Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering

We are pleased with your interest in our graduate program. Before you continue with the electronic application for admission, we wish to ensure that you are familiar with the minimum requirements for admission to graduate degree study in Interdisciplinary Ecological Sciences and Engineering.  It is important to recognize that although satisfaction of these basic requirements does not guarantee graduate admission, failure to satisfy these requirements may lead to automatic denial of admission.

Supporting Documents: Additional documents are required to support the application. Supporting documents should be uploaded to the online application. Click the links below for details. Supporting documents include the following, unless specific instructions are noted in the requirements sections of this page:

• Transcripts
• GRE Test
• English Proficiency
• Recommendation letters
• Statement of Purpose - please include whether you plan to pursue a thesis master's degree, a non-thesis master's degree, or a doctoral degree

Application Deadlines:  Applications and all supporting documentation must be received on or before the deadlines listed below. Only complete applications are reviewed.

	Fall	Spring	Summer
U.S. Citizen	December 15	Not available	Not available
International	December 15	Not available	Not available

Contact Information	Mailing Address	Web Sites of Interest
Name: Christal Musser Phone:  (765) 49-61635  E-mail: ese@purdue.edu	ESE Graduate Program Young Hall, B-40 155 South Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47907	Graduate Program Website ESE Admissions

Completing the Application:

• GRE: Must be supplied through ETS website. Please do not mail a copy unless requested to do so by the ESE-IGP Grad Office.
• TOEFL: Must be supplied through ETS website. Please do not mail a copy unless requested to do so by the ESE-IGP Grad Office.
• Recommendation Letters: Please request these be supplied through the electronic application website prior to December 15. If your recommenders cannot submit electronically then please mail them to the ESE-IGP Grad Office.
• Resume: If you choose to provide a resume, please supply this through the electronic application website. 
• If you wish to be considered for research or teaching assistantship or university fellowships you should apply by December 15.
• International applicants must supply a completion of degree certificate for each BS and MS received.

Master's Degree Program Basic Requirements

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average: 
      3.0 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
      Required – GRE Score Scale: Verbal and Quantitative: 300 combined, Analytical Writing: 4.0  

International Applicant Requirements: 

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average: 
      3.0 or equivalent required 
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE): 
      Required -- no minimum score set 
• TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers: 
     Minimum Paper-Based Test (PBT) Score Required: 550
     Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 77
     With the following minimum section requirements:
      Reading: 19
      Listening: 14
      Speaking: 18
      Writing: 18
• IELTS (Academic Module):
      An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 6.5 or higher will be accepted
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) (Academic Module):
      An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 58 or higher will be accepted

Effective for those seeking Spring 2019 admission and beyond:

TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers:

Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 80 
With the following minimum section requirements: 
Reading: 19 
Listening: 14 
Speaking: 18 
Writing: 18

Minimum Paper-Delivered Test - no overall score reported
With the following minimum section requirements:
Reading: 19
Listening: 14
Writing: 18

IELTS (Academic Module):
Minimum overall score required: 6.5
With the following minimum section requirements:
Reading: 6.5
Listening: 6.0
Speaking: 6.0
Writing: 5.5

Pearson Test of English (PTE):
No longer accepted

Doctoral Degree Program Basic Requirements

This is a PhD program emphasizing interdisciplinary research in environmental areas

• Undergraduate or MS Cumulative Grade Point Average: 
      3.3 or equivalent required
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE): 
      Required – GRE Score Scale: Verbal and Quantitative: 300 combined, Analytical Writing: 4.0 

International Applicant Requirements: 

• Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average: 
      3.3 or equivalent required 
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE): 
      Required – GRE Score Scale: Verbal and Quantitative: 300 combined, Analytical Writing: 4.0 
• TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers: 
     Minimum Paper-Based Test (PBT) Score Required: 550
     Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 77
     With the following minimum section requirements:
      Reading: 19
      Listening: 14
      Speaking: 18
      Writing: 18
• IELTS (Academic Module):
      An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 6.5 or higher will be accepted
• Pearson Test of English (PTE) (Academic Module):
      An alternative to the TOEFL, scores of 58 or higher will be accepted

Effective for those seeking Spring 2019 admission and beyond:

TOEFL for Non-Native English Speakers:

Minimum Internet-Based Test (IBT) Overall Score Required: 80 
With the following minimum section requirements: 
Reading: 19 
Listening: 14 
Speaking: 18 
Writing: 18

Minimum Paper-Delivered Test - no overall score reported
With the following minimum section requirements:
Reading: 19
Listening: 14
Writing: 18

IELTS (Academic Module):
Minimum overall score required: 6.5
With the following minimum section requirements:
Reading: 6.5
Listening: 6.0
Speaking: 6.0
Writing: 5.5

Pearson Test of English (PTE):
No longer accepted

If you do not meet the basic requirements described above, please do not submit an electronic application until you have contacted our graduate program staff.