PhD Application Instructions

(Note: Applicants completing the on-line Graduate Application for Admission will be able to continually monitor the status of their application from the web-based system. The on-line application provides the most convenient and efficient way to apply for graduate study at MU, and is the preferred method of applying.)

The following items must be submitted directly to the Graduate Admission Office: (Note: To be considered complete, all applications for admission must include the proper application fee, $45.00 for domestic applicants and $60.00 for non-resident alien [international] applicants.)

• If you complete the paper version of the Application for Graduate Admission, please forward the following materials directly to the Graduate Admission Office:
  
  1. The Graduate Application for Admission with application fee
  2. Your official transcripts from every college or university you have attended (sent directly from the college or university)
  3. Your official TOEFL* scores (sent directly from the Educational Testing
     Service) *international applicants only
     
     
• If you complete the on-line Graduate Application for Admission, please forward the following materials directly to the Graduate Admission Office:
  
  1. Your official transcripts from every college or university you have attended (sent directly from the college or university)
  2. Your official TOEFL scores (sent directly from the Educational Testing Service) *international applicants only
     
     Graduate Admissions
     210 Jesse Hall
     Columbia, MO 65211
     800-877-6312
     573-884-8488

The following items may be forwarded directly to the Graduate Studies in Business Office or may be sent through the on-line application system:

1. Departmental application 
2. Three letters of reference
3. Statement of purpose
4. Resume

Your official GMAT scores (sent directly from Pearson VUE) must be forwarded directly to the Graduate Studies in Business Office.

It is recommended that you also send to the Graduate Studies in Business Office an unofficial copy of your transcripts.

Please contact Ms. Jan Curry with questions about these supplemental admission materials. You may reach her by contacting:

                    Graduate Studies in Business
                    213 Cornell Hall
                    Columbia, MO 65211
                    573-882-2750
                    Email Address: grad@missouri.edu