Ph.D. Program
General graduate school application instructions can be found at (Click Here for International and Resident Alien students) and at (Click Here for U.S, Citizen students).
The list here includes additional requirements for applying to the graduate program in the Department of Biology.
TARGET DATES for receipt of completed applications to be considered for assistantships:
U.S. Citizens
30 Sep., 2007, for Spring 2008
15 Feb., 2008, for Fall 2008
International & Resident Alliens
7 Sep., 2007, for Spring 2008
15 Feb., 2008, for Fall 2008
Questions? Contact the Graduate Program Assistant: Mrs. Gloria Burlingham, 817-272-2871 (phone), 817-272-2855 (FAX), gloria@uta.edu
- Apply online through the UT Arlington Graduate School web site http://grad.uta.edu/. Print each completed page of the online application and keep as a record. You will be assigned a unique identification number that should be used in all subsequent correspondence with the Graduate School and the Biology Department. On the Online application, select Ph.D. in Quantitative Biology regardless if you are Ph.D. Quantitative Biology Track or Ph.D. Quantitative Biology (see Admission Requirements). If you are Ph.D. track (i.e. you lack the 30 hours of post graduate work), the Biology Department will note that you applied to the Ph.D. program and consider you to be Ph.D. track even though the graduate school will temporarily reassign you as a masters student, until you have accrued thirty hours of graduate classes. The courses taken as a "Master's student" will count toward your Ph.D..
- Have your GRE scores sent to the Graduate School as requested by the online Graduate School Application.
- Have official copies of your transcripts sent to the Graduate School as instructed in the .pdf file listed above.
- Have three letters of recommendation sent directly to the Biology Department: Graduate Advisor, Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019-0498.
- Write a letter of intent and e-mail it to the Graduate Program Assistant (gloria@uta.edu). In the letter, indicate that you are seeking the Ph.D. degree, as well as if you intend to be a part-time or full-time student. Note your research interest area (i.e., genetics, genomics, microbiology, ecology, systematics, or evolution). Indicate the faculty member(s) with whom you are interested in working. If you are interested in a lab rotation, indicate this. Your e-mail will be forwarded to the appropriate faculty. If you are not sure of the direction of your research, please at least indicate a research area in your letter of intent, and the Graduate Studies Committee will attempt to match you with an appropriate faculty.
Application deadlines Please note the target dates listed at the top of this document. Although the graduate school deadlines are often later, the Department of Biology will begin reviewing applications and awarding assistantships shortly after these dates. Your likelihood of receiving an assistantship decreases substantially after the target dates have passed.
Faculty sponsor: During the application process you will be assigned a faculty sponsor (typically one of the faculty you indicated in your letter) who will advocate for you when assistantships are awarded. The faculty sponsor is an interim advisor, until such time as you have picked a thesis lab and advisor. Ph.D. students must have a thesis supervising professor by the end of the second semester of enrollment (see Graduate Handbook).
Checking the status of your application: Please contact the Biology Graduate Program Assistant directly (see contact information at the top of this document).
Graduate handbook: Please see the Graduate Handbook for the Department for additional information. (the Handbook is currently being updated for next year).
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Laura Gough, gough@uta.edu, 817-272-2871 (phone), 817-272-2855 (FAX)