[Optional for Fall 2025 admissions] Official report of GRE scores
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Three letters of recommendation: These must be submitted online. An automatic e-mail will be generated and sent to your recommenders within 24 hours of your application submission. The e-mail will contain instructions and a secure link to their letter of recommendation online.
Statement of Purpose: The statement of purpose should be submitted as a single document that addresses the following:
Areas of interest: Discuss your academic and professional interests and goals. Describe the research areas and problems that you hope to focus on in your graduate work. Identify at least two UT-Austin Department of Anthropology faculty members whose work might contribute to your own research goals and discuss how and why. (No more than 1000 words)
Background and motivation: Describe your reasons for pursuing graduate study. Discuss how and why you came to be interested in the research areas you describe in the first part of this statement, as well as any information that you believe your application would be incomplete without and that sheds more light on your unique potential to succeed in the Anthropology program and contribute to the University community and the field or profession. (No more than 500 words)
Transcripts: Upload an official trancript from every senior college you have attended. Transcripts are not required from junior colleges and community colleges. Do not mail transcripts.
A writing sample. For students who have attained an MA, a copy of the MA thesis or report if available is requested. For students who are unable to provide a copy of their thesis, a writing sample related to proposed area of study is required.
A grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or a comparable GPA in upper-division workjunior- and senior-level coursesand in any graduate work already completed is also required.

TOEFL: 79 on the Internet-based test (iBT)
IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination