Admission to graduate studies at the University of Florida is a collaborative process involving the graduate faculty of the academic unit, the Office of Admissions and the Graduate School. Each academic unit has a graduate coordinator who will provide you detailed information about entry requirements, research opportunities and resources.
Prospective applicants should contact their academic unit of interest for specific admission requirements and deadlines. All applicants must satisfy the requirements of the academic program as well as those of the Graduate School.
Program requirements are often more rigorous than the minimum admission requirements set by the Graduate School. Some academic units require a reading knowledge of at least one foreign language. Because of resource limitations, most academic units cannot accept all qualified applicants.
Requirements for Admission
The following minimum criteria must be fulfilled for admission consideration:
- A recognized baccalaureate, graduate or professional degree from a regionally accredited (e.g. SACS) college or university, or an international equivalent based on a four-year curriculum.
- Applicants with bachelor's degrees only must present a minimum grade point average of B (3.0) for all 3000-4000 level course work and a combined verbal and quantitative score of 1000 on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or 465 on the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) for the MBA.
- An undergraduate major acceptable in content and quality to the department selection committeee.
- A minimum score of 550 on the paper test or 213 on the computer version of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), if required.
- A satisfactory conduct record.
- Proof of immunization for measles and rubella, and a tuberculosis skin test if required, prior to registering at UF.
- The Office of Admissions must receive official transcripts from each postsecondary institution you attended. You must also mail a copy of each transcript to your academic unit. It is your responsibility to make the appropriate arrangements.
- Currently enrolled applicants at other institutions must send updated transcripts as soon as grades for that term are available.
- If you have attended the University of Florida you do not need to order a transcript from the Office of the University Registrar. The academic unit will have access to your UF transcript.
Official test scores must be reported to UF directly by the Educational Testing Service. If you did not specify the University of Florida (institution code 5812) as a recipient when you took the test, then you must contact the Educational Testing Service to request that your scores be sent to the university.
While copies of score reports are useful to the academic unit for informal evaluation, your official score must be sent to the Office of Admissions before you can be admitted.
- Higher GRE scores than those required by the Graduate School may be required by some academic units for advanced levels of graduate study.
- Some MFA or MM performance majors within the College of Fine Arts do not need GRE scores. Contact your academic unit for specific requirements.
- Applicants with a previous graduate or professional degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution may be exempt from the GRE. Contact your academic unit for specific program criteria.
- Some departments may require scores on one or more GRE advance subject tests. Contact your academic unit for specific requirements.
- Applicants to the Warrington College of Business Administration can substitute satisfactory GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test) scores in lieu of GRE scores.
- MBA applicants must submit satisfactory GMAT scores.
- Proficiency in the English language is required of applicants from countries (including Puerto Rico) where English is not the official language. These applicants must submit official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB). This requirement may be waived if you have been enrolled in a degree seeking program for one academic year (in a country where English is the official language) prior to your anticipated term of enrollment at UF.
- Exceptions to any admission requirement will be made only when these and other criteria, including letters of recommendation, are reviewed by the academic unit, recommended by the college and approved by the Dean of the Graduate School.