Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Admissions

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Requirements

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.

Undergraduate GPA of at least 2.75
Graduate GPA of at least 3.0
Three letters of recommendation
Statement of purpose
Writing sample

Application Deadlines

Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program application deadlines
Discipline	Coordinator	Notes	Application Deadline for Fall	Application Deadline for Spring
Biomedical and Health Informatics	Dr. An-Lin Cheng	Requires a second "supplementary" application through the School of Medicine.	January 1 - April 1 rolling deadlines, with all materials due April 1	Discipline only admits in Fall
Cell Biology and Biophysics	Dr. Jeffrey Price	Only Fall admissions. Contact Coordinator if you plan to apply after December 15.	Dec. 15 first consideration, rolling deadlines after that as cohort space allows	Discipline only admits in Fall
Chemistry	Dr. David VanHorn		April 15 first consideration, with rolling deadlines after that as funding allows	Oct. 15 first consideration, with rolling deadlines after that as funding allows
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		March 31	October 1
History	Dr. Matthew Osborn	Faculty sponsor required - please contact the Coordinator	Jan. 15	Discipline only admits in Fall
Mathematics	Dr. Liana Sega		March 1 first consideration for assistantships/funding, with further applications accepted until April 15	October 1 first consideration for assistantships/funding, with rolling deadlines after that
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry	Dr. Jeffrey Price	Only Fall admissions. Contact Coordinator if you plan to apply after December 15.	Dec. 15 first consideration, rolling deadlines after that as cohort space allows	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	Contact Coordinator if you plan to apply after March 1.	March 1 first consideration, with rolling deadlines after that as cohort space allows	Rolling deadlines
Pharmaceutical Sciences	Dr. Kun Cheng	Summer admission available upon request to the Coordinator.	Feb. 1	Oct. 1
Pharmacology	Dr. Gerald Wyckoff	Summer admission available upon request to the Coordinator.	Feb. 1	Oct. 1
Physics	Dr. Paul Rulis		Feb. 1 first consideration for assistantships/funding, with rolling deadlines after that	Rolling deadlines
Social Science Consortium	Dr. Marc Garcelon	Available as a co-discipline only	April 1	Oct. 30

Additional deadline information

The deadlines for applications to the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program vary by discipline. All application materials must be uploaded, and test scores and official transcripts must be received in Admission Offices by the earliest discipline deadline. For example, if one discipline’s deadline is Feb. 1 and the other March 15, then application materials must be received by the Feb. 1 deadline.
The timeline for applicants to expect admission decisions varies by discipline. Most admission decisions are made approximately four to six weeks after the latest deadline. For example, if one discipline deadline is Feb. 1 and the other March 15, an admission decision should be received, approximately, by April 15 to April 30.
Applicants will be notified of admission decisions by mail. Newly admitted international applicants will receive necessary admission documentation by courier service from the International Student Affairs Office.
Admission decisions cannot be provided over the telephone.

Questions?

If you have questions regarding the application process, please contact the School of Graduate Studies at 816-235-1301.

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