Aug. 6, 2024
Graduate Program Restart
To help graduate students who were unsuccessful previously to have a fresh restart for the same graduate degree program at MU. The student must apply to the restart program and meet the following criteria: Previously admitted and enrolled in a graduate program at MU. A GPA below 3.0 in their previous MU graduate program. At least 3 years since the student’s last enrollment in an MU graduate program. Applying for the same MU graduate degree or graduate certificate program. A clear justification and an academic plan. An endorsement from the chair/director or DGS of the graduate program. Status of credits…
Oct. 31, 2018
Minimum Admission Requirements
All applicants must: (1) have earned a U.S. bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from an institutionally accredited college or university. If the applicant’s degree is from a non-U.S. college or university, the institution must be recognized and approved by the Ministry of Education or commission responsible for higher education in the country where the degree is earned. The degree must be equivalent to a four year U.S. bachelor’s degree, or higher degree. (2) have earned a 3.0 or better GPA in the last 60 hours of baccalaureate coursework (required for applicants with less than a graduate certificate, graduate degree or professional…
March 6, 2018
Choosing an Advisor
Doctoral A doctoral student is assigned an advisor upon admission. However, this may or may not be the individual who advises the student’s dissertation project. In that case, the student selects an advisor or co-advisors by mutual consent from doctoral faculty members who are dissertation supervisors in the department or area program in which the major work is planned. Doctoral advisors must be members of the doctoral faculty. To determine whether a faculty member has doctoral faculty status, refer to the list of faculty in each academic program in the University catalog. Students can change advisors during their doctoral…
March 5, 2018
Fellowship and Assistantship Acceptance Deadline
The University of Missouri is a signatory to the Council of Graduate Schools’ April 15 Resolution regarding the offering and acceptance of financial aid. Specifically, students are under no obligation to respond to offers of financial support for the coming academic year before April 15. When a student accepts an offer before this date and subsequently desires to withdraw that acceptance, the student may submit in writing a resignation of the appointment at any time. However, an acceptance given or left in force after April 15 commits the student not to accept another offer of financial support until they…
March 5, 2018
Medical Requirements
The University of Missouri requires all new students to submit an MU Immunization/TB Screening Requirements form and verification of TB screening before registering for classes. The completed form must be submitted directly to the MU Student Health Center. You will also be required to submit evidence of immunization in the form of a copy of one of the following: Personal immunization records Physician immunization records School immunization records For detailed information about vaccines and tuberculosis skin tests refer to MU Immunization Policy or contact the Student Health Center at 573-882-7481.