All students who wish to enroll in graduate-level courses must be
admitted to the Graduate School.
Non-degree Admission
Students may take a maximum of 12 credit hours without working toward
a particular degree. Students taking courses offered through The
University of Alabama's College of Education can enroll as non-degree
seeking students for only one semester. The University cannot guarantee that courses taken
in this manner will apply toward a degree program.
APPLICATION FOR
ADMISSION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL NON-DEGREE SEEKING:
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Complete non-degree
seeking application form online
https://bama.ua.edu/~graduate/AdmissGrDomNdg.html
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Pay one time $30
application fee – can use a credit/debit card to pay online, will
not have to pay if previously registered for graduate classes at UA
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Set up myBama
account after 2 or 3 days. Go to the following web site:
www.mybama.ua.edu
Click on “Need an account?”
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Register for
classes after you have been accepted as a non-degree seeking student
(it may take a week or two for your non-degree seeking application
to be processed)
APPLICATION FOR
ADMISSION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL:
1. Complete an application form online
https://bama.ua.edu/~graduate/AdmissGrDomDeg.html
a. Will
not have to pay $30 application fee if previously registered for
graduate classes
at UA or paid the fee as a non-degree seeking student
b. Create
a myBama account (if not already created) a few days after submitting
application by going to
www.mybama.ua.edu and clicking on
“Need an account?”
c. Track
application status through myBama under Academics tab.
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Complete statement
of purpose online
http://graduate.ua.edu/application/sop.html
May want to type it in
a word document first then copy and paste into the online form
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Submit 3 letters of
recommendation to be mailed directly to the department affiliated
with the degree to be pursued
See link for more details:
http://graduate.ua.edu/application/forms/letrec.html
a. If
possible get one letter from an undergraduate professor or a professor
in your proposed field of graduate study
b. Prepare
a self-addressed stamped envelope for the recommenders
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Submit official
copies of all college transcripts directly to the following
address:
University of Alabama Graduate School
102 Rose Administration Building
Box 870118
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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Send official test
scores (GRE or MAT) directly to the Graduate School (see address
above), must score at the 50th percentile on the MAT,
1000 on the GRE
a. Previous
test scores can be used if the test was taken no more than five years
ago
b. We
offer the MAT at the Gadsden Center. Check out our website for dates
and times.
*Graduate degrees in
Educational Leadership require a departmental application, a resume, and
a writing sample (this includes Higher Education Administration). Here
is the link to the application:
http://education.ua.edu/leader/forms/DepartmentApplication.pdf.
Send all of these materials to the address listed at the top of the
departmental application.
**Out-of-state
students can apply for a tuition grant by completing the application
found at the following website:
http://www.gadsden.ua.edu/DGOST00708.pdf
For assistance, please call 1-888-223-4131. |
