes transfer students for our Bachelor of Science program. Applicants must have an associate degree from a community college or two-year equivalent study from either a two-year or four-year college with a minimum of 60 units and a minimum GPA of 2.5 or other consideration deemed valid by the admission committee. Student will follow our admission process and submit an application along with official transcripts and a $20 application fee to admissions office (See Admission Policy). For further assistance, call the Office of Admission at (949)502-6252 or email send an email to admission@virscend.com.

Note: The transfer policy is not applicable to the MBA program.

The Transfer of Credits

BS degree completion program (2-year program): Virscend University accepts up to 60 lower division units transferred from an accredited institution based on case-by-case consideration or future articulation agreements. The Admission Committee will evaluate and make judgments about the equivalency of the transfers of credits. The evaluation criteria include the course level (upper or lower division), the course title and content, the number of units, the accreditation status of the school where the course was taken, the student’s grade earned, and the mode of instruction.

Student Conduct

Students are always expected to behave professionally and respectfully. Students are subject to dismissal for any inappropriate or unethical conduct including any act of academic dishonesty. Students are expected to dress and act accordingly while attending this institution. At the discretion of the school administration a student may be dismissed from school for reasons including, but not limited to:

• Coming to class in an intoxicated or drugged state.
• Possession of drugs or alcohol on campus.
• Possession of a weapon on campus.
• Behavior creating a safety hazard to another person(s).
• Disobedient or disrespectful behavior to other students, an administrator and/or instructor.
• Stealing or damaging the property of another.

Any student(s) found to have engaged in such conduct will be asked to leave the premises immediately. Disciplinary action will be determined by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of this institution and such determination will be made within 10 days after meeting with both the corresponding department chair and the student in question.

Policy of Cheating and Plagiarism 

Students are expected to maintain high standards of academic integrity. Acting in good conscience is integral to our mission statement. Academic dishonesty is willful and intentional fraud use to deceive in order to improve a grade or obtain course credit. It includes all student behavior intended to gain unearned academic advantage by fraudulent and/or deceptive means.

Cheating Definition:

Cheating is defined as obtaining or attempting to obtain or aiding another in obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for work or any improvement in evaluation of performance, by any dishonest or deceptive means. Cheating includes, but is not limited to:

1. Copying graded homework assignments from another student.
2. Working with others on a take-home test or homework when specifically prohibited by the instructor.
3. Looking at another student’s paper or screen during an examination.
4. Looking at text, notes or electronic devices during an examination when specifically prohibited by the instructor.
5. Accessing another student’s electronic device and taking information from the device.
6. Allowing another person to complete assignments or an online course on behalf of you.
7. Giving one’s work to another to be copied or used in an oral presentation.
8. Giving answers to another student during an examination or for a take-home test.
9. After having taken an exam, informing another person in a later section about questions appearing on that exam.
10. Providing a term paper to another student.
11. Taking an exam, writing a paper, or creating a computer program or artistic work for another.

Plagiarism Definition:

Plagiarism is defined by using someone else’s content either by paraphrasing or using word for word or exact image(s) without giving the content writer, creator, maker, owner etc… credit. Whenever the student utilizes material borrowed either from but not limited to the web, books, videos, and podcast, the student must consult Purdue OWL and/or copyright laws to ensure that they have attributed the proper credit to the corresponding person/people/agency/artist etc.… Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

1. Using online or written content without giving proper credit.
2. Taking someone else’s content without properly providing citation.
3. Taking either clauses, paragraphs and or paraphrasing without any reference to the content from where it was obtained.

Disciplinary Action on Cheating and/or Plagiarism

1. The instructor shall contact the student with evidence of the cheating/plagiarism in writing within one week of discovery of the event.
2. At faculty’s discretion, cheating/plagiarism may result in an “F” grade on the assignment or examination, or in the course. If a student denies the charge of cheating/plagiarism, he/she will be permitted to remain in the class until it has been resolved by the Grievance Committee.
3. The Grievance Committee shall determine if any further disciplinary action is required.

Disciplinary actions might include but are not limited to: requiring special counseling, loss of membership in organization(s), disciplinary probation, suspension or expulsion from Virscend University.

Student Tuition Recovery Fund Disclosures

In compliance with BPPE code, Virscend University must provide the following regulations regarding STRF. The following passages have been copied from the BPPE website.

5 CCR §76215(a) “You must pay the state-imposed assessment for the Student Tuition Recovery

Fund (STRF) if all of the following applies to you:

1. You are a student in an educational program, who is a California resident, or are enrolled in a residency program, and prepay all of part of your tuition either by cash, guaranteed student loans, or personal loans, and
2. Your total charges are not paid by any third-party payer such as an employer, government program or other payer unless you have a separate agreement to repay the third party.

You are not eligible for protection from the STRF and you are not required to pay the STRF

assessment if either of the following applies:

1. You are not a California resident, or are not enrolled in a residency program, or
2. Your total charges are paid by a third party, such as an employer, government program or other payer, and you have no separate agreement to repay the third party.”

5 CCR §76215(b) “The State of California created the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) to relieve or mitigate economic losses suffered by students in educational programs who are California residents, or are enrolled in a residency program attending certain schools regulated by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.

You may be eligible for STRF if you are a California resident or are enrolled in a residency program, prepaid tuition, paid STRF assessment, and suffered an economic loss as a result of any of the following:

1. The school closed before the course of instruction was completed.
2. The school’s failure to pay refunds or charges on behalf of a student to a third party for license fees or any other purpose, or to provide equipment or materials for which a charge was collected within 180 days before the closure of the school.
3. The school’s failure to pay or reimburse loan proceeds under a federally guaranteed student loan program as required by law or to pay or reimburse proceeds received by the school prior to closure in excess of tuition and other costs.
4. There was a material failure to comply with the Act or the Division within 30-days before the school closed or, if the material failure began earlier than 30-days prior to closure, the period determined by the Bureau.
5. An inability after diligent efforts to prosecute, prove, and collect on a judgment against the institution for a violation of the Act.”

However, no claim can be paid to any student without a social security number or a taxpayer identification number.

Attendance Policy

Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Classroom participation is often one of the necessary and important requirements to learning and in many classes is essential to the educational objectives of the course. Students are required to attend more than 70% of the scheduled sessions throughout the entire program. When a student falls below 80% of attendance, they will receive a verbal warning from their instructor. When a student falls below 70% of attendance they will be placed on probation for the remainder of the program. The student will be notified of their probation status and they will be required to meet with the Academic Program Director or department advisor. Students who arrive to class more than 10 minutes after the class is scheduled to commence will receive an unexcused absence for that class period, subject to review by the instructor.