Prospective Graduate Information - Admissions Requirements

KU Graduate School Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum undergraduate Grade Point Average of 3.0 (for regular admission status)
• Extra requirements for international applicants
• Minimum TOEFL or IELTS scores for regular admission status (test must have been taken within the last two years)
• Computer-based TOEFL: all parts > 20 and essay > 4.0
• Paper-based TOEFL: all parts > 53 and essay > 4.0
• IELTS: overall band score > 6.0 and all individual band scores > 5.5
• Provide evidence of financial resources necessary for graduate study at KU for an academic year (for more details contact International Student and Scholar Services at isss@ku.edu)

Department Requirements

Admission to the graduate program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is based on background, preparation, test scores, and prior academic performance. A graduate student in ecology and evolutionary biology should have a broad undergraduate background in natural science and math, including calculus, physics, chemistry, population biology, organismal biology, and genetics. Deficiencies can be made up during the first year of graduate study

The Graduate Admissions Committee for the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Department has not set minimum criteria for admission because these depend to some extent on the quality of all our applicants in any year.  Listed below are the qualifications successful applicants have had.

• Average GRE scores of successful applicants (test must have been taken within the last five years)
• Scores from before 10/1/02:  aggregate score of 1800 or higher
• Scores from after 10/1/02:  verbal/quantitative aggregate score of 1200 or higher and analytical writing score of 4.5 or higher
• 3.2 or higher undergraduate Grade Point Average (GPA)