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International Institute of Minnesota Partnership Programs

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Are you completing the College Readiness Academy or English for Work with the International Institute of Minnesota? Good work! Good news! You also can earn university credit at Metro State when you complete the IIMN Program successfully!

IIMN-Metro State University partnership

Through the IIMN-Metro State University partnership, students who complete the College Readiness Academy or English for Work can apply as Visiting Students at the university, and be awarded three credits of university-level work and goal 7 or 8 of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. The credit is approved by faculty who review the coursework and assignments for the courses.

How to earn your Metro State credits

  1. Participate in and complete the IIMN program in either English for Work or College Readiness Academy.
  2. Complete the required coursework to receive the IIMN Certificate of Completion.
  3. Apply for free to Metro State as a Visiting Student.
  1. When you apply to Metro State, submit your Certificate of Completion online.
  2. Three credits of lower-division elective credit will be awarded to your Metro State transcript, with no tuition or fees charged. College Readiness Academy completion meets goal 7 of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum. English for Work meets goal 8. These credits can be part of your Metro State program if you are admitted for a degree. You will be able to obtain a student or official copy of your transcript.
  3. Explore the Bachelor’s degree majors and programs that are available at Metro State. Explore Metro State for a bachelor’s degree and learn how to apply.
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For more information

For more information about the International Institute of Minnesota, go to https://iimn.org/.

For information about becoming a visiting student to earn credit based on your IIMN Certificate of Completion, or to apply as an admitted student at Metro State University, contact our admissions office at admissions@metrostate.edu, or call 651-793-1302.

The work done at IIMN is excellent and it is wonderful to be able to award IIMN students with three lower division credits and Goal 7 (human diversity) and Goal 8 (global perspectives) at Metro State University based on the coursework done at IIMN

— Gemma Punti
Assistant Professor of Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies

It is exciting to recognize and support adult immigrants whose vast cultural, linguistic, historical, and political experiences and knowledge have usually been overlooked or seen as deficient rather than rich and powerful. This partnership between IIMN and Metro State University acknowledges the richness of the immigrant.refugee trajectories and builds upon their experiences to foster academic college-learning from global and human-diversity approaches

— Gemma Punti
Assistant Professor of Individualized and Interdisciplinary Studies

Please note that the Visiting Students application is temporary for the recording of the credits for this partnership, only. To use the credits for a bachelor’s degree program, you must apply as a degree-seeking student.

Credits awarded through this partnership do not count as Metro State University residency credits.

Some other higher education institutions to which you might apply as a degree-seeking student may or may not accept these credits in transfer. Transfer acceptance is up to the receiving institution.