Certificate-seeking students are individuals whose goal is to take a limited number of courses for the purposes of personal or professional development or personal enrichment. Advance your career with a new skill set or stack certificates to work towards completing a degree.
Getting Started
Step one to admission is to complete an admission application.
Get help paying for college by submitting your application for financial aid and scholarships. (School Code: 007692)
If required for the certificate program, take the Placement Test or submit ACT/SAT test results to Records (Room S111). Get more information on testing, registration and preparation materials through our Testing Center.
Submit an official (sealed) high school transcript/High School Equivalency Certificate to the Records Office (S111).
For course selection assistance, please contact the Academic Advising Center.
You can register for courses and make payment by using Student Planner (which includes a short tutorial video) found in MVConnect, visiting Registration (Room S103), or by calling Registration at 708-974-2110.
Apply for Veteran Educational Benefits.
Apply to Moraine Valley Community College.
Submit your transcripts along with your DD214 form. The Report of Separation contains information normally needed to verify military service for benefits, retirement, employment, and membership in veterans' organizations.
Bring all documents (COE, DD214, placement exam results) to Building G, Room G240, to schedule a date for Orientation.
Orientation
First time GI Bill benefit users will need to complete a mandatory Veterans Orientation. Continuing students who have attended a Veterans Orientation session must meet with an academic advisor each semester prior to registering. The academic advisors will assist with course selections prior to registration.
Online orientation takes approximately 90 minutes to complete. There will be a final quiz to complete after the last section.
For additional information, visit the Veteran Services page.
For admission instructions, please visit our International Student application steps page.
If you have taken college courses at another institution and would like to transfer to Moraine Valley, you must additionally have your official transcripts from college(s) previously attended and transcript evaluation request form sent to Records Office (Room S111).
A returning student is any student who has not been enrolled at Moraine Valley for at least two years (six semesters). Returning students must be readmitted to the college.
You must visit the Registration Office(Room S103) to update current address and program of study. If you attended one or more colleges during this interim period, official transcripts for all academic work taken since last attending Moraine Valley must be submitted.
If your enrollment has been interrupted by six or more consecutive semesters (including summer semesters), you may resume your studies, but your catalog year and program of study to the current semester must be updated through the Registration Office.
Students are encouraged to visit Academic Advising in S201 to discuss degree or certificate requirements in effect at the time of re-enrollment.
If you are unable to complete the online application, please click here and complete the paper form and return to Admissions S101.
