You must meet both the general and the discipline-specific criteria for admission and be recommended for admission by the doctoral faculty review group in at least a primary discipline (some primary disciplines require a co-discipline admission simultaneously). If you are admitted to a primary discipline only, you must choose and activate a co-discipline by the end of the first semester.
Discipline | Coordinator | Notes | Application Deadline for Fall | Application Deadline for Spring |
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Biomedical and Health Informatics | Dr. An-Lin Cheng | Requires a second "supplementary" application through the School of Medicine. | April 1 | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Cell Biology and Biophysics | Dr. Jeffrey Price | Only Fall admissions | Feb. 15 preferred | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Chemistry | Dr. David VanHorn | April 15 preferred | Oct. 15 preferred | |
Computer Networking and Communication Systems | Dr. Baek-Young Choi | Rolling deadlines | Rolling deadlines | |
Computer Science | Dr. Yugyung Lee | Rolling deadlines | Rolling deadlines | |
Curriculum and Instruction | Dr. Candace Schlein | Only Fall admissions | Feb. 15 | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Economics | Dr. Scott Fullwiler | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 | |
Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations | Dr. Eric Camburn | Only Fall admissions | Feb. 15 | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Electrical and Computer Engineering | Dr. Ahmed Hassan | Rolling deadlines | Rolling deadlines | |
Engineering | Dr. Ceki Halmen | Rolling deadlines | Rolling deadlines | |
English | Dr. Anthony Shiu | Only Fall admissions | Jan. 15 | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Geosciences | Dr. Fengpeng Sun | April 30 | Nov. 15 | |
History | Dr. Matthew Osborn | Faculty sponsor required - please contact the Coordinator | Jan. 15 | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Mathematics | Dr. Liana Sega | April 1 | Oct. 15 preferred | |
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | Dr. Jeffrey Price | Only Fall admissions | Feb. 15 preferred | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Music Education | Dr. Joseph Parisi | Only Fall admissions | Feb. 15 | Discipline only admits in Fall |
Oral and Craniofacial Sciences | Dr. Mary Walker | Rolling deadlines | Rolling deadlines | |
Pharmaceutical Sciences | Dr. Kun Cheng | GRE not required, but can be submitted to strengthen application. | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 |
Pharmacology | Dr. Gerald Wyckoff | GRE not required, but can be submitted to strengthen application. | Feb. 1 | Oct. 1 |
Physics | Dr. Paul Rulis | Rolling deadlines | Rolling deadlines | |
Social Science Consortium | Dr. Marc Garcelon | Available as a co-discipline only | April 1 | Oct. 30 |
If you have questions regarding the application process, please contact the School of Graduate Studies at 816-235-1301.