Admission Criteria
Fall deadline: January 20
- Average GPA in the major: 3.9
Minimum Language Requirements
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Average GRE Scores (GRE scores are optional)
| Test Type | Verbal | Quantitative |
| GRE | 163 | 155 |
Although we award an MA degree, we admit students to our PhD program only (with the MA obtained in the process). Any unusual circumstances regarding failure to meet the minimum requirements should be called to the attention of the director of graduate admissions.
Eligibility for any graduate work in philosophy requires the equivalent of the following six undergraduate courses in philosophy: formal logic, ethics, ancient philosophy, modern philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics.
Deficiencies may be made up after the student is enrolled at MU.
Required Application Materials
For the Graduate School
- Completed Graduate School online application
- Unofficial Transcripts- As part of the application submission process, all applicants are required to upload unofficial copies of all post-secondary transcripts to the online application. Official transcripts are only required if accepted by the academic program.
- Official Results of English Proficiency Exams (International applicants only)
For the Philosophy Program
- 3 letters of recommendation (submission through the online application system)
- Statement of interest (upload to the online application)
- Writing sample (upload to the online application)
- Resume/CV (upload to the online application)
- Departmental application (built into the Graduate School online application)
- GRE score report: MU’s school code is 6875; philosophy’s department code is 2801 (GRE scores are optional)
- TOEFL score: MU’s school code is 6875; philosophy’s department code is 2801 (International applicants only)