The Graduate School requires that you hold a bachelor's degree (UGA Double Dawgs are an exception ), or foreign equivalent, from an accredited institution with a GPA of at least 3.0 (although this can be waived under exceptional situations with justification) at the time you matriculate into our program.

Three letters of recommendation must be submitted using the online system as part of your application. You must provide a valid e-mail address for each recommender. Please make sure that your recommenders have indicated that they are willing to write you a letter of recommendation before you apply. Also keep in mind that it is your responsibility to ensure that your recommender has submitted their letter by December 1. Your recommender will receive an email notification with login information when you enter your recommender's information and click the submit button for that field.

Please upload your CV (as a PDF) when prompted by the online application. Your CV should include, for example, your educational background, research experiences, posters and talks presented at scientific conferences, publications in scientific journals, and manuscripts that are in preparation or in review.

Please disregard the guidance provided on the online application regarding the Statement of Purpose – those instructions emphasize your past experiences, but those will be presented in your CV. Instead, we are more interested in having you articulate your ''future''. The Statement of Purpose (one page, single-spaced) carries great weight in the admissions decisions and should identify your educational, research and career objectives, specify your general area(s) of interest, articulate the fundamental concepts that underlie those interests, and outline potential research problems and approaches. Your statement should be well-organized and concise, and demonstrate your knowledge of, and ability to articulate, important problems in your discipline. Portions of this statement should read like a succinct research proposal. Please list 1-3 potential major professors at the end of your Statement of Purpose.

An unofficial transcript is required from each institution of higher education attended, whether or not you earned a degree. UGA transcripts are not required for previous UGA attendance. If you are currently enrolled, provide the last expected date of enrollment. If recommended for admission, applicants will be asked to submit ONE OFFICIAL copy to the Graduate School.

Do not submit GRE scores. We no longer require GRE scores and will not consider them in our admissions process.

TOEFL scores can be submitted directly from ETS by using the institutional code of 5813, no departmental code is required. UGA requires at least a 550 on the paper test or 80 on the IBT (Internet-based TOEFL test) with a min. of 20 on the speaking & writing or 6.5 on the IELTS (w/no less than 6.0 on any subscore).