Admissions

Application for Admission Deadline – January 15, 2008
Internal Graduate Fellowship Application Deadline – January 15, 2008
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Deadline – March 2, 2008

Application for Admission

To apply for admission to the International Agricultural Development (IAD) Graduate Program, refer to the on-line application process through the UC Davis Office of Graduate Studies’ Web page (http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/admissions_application.html) http://apply.embark.com/grad/ucdavis and to the application procedures listed below.  Fellowships, scholarships, and assistantships are awarded on an annual cycle beginning in the Fall Quarter.  Applicants who wish to be considered for those funding opportunities must submit all application materials by JANUARY 15.     

Admission Criteria

The IAD Graduate Program’s admission decisions are based on the candidate’s entire application package which includes the candidate’s academic degree(s), transcripts for previous under-graduate and graduate course work and grade point average (GPA); personal statement of purpose; relevant experience; Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores / percentages; and letters of reference.

International applicants are required to also provide a TOEFL test score.  The minimum required TOEFL scores are 550 for the paper-based exam, 213 for the computer-based exam, or 68 for the Internet-based exam.

UC Davis requires a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0.

There are no minimum scores required for the GRE.

Before admission, applicants are encouraged to identify and contact IAD faculty who have interests and background relevant to the applicant’s interests.  The graduate program recommends prior to admission or soon after, that applicants identify an IAD faculty member who is willing to serve as major professor.  A major professor is a faculty member who serves as the student’s advisor and mentor.  If you identify a faculty member to serve as your major professor and he/she is not currently a member of the IAD Graduate Group, application for membership will be provided.  Please refer to the IAD Web page http://iad.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty.html to purview the list of faculty in the graduate group.

Admissions Process

To be considered for admission to the IAD Master of Science Graduate Program, an applicant must:

1. Complete and submit by January 15 an on-line “Application for Admission” through the Office of Graduate Studies’ Web site (http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/apply_online.html).  The preferred deadline is January 15.  Please notify the IAD Graduate Program via e-mail (dddamanchyk@ucdavis.edu) if the application materials are expected to arrive after that date.
   
   
2. The application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and US$80 for international applicants.  The fee may be paid by personal credit card or e-check. 
   
   

   a.  The fee must be paid before the application will be considered complete.

   b.   The fee must be paid for each application submitted to UC Davis.

3. Submit the following materials and information as instructed.
   
   
1. Transcripts – Only after you have completed and submitted your on-line application, then request official transcripts from all previous undergraduate and graduate study and send to the following address.
   
   

   Donna Damanchyk Maricich
   Graduate Program Coordinator
   Plant Sciences, Mail Stop 1
   One Shields Avenue
   Davis, CA   95616  USA

   If you are applying to more than one UC Davis graduate program, submit only one transcript to your “first-choice” graduate program or the first completed graduate program application.  The transcript(s) will be scanned and available on-line for all graduate programs for which you have applied.

2. Request that your Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores be submitted electronically to UC Davis.  Only the “general” GRE is required.  Please use Department Code 0199 – Agriculture to indicate the IAD Graduate Program.  Please allow at least six (6) weeks for your scores to be submitted to UC Davis.
   
   
3. Three (3) letters of recommendation are required and must be submitted electronically.  Your submitted on-line application will automatically notify your referees and provide instructions on how to submit letters.  If your referee(s) is unable to access the Web, please have the letter(s) of recommendation sent to the IAD Graduate Program office via Fax (530-752-4361), E-mail (dddamanchyk@ucdavis.edu), or U.S. Postal Service to the address listed in “3.a” above.
   
   
4. International student applicants are required to submit scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).  Please allow six weeks for your scores to be submitted to UC Davis.
   

Application for Fellowships

Student applicants are encouraged to apply for graduate fellowships that are available to U.S. citizens, permanent residents of the U.S., immigrants, and to international students.  Graduate fellowships are awarded primarily on the basis of scholarship and the promise of outstanding academic and professional achievement.

Consideration is given to the quality of previous undergraduate and graduate work, evidence of creative accomplishment or research ability, evidence of intellectual capacity, and promise of productive scholarship as well as evaluation of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores, undergraduate and graduate grade point averages (GPA), academic transcripts, statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, and other documentation such as publications or awards. The minimum cumulative undergraduate or graduate GPA is 3.0 (A=4.00) and required for the award of a living allowance (stipend), in-state fee fellowship, or a non-resident tuition (NRT) fellowship.

Internal Fellowships Applications are submitted on-line through the UC Davis Office of Graduate Studies Web page, http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/ssupport/internal_fellowships.html.  Internal Fellowship* Applications will be accepted no later than JANUARY 15.

Application for Financial Aid

External financial support is available through the UC Davis Financial Aid Office.  Domestic IAD Graduate Student applicants are required to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on-line at the FAFSA Web page, http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/.  The priority deadline for applying for financial aid for Fall Quarter is MARCH 2. 

*NOTE:  The FAFSA must be submitted in order to be eligible for Internal Fellowships.

Relevant Web Pages

Admissions Information contains details about double majors, multiple applications, general and master’s degree requirements, fees and expenses, housing, and campus services. 
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/admissions.html

Application for Admission
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/application.html

Application Checksheet
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/application_checklist.html

International Applicants
http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/international.html

Contact

Donna Maricich
IAD Graduate Program Coordinator
dddamanchyk@ucdavis.edu or (530) 754-4424

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