Admission to Graduate Programs
Each graduate program defines its own admission standards and procedures based upon the general Graduate School guidelines. The criteria for admission shall be based on a combination of the following: minimum 2.5 GPA, standardized examinations, prior professional experience, portfolios or other indicators. Regular admission to master’s programs requires the completion of a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree from an accredited college or university at the time of matriculation or demonstration of the completion of work equivalent to that required of these degrees as specified by UCD.
Students are admitted as regular or provisional students. Students receiving provisional admission are subject to certain requirements set out by their programs for a probationary period, not to exceed two years. The requirements may be more stringent, but provisional students must complete each semester’s course work with a GPA of 3.0 or higher on all work taken.
International students must meet all requirements for regular admission as well as the requirements of the UCD Office of International Education. These include:
- documentation in English or a certified English translation of the completion of a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or the equivalent at the time of matriculation as evaluated by International Admissions;
- financial documents required by the UCD Office of Admissions;
- a certified English translation of all records and references not in English;
- TOEFL scores above 500 (paper-based).
