Application Forms and Deadlines

UAB Graduate School Application

For Fall semester, ALL application materials must be received by February 1. However, preference for financial assistance will be given to those who apply by December 31. For Spring semester, ALL application materials must be received by September 1.

Ph.D. students are recommended to apply for fall semester, which is when most financial assistance is available.

Essentially, preparation of a graduate application requires the following items (see www.uab.edu/graduate for details and access to the application form):

1. GRE exam
2. TOEFL exam, if English is not your native language
3. Three (3) letters of reference, two of whom should be university faculty
4. a statement of study plan (1 to 2 pages), including specific graduate study objectives
5. an application form

Please note the following:

• As of Fall 2006, all applications must be submitted online. Please see the instructions in the application website above.
• You should allow three weeks for GRE and TOEFL scores to be reported to the Graduate School after the examination is taken.
• There is no formal summer application period, since the admissions committee dissolves for the summer.