• Admission Requirements
• Application Information
• Graduate Application Deadlines

Admission Requirements

The University of Houston requires the following minimal qualifications for admissions into the master's and doctoral programs. The specific colleges and departments may impose additional requirements for admissions. Prospective students should directly contact the individual departments regarding specific programs, as well as consult the appropriate college section in the graduate catalog for further information (www.uh.edu/grad_catalog/). For additional information on application and admission policies, contact the Enrollment Services Office at (713) 743-1010. The office is open daily Monday-Friday in room 128 of the Ezekiel Cullen Building.

Master's Programs

• Applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree from an institution accredited by one of the six regional accrediting associations. The Ministry of Education or another appropriate agency of the country in which the institution is located must recognize foreign institutions not accredited by U.S. accrediting agencies.

• The University reserves the right to evaluate foreign credentials. In most cases, these evaluations will follow nationally accepted standard practices and will rely on standard references such as those from the World Education Series published by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Offices.

• Students transferring from another graduate school must have at least a 3.00 (A=4.00) grade point average on all attempted graduate work.

Doctoral Programs

• All Applicants must have earned a master's degree or have completed 30 semester hours of graduate work.

• Students must have maintained a minimum grade point average of 3.00(A=4.00).

• A prospective student should obtain specific requirements for admissions to doctoral programs by writing directly to the department they wish to apply. (Click here for College web-page addresses.)

English Proficiency Requirement

• All graduate applicants, regardless of citizenship status, must demonstrate proficiency in English to obtain admission to the university. To fulfill this requirement, applicants must satisfy one of the following criteria:

  • Baccalaureate degree earned from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or at an institution at which English in the medium of instruction in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Bahamas, Belize, the British Isles, Fiji, Jamaica, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Trinidad, the Virgin Islands, the West Indies, Zimbabwe, and English-speaking Canadian Provinces.

  • Present a score of 550 (213 on the computer- based exam) or better on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or a score of 6.5 on the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). Departments may require a higher minimum TOEFL or IELTS score where previous experience and demands of the discipline warrant it. Admission materials contain details on this requirement. Note: The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics requires the TOEFL or IELTS of all international students (with the exception of students who have completed their bachelor's degree in one of the above-mentioned exempt countries) even when a previous degree has been earned in the United States. For more information regarding IELTS visit http://www.ielts.org.

* The Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies may make exceptions to the above upon recommendation from the dean of the college of the student's major. Graduate students whose English proficiency is judged inadequate by the department or college may be denied permission to continue work on graduate degrees.

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Application Information

Students are required to submit the following items.

1. Apply on-line through the Texas Common Application. The Application Fee varies by department/program. Some graduate school departments require an additional fee for processing the application. Detailed instruction on filling out the application form can be found on the “Apply Texas” Web site.

2. Two official transcripts which reflect at least the last sixty semester credit hours of course work or the equivalent. Evidence of degree awarded, if applicable, must be reflected on the transcript(s).

3. The appropriate standardized test scores for the desired program (GRE, GMAT, LSAT, OAT, PCAT, MAT) in addition to the TOEFL and the TSE, SPEAK or FSI as appropriate. The University of Houston requires official copies of test scores (released by the testing agency or as documented on an official transcript from an accredited college or university).

4. Letters of reference and/or personal resumes.

5. Application fee (if applicable) See Graduate Majors or download a paper copy of the application for a list of Application Fee charges.

The colleges and departments may impose additional requirements for application. Law School applicants should contact the University of Houston Law Center Office of Admissions for application information (713.743.1070); Professional Pharmacy program applicants should contact the University of Houston Pharmacy department for application information (713.743.1260); and Optometry applicants should contact the University of Houston Optometry Admissions/Student Affairs office (713.743.2040).

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Graduate Application Deadlines

First Friday in July: General Application Deadline

The programs below admit for FALL ONLY:

December 1	Counseling Psychology, Ph.D.
December 2	School Psychology, Ph.D.
December 15	Clinical Psychology, Ph.D.
January 10	Counseling M.Ed.
January 15	Creative Writing Program
January 15	Developmental Psychology, Ph.D.
January 15	Department of History
January 15	Industrial Organizational Psychology, Ph.D.
January 15	Social Psychology, Ph.D.
February 1	Department of English
February 15	Department of Art
February 15	Educational Psychology & Individual Differences, Ph.D.
March 1	Communication Disorders
March 11	Graduate College of Social Work, Ph.D.
March 15	Political Science
March 31	Graduate College of Social Work, M.S.W.
May 1	Bauer College of Business MBA Program
May 1	Economics

Spring Semester

First Friday in December-General Application Deadline

October1	Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture (Level III Only)
October1	Curriculum and Instruction
October1	Bauer College of Business MBA Program
October 15	Educational Psychology & Individual Differences, M.Ed.
October 15	Special Education, M.Ed.
November 1	Applied English Linguistics
November 1	Department of English
November 1	Department of History

Summer I

First Friday in April-General Application Deadline*

March 1

Curriculum and Instruction

*(No Summer I admission for the C.T. Bauer College of Business)

Summer IV

First Friday in June-General Application Deadline*

March 1

Curriculum and Instruction

*(No Summer IV admission for the C.T. Bauer College of Business or Cullen College of Engineering)

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