How to Apply to the Graduate Program in Chemistry

Application deadline for fall 2013 admission and fellowship consideration: January 1, 2013

Contact: Stephenie Nagle, Admissions Coordinator, gradadm@chem.wisc.edu
Phone: 608.262.0363, Toll-free: 888.997.2436, Fax: 608.265.0517

8 Steps to a Complete Admissions Application

For candidates who met all prescreening criteria, the following checklist of 10 items must be completed before your application to the Department of Chemistry can be processed and considered. Read more about the forms that must be submitted to the Graduate School.

1. Complete the Graduate School application form online.

2. Complete the "Reasons for Graduate Study" essay form (may be uploaded as an attachment with your application to the Graduate School in Step 1 or completed as part of the application itself in Step 1.)

3. Complete the "Supplemental Application" (contained in the online application in Step 1, you must select "Submit" after you complete this section or it will not be transmitted)

• The supplemental application forms "Research Interests Checklist" and "Honors, Research, and Publications" are required in order for your application to be reviewed. 

4. Complete payment of $56 application fee via credit card (details).

5. Submit official transcripts or academic records* (one original) from each institution attended to the Department of Chemistry (Mail to: Graduate Admissions, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison, 1101 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706).

*International academic records must be in the original language accompanied by an official English translation. Documents must be issued by the school with the official seal or stamp and an official signature.

6. Submit official GRE general test scores. (Institution code is 1846. Department code is 0301.)

7. Submit official TOEFL test scores if native language is not English.* (Institution code is 1846. Department code is 62.)

*International students who have studied in the U.S. and completed the equivalant of two semesters of full-time graded coursework are exempt from the TOEFL submission requirement.

8. Submit three letters of recommendation. See instructions for electronic submission of recommendation letters. These must be submitted electronically.