Natural Sciences 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. You are welcome to select a secondary discipline as well, but admissions decisions must be received by both disciplines in this case.
- 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
Natural Sciences Ph.D. program application deadlines |
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Discipline |
Coordinator |
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Application Deadline for Fall |
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Biomedical and Health Informatics |
Dr. An-Lin Cheng |
Requires a second "supplementary" application through the School of Medicine. |
December 15th for fullest consideration, though applications submitted after this deadline may be reviewed on a space-available basis. Applications submitted by December 15th will receive an admission decision by February 15th. |
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Cell Biology and Biophysics |
Dr. Jeffrey Price |
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December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Chemistry |
Dr. David Van Horn |
December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Geosciences |
Dr. Fengpeng Sun |
December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Mathematics |
Dr. Liana Sega |
December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
Dr. Jeffrey Price |
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December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
Dr. Mary Walker |
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December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Dr. Kun Cheng |
Spring or Summer admission available upon request to the Coordinator. |
December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Pharmacology |
Dr. Gerald Wyckoff |
Sprint or Summer admission available upon request to the Coordinator. |
December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Physics |
Dr. Paul Rulis |
December 15th for fullest consideration |
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Additional deadline information
- Applications to the Natural Sciences Ph.D. program must be completed and received by the December 15th deadline for fullest consideration.
- The timeline for applicants to expect admission decisions varies by discipline. Admission decisions and offer letters should be sent by February 15th for applications received by the December 15th deadline.
- Applicants will be notified of admission decisions through the online application system. Newly admitted international applicants will receive necessary admission documentation from the International Student Affairs Office.
- Admission decisions cannot be provided over the telephone.
- Please contact the discipline coordinator if you are interested in applying after the December 15th deadline or for a Spring semester start.
Questions?
If you have questions regarding the application process, please contact the School of Graduate Studies at umkcsgs@umkc.edu.