The admission application is online.
International applicants are strongly encouraged to review the Office of Graduate Studies website for important and helpful information.
Application tips:
- The application fee is $135 for the domestic application and $155 for the international application. The fee may be paid by credit card or e-check. The fee must be paid before the application will be considered as complete. A fee must be paid for each application submitted. Information about fee waivers is on the Graduate Studies website.
- The three letters of recommendation must be submitted electronically through the online application and be received by the application deadline. You should not have recommenders send letters in hard copy, but rather submit all recommendations online and before the application deadline. At this time, UC Davis is unable to accept letters of recommendation from a letter writing service.
- GRE and TOEFL scores must be reported electronically by ETS. They should be submitted to School Code: 4834 / Department Code: 4607. The scores must be received by the application deadline.
- Transcripts can be submitted as soon as the online application website is available.
- Only one transcript for each university or college need be submitted.
- Unoffocial transcripts can be uploaded to the application. Only admitted applicants will be required to submit official, hard-copy transcripts.
- Upload the required writing sample and curriculum vitae or resume via the online application website.
- In the application, you will see this writing prompt for the 4000 character Research Interest Statement:
- Please highlight your academic preparation and motivation; interests, specializations and career goals; and fit for pursuing graduate study at UC Davis.
- preparation and motivation may include your academic and research experiences that prepare you for this graduate program (for example: coursework, employment, exhibitions, fieldwork, foreign language proficiency, independent study, internships, laboratory activities, presentations, publications, studio projects, teaching, and travel or study abroad) and motivation or passion for graduate study.
- interests, specializations, and career goals may include your research interests, disciplinary subfields, area/s of specialization, and professional objectives.
- fit may include how your preparation, experiences, and interests match the specific resources and characteristics of your graduate program at UC Davis. Please identify specific faculty within your desired graduate program with whom you would like to work and how their interests match your own.
- In the application, you will see this writing prompt for the 4000-character Personal History and Diversity Statement:
- The purpose of this essay is to get know you as an individual and potential graduate student. Please describe how your personal background informs your decision to pursue a graduate degree. You may include any educational, familial, cultural, economic, or social experiences, challenges, community service, outreach activities, residency and citizenship, first-generation college status, or opportunities relevant to your academic journey; how your life experiences contribute to the social, intellectual, or cultural diversity within a campus community and your chosen field; or how you might serve educationally underrepresented and underserved segments of society with your graduate education. This essay should complement but not duplicate the content in the Statement of Purpose.