Admission Requirements. Applicants must meet the University’s graduate admissions criteria and submit the following for consideration:

1. A completed and signed application for doctoral study
2. A personal essay describing your view of the relevance of doctoral study to your scholarly development, and your areas of potential research interest.  Please also indicate any program faculty with whom you might work and with whom you have already communicated.
3. Official transcripts of undergraduate and any graduate work
4. GRE scores; TOEFL scores if necessary
5. Three letters of recommendation from college/university faculty or professional colleagues who can attest to your potential for advanced study and research
6. Application fee

Financial Aid:  Several kinds of financial aid are available to graduate students who meet all admission requirements (see Financial Aid section in the front of the Graduate Catalog).

A limited number of graduate assistantships, including full tuition waivers, are available on a competitive basis for full-time D. Env. M. students. Applications for assistantships are included in the application packet.

Deadlines: The deadline for receipt of all application materials, including assistantship, is February 15 for admission in the following Fall semester and October 15 for Spring semester.

For general information on admission to graduate studies at Montclair State please visit the Graduate School website.