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Admissions Requirements

Statement of purpose
Curriculum vitae
Transcripts
Three Letters of Recommendation

Any additional information that will strengthen the application

 

Standardized Tests

Required English Proficiency Tests for International Students

Minimum TOEFL: 79 (internet based) or 550 (paper based)
Minimum IELTS: Composite of 7 (no subject lower than 6)

For funding as a Teaching Assistant:
Minimum TOEFL speaking score: 24   
Minimum total IELTS score: 7.5 or above with no score lower than 7 on any section of the test

GREs are not required.

 

Financial Aid

Teaching and Research Assistantships
Graduate College Fellowship
UA and CONACyT Fellowship for Mexican Doctoral Students (https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/ua-and-conacyt-fellowship-mexican-doctoral-students)
Please also see Graduate College website on Financial Resources (http://grad.arizona.edu/financial-resources)

 

Admissions Deadlines

Domestic Applicants:

• Fall: December 1

International Applicants:

• Fall: December 1

 

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
NRC Taxon(a) for this program: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Completion Requirements

Degree Requirements

Minimum credits: 45  (36 for major in EEB and 9 for minor)
Core coursework: Total credits required: 45 plus 18 dissertation units

First semester: Two internships (ECOL610A & ECOL610B) plus ECOL610C- (Internship Presentation and Planning), ECOL 600B- Fundamentals of Ecology

Second semester: A third internship (ECOL610A) and a second term of ECOL 610C, ECOL 600A- Fundamentals of Evolution

Four semesters of ECOL596B-Population Biology (departmental seminar)
Language requirements: No foreign language requirement.
Other requirements: Two semesters serving as a graduate teaching assistant

At least once each year beginning in the second year, students must present a seminar in a general forum, usually in the departmental noon seminar (ECOL596B).

At least once each year beginning in the second year, students must meet with his/her Temporary or Dissertation Committee.

 

Minor Requirements

A minor in EEB requires 9 units of ECOL home courses.  Cross-listed courses and transfer credits will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

 

Student Handbook

http://eeb.arizona.edu/grad_forms  

Program StatisticsInformation about these numbers

Program-level Information
Application Acceptance Rate	16%
Med. Time-to-degree (years)	5.75
Department-level Information
Enrollment Percent Male	47%
Enrollment Percent Female	53%
Enrollment Percent International	20%
Enrollment Percent URM	7%