How to Apply for Graduate Admission
| Degree-Seeking, Graduate (on-campus) |
Earn a master’s, doctoral or educational specialist degree. Most applicants will start here, including: new domestic and international applicants, former MU Online and MU Direct students, transfer students and former Mizzou undergraduates who graduated more than one semester before applying for graduate admission. Current Mizzou undergraduates and returning Mizzou graduate students follow different instructions. |
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| Degree-Seeking, Professional | The School of Law, School of Medicine, and College of Veterinary Medicine have their own application processes. |
| Online Program, Degree-Seeking and Non-Degree | Apply to become an online graduate student through our continuing and distance education program, MU Direct. |
| Non-Degree, Post-Baccalaureate (on-campus) | Take a few classes without being in a degree program, start classes while awaiting formal admission to a degree program, or pursue a stand-alone graduate certificate that doesn’t require degree-program enrollment. |
| Non-Degree, UM Traveling Scholar (on-campus) | Take a few courses at Mizzou while pursuing a graduate degree at another University of Missouri campus. |
| Non-Degree, Missouri Undergraduate Senior (on-campus) | Take some graduate course work while you finish your undergraduate degree. |
Eligibility
Please refer to our list of graduate program admission requirements and application deadlines. The graduate admission process at Mizzou is decentralized, and each program creates its own deadlines and requirements for admission.
Admission Deadlines
Deadlines are different for each graduate program at Mizzou. Check the deadline for your program