Applying Online


Do not use this online application if you are applying to any of these programs. Instead, follow the appropriate link:

If your program is NOT listed above, continue on to the checklist below.

Electronic Application Checklist
Welcome to the electronic application introduction and checklist page. We use a self-managed approach to application submission. This will assure more reliable handling and more rapid consideration of your application. To submit your self-managed application, complete the following steps.

If you are an international student, please use the international student checklist rather than this one..

  1. Verify the deadlines for applying to your intended program by checking your intended program's web site. In the absence of a specific program deadline, the general deadline for fall applications is February 1 and for Spring applications is November 1. Your program will tell you if there is any flexibility in the published dealine.

  2. Complete and submit your electronic application . You will be asked to provide a valid credit card (Discover, Mastercard, or Visa) for payment of the electronic application fee when you submit your application. If necessary, you can download and print a paper application, which will require a higher processing fee.

  3. Compile the following documents, along with any other materials required by your program:
    • Request an official transcript (with the embossed and/or colored seal) from each college/university you attended.
      • Ask your registrars to send the transcript to you — not to UConn — in a sealed envelope.
      • Do not open the envelope or break the seal when you receive it.
      • Your application will not be considered until all official transcripts are received.
      • Failure to submit transcripts from all educational institutions, regardless of whether or not a degree was received, may be grounds for cancellation of admission.
      • Transcripts become the property of the University.
      • The most common reason for delayed consideration of applications is missing or unofficial transcripts. Be sure to include all of your transcripts with your application.
      • Unofficial, certified, or notarized copies are not acceptable.
      • If you attended an international university and have one set of original documents or diploma, you can mail them to the Graduate School and we will make a copy and return the original document(s) to you. Include a request to return the documents and provide a mailing address. If you submitted these documents when applying for admission to a university in the US which you currently attend, we will accept copies from the registrar or graduate school if they certify that these documents from your prior university were made from the originals.
    • Request your letters of recommendation.
      • There is no specific form for letters of recommendation.
      • Ask the recommenders to send the letters directly to you in sealed envelopes — not to UConn.
      • Ask the recommenders to sign across the seal
      • Do not open the envelopes or break the seals.
    • Compose and print your Personal Statement of Purpose.
      • This document should tell your program's admissions committee all you would like to bring out in a personal interview.
      • Include your reasons for undertaking graduate work, your ultimate plans, and how you happened to select the field in which you hope to concentrate. Details about your preparation, your strengths and weaknesses as a student, any academic honors, scholarships, or fellowships you have received, will all be helpful.
      • You also should consult any website(s) maintained by the graduate program to which you applying; these often list additional dimensions that are of particular interest to that program (e.g., your choice of graduate advisor and a rationale for it).
      • The committee wants to know those things about you that cannot be expressed quantitatively.
    • Connecticut Residents must complete the Residence Affidavit for in-state tuition status. Without this document you cannot qualify for in-state tuition rates. If you are not a Connecticut resident you need not complete this step.

    • International Students must complete the Financial Declaration. This is part of the visa processing requirements.

    • Check with your intended program for any additional required materials and enclose those as well.
  4. Request that your standardized test scores be submitted to UConn if your program requires them.
  5. Mail everything in one package to:

    University of Connecticut
    Graduate School, Unit 1006
    438 Whitney Road Extension
    Storrs, CT 06269-1006

Congratulations!
When you reach this point your application should be complete. We will keep you informed by e-mail regarding the status of your application as it is considered.

After a week or two, contact your intended program to make sure everything reached them and that your file is complete.