Admissions Information

Campus where offered

University of Arizona - Main - Tucson

 

Admissions Requirements

Candidates who wish to apply must meet the following eligibility requirements:

1. Must hold a B.S. or M.S.
2. Meet the minimum cumulative GPA requirements of 3.3
   • Candidates who do not meet the minimum GPA requirements applications will not be considered for review.
3. Upload 3 letters of recommendation
4. Applicants must upload unofficial pdf versions of all transcripts when submitting their application in our GradApp system. 
5. International students must follow the Graduate College language test requirements.

 

Admissions Deadlines

Domestic Applicants:

• Fall: January

International Applicants:

• Fall: December

Application deadlines may be extended for candidates attending The University of Arizona or Alumni of The University of Arizona. The University of Arizona alums and current UA students need to contact Dava Jondall at davaj@arizona.edu to request permission to extend the application deadline.

 

Standardized Tests

Required test(s):

International Candidate English Proficiency Evaluation Exam scores:

ALL Candidates are required to send test scores to the University of Arizona Graduate College institutional code 4832.

 

 

Funding Opportunities

Please note that 1) the Department is not able to provide a guarantee of funding and 2) the International College requires that all international students provide a Financial Guarantee (see the Proof of Financial Resources located on http://grad.arizona.edu/admissions/admissions-requirements/international-students).

Graduate Tuition scholarships and Fellowships sponsored by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the University of Arizona Graduate College and the Department of Biosystems Engineering may be available on a competitive basis.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for institutional funding offered through the UA Graduate College, including Graduate Access Fellowships, UA/SIGP Fellowships, and NASA Scholarships, inaddition to UA Scholarship Universe.  Domestic students should submit a Free Application for Federal Student Loans, FAFSA, to qualify for institutional funding http://fafsa.gov/.  Detailed information on UA financial aid may be found at http://grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources.

 

International Conditional Admission

International applicants will not be considered for conditional admission by this program.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

ETS Major Field Code(s) for this program: 0117, 0119, 0102, 0103, 0107, 0122, 0112, 0114, 0199, 0224, 0226, 0205, 0206, 0212, 0308, 0409, 0405, 0502, 0605, 0631, 0705, 1004, 1001, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1107, 1109, 1199, 1301, 1399, 1501, 1502, 1602, 1615, 1616, 1612, 1699

Additional Information About this Program

Program StatisticsInformation about these numbers

Program-level Information
Application Acceptance Rate	80%
Avg. Time-to-degree (years)	6.32
Department-level Information
Enrollment Percent Male	72.97%
Enrollment Percent Female	27.03%
Enrollment Percent International	18.92%
Enrollment Percent URM	13.51%

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