• Admission Requirements
• Application Information
• Graduate Application Deadlines

Admission Requirements

The University of Houston requires the following minimal qualifications for admissions into the masterŐs 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.

MasterŐs Programs

• Applicants must have earned a bachelorŐs 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 masterŐs 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 Text of Present a score of 550 (213 on the computer- based exam) or better on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Departments may require a higher minimum TOEFL score where previous experience and demands of the discipline warrant it. Admission materials contain details on this requirement. The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics requires the TOEFL of all international students (with the exception of students who have completed their bachelor's degree in one of the above-mentioned TOEFL-exempt countries) even when a previous degree has been earned in the United States.

* 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. A completed Graduate Admission Application. [Coming soon: Applying On-Line via the web.] For now, click on the link below and mail in the application.
   2002 - 2003 Graduate Admission Booklet and Application

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

February 1	Applied English Linguistics Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture (all levels)
May 1	C.T. Bauer College of Business Administration

The programs below admit for Fall ONLY:

December1	Clinical Psychology
January 15	Industrial Organizational Psychology
January 15	Creative Writing Program
January 15	Counseling Psychology, Ph.D.
January 15	Educational Psychology, Ph.D.
February 1	Communication Disorders
February 1	English Development Psychology (not accepting applications at this time) M.S.W., Advanced Standing
February 15	Department of Art
January 15	Social Psychology
March 1	Counseling Psychology M. Ed
March 15	Graduate School of Social Work, M.S.W.
March 15	Graduate School of Social Work, Ph.D.
April 1	Political Science

First Friday in December-General Application Deadline

October1	C.T. Bauer College of Business Administration
October 1	Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture (Level III only)
November 1	Applied English Linguistics

First Friday in April-General Application Deadline*

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

First Friday in June-General Application Deadline*

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

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