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- Students apply online at http://grad.arizona.edu
- Deadline for International students = January 15th
- Deadline for US citizens & permanent residents = January 15th
- All materials will be submitted with your online application to the Graduate College. If you have any issues uploading materials and need to email an attachment, you can send it to: frankw1@arizona.edu.
- Admission to our program is the joint responsibility of the Graduate College and East Asian Studies, and both will carefully evaluate your application materials. Admissions decisions are based upon several departmental criteria in addition to those set by the Graduate College. It is the student's responsibility to make sure the application process is followed and that are requested materials and fees are submitted on time. Recommendation for admission or denial will be made by late February or early March.
- Notification (done by early March)
- Students recommended for admission are notified by email by the department.
- Students denied admission are notified by the Graduate College.
- Central Administration notifies departments of their budget allocation by late March. Financial aid decisions are made by late March and then we send letters out by e-mail to the students specifying what financial aid we are able to offer. Students need to notify us in writing (e-mail is fine) by April 15th either accepting or declining our offer of admission and/or financial aid. If a student receives an offer of financial aid and we do not receive their acceptance by April 15th, we reserve the right to reallocate their financial aid to another student.
- We notify the Graduate College who has accepted our offers and they handle admission and the "Student and Exchange Visitor Information System" (SEVIS) processing for international students.
- For international applicants: we mail SEVIS paperwork, original signed admission letter, and original signed financial aid letter by FedEx.
- Incoming students will complete the following steps once they arrive in Tucson, Arizona:
- Necessary paperwork will have to be processed for all students.
- Hiring forms will have to be completed by the student who was offered employment.
- International students will have to take the ESPE test (if the student has not already taken and passed a TSE test, or has earned at least a 24 on the speaking section of the TOEFL).
- All students will have to attend orientations.
- All students will have to obtain a University of Arizona identification card (https://catcard.arizona.edu/).
- International students without a Social Security number will have to obtain one (at the International Student Orientation), etc.
- For questions regarding the admissions process, please contact Frank Whitehead, Graduate Coordinator, frankw1@arizona.edu.
- Listed below are websites that may be useful:
