ONTL Certificate Program

Students must first be admitted to Governors State University to complete the certificate program. For information on GSU application procedures, see Applying to Governors State University.

An Application form for admission to the certificate program at GSU is available online.​ The completed application, including admission fee, should be mailed to:

You will also need to contact undergraduate institution(s) to have transcripts sent (including all previous college work attempted) to Governors State University at the address listed above.

Apply early! Application approval may take 2-4 weeks once all materials are received.

Current GSU students may add the Certificate to their existing program/degree. For example, if accounting students who completed their B.A. are working on their Masters, they would have to fill out a Change of Program Form. On the form, students should fill out personal information and list Certificate 1 as the Certificate in Online Teaching under New Curriculum Information. The form must be signed by the current advisor and sent to the ONTL Advisor. The ONTL Advisor will obtain the appropriate signatures and send to the Registrars Office for processing.

Change of Program Form: Use this form only if you are a new, continuing or undeclared student. If you are a non-degree seeking student, please contact the Admissions Office to apply to a program.

Veterans Benefit Form: This form is for veterans who tutition is paid for by their G.I. benefits. Please fill out this form and send to the ONTL advisor.

Immunization Form: If you are exempt because you exclusively attend classes at an off-site location or are exclusively enrolled in an online degree program, then download the Immunization Exemption Form and submit. Note that a new Exemption Form, signed by your advisor, must be submitted every semester on or before the current Immunization Deadline.

Student Study Plan and Award of Certificate (myGSU portal login): These forms need to be filled out after completion of the last certificate course and submitted to the Registrar's Office to receive the certificate. This Registrar process may take about 6-8 weeks.