Admissions Information

Students seeking admission to the Geography Graduate Group must have a Bachelors Degree and at least an overall GPA of 3.0 (B grade average) in relevant course work.

To Apply
For information about admission contact Carrie Armstrong-Ruport, Program Coordinator at caruport@ucdavis.edu. Interested students are invited to visit campus. Students may obtain application materials from the Web at: http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/applicationlanding.html

Students must submit the following with their applications:

• Official transcripts
• Results of the Graduate Record Examination (scores must be within the past 5 years).  1100 minimum score.
• Personal statement including your biography and reasons for wanting to study Geography at UC Davis
• Three letters of recommendation (including academic letters)
• Application fee
• TOEFL scores (for international students). 80 minimum score.

The application deadline is January 2. Late applications will not be considered.

In mid September, you may apply using the Embark admission application at http://www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/prospective/applicationlanding.html

• The application fee is $80 (U.S.) or $100 ( international). The fee may be paid by credit card or e-check. The fee must be paid before the application will be considered as complete, and the fee must be paid for each application submitted.
• Letters of Recommendation must be submitted electronically through the online application. Applicants should not have recommenders send letters in hard copy, but rather to submit all recommendations online.
• Applicants should send one official copy of their transcripts directly to the graduate program to which they have applied; in the case of multiple applications, applicants should send only one transcript to their first choice of graduate programs or to the first completed graduate program application. Please only send one copy for each university or college attended.
• A Major Professor, who is a faculty member of the Geography Graduate Group, is required in order to be admitted into the program. It is not required in order to submit an application for admission. For more information regarding major professors, please contact the Program Coordinator.

For questions about the application process or the Geography Graduate Group MA and PhD programs, please contact:

Department of Environmental Design
Geography Graduate Group
133 Hunt Hall
University of California, Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-752-4119
Email: caruport@ucdavis.edu
Webpage: http://geography.ucdavis.edu/

For general information about admission to graduate study at UC Davis, refer to the Office of Graduate Studies website: http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu.