Applicants for admission to the Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology:

• Must have at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited college in the United States or a comparable degree from a recognized institution of higher learning abroad. Current or previous UIUC graduate students should not submit an application or pay the application fee, but must follow reentry instructions or petition for a change of curriculum via the Graduate Student Petition process. More information on the petition process can be found at: http://www.oar.uiuc.edu/prospective/grad/applygr_reentry.html.

• Must have a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 (A = 4.0) for the last 2 years of bachelor's degree work and a minimum GPA of 3.0 for previous graduate degree work. Applicants will have separate GPAs computed for: (1) all biology courses and (2) all science/math courses taken during graduate studies. The GPA for each of these areas should be a minimum of 3.0.

• Must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The GRE Subject test is not required. All exam scores must be dated less than two years prior to an applicant's desired date of admission. The majority of applicants we offer admission to have GRE scores in the 700-800 range.

• Naturalized citizens, permanent resident aliens, and legal immigrants may be required to furnish TOEFL scores, depending on their countries of origin, their length of residency in the US, or the locations and media of instruction for  previous institutions they have attended.

• Must possess the potential for success in advanced research, as documented in letters of reference (at least 3) from prior instructors or research supervisors and demonstrated in the applicant's "Statement of Purpose."

Additional requirements for international applicants:

• Must have a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of at least 613 paper based or 257 computer based for applicants from non-English-speaking countries. While the application form includes a section for you  to provide this score, an official score must be also sent from ETS directly to UIUC. TOEFL scores should be 2 years old or less. An applicant may be exempt from providing a TOEFL score if within 5 years of the proposed term of enrollment at UIUC he/she has completed at least 2 academic years of full-time study as defined by the home institution in a school where English is the primary language of instruction or completed a graduate degree in a country where English is the primary language and in a school where English is the primary language of instruction.