Admissions

For general information and our online application, go to http:/gradprogram.bsd.uchicago.edu

For specific information or questions about our graduate program, admission or fellowship opportunities, please contact:

Carolyn Schiller Johnson
The University of Chicago
Admin. Director, Graduate Programs
Darwinian Sciences
1025 East 57th Street, Culver Hall, Chicago IL 60637-1573
Phone: (773) 702.9474
Fax: (773) 702.4699
darwin@uchicago.edu

Applying to E&E

Applications to the Department of Ecology and Evolution are conducted online through the Division of Biological Sciences’ web site. Physical submissions will not be considered for enrollment. The online application opens September 1st and all materials must be submitted by the deadline, which is December 1st. It is recommended that you contact faculty with whom you share research interests before applying.

To be eligible you must have a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from a college or university of recognized standing. You must also write a statement of purpose and have taken the GREs within 5 years. If you are not a US citizen or US permanent resident, you need to possess or plan to possess a student visa and you may also have to take an English proficiency test (for more detail see http://gradprogram.bsd.uchicago.edu/prosstudents/ps_testofenglishproficiency.html).

Applications will be screened initially by tests scores and previous academic performance, candidate statement and reference letters. Selected prospective students will then be invited to the Department for interviews with current faculty and students. This visit usually occurs in early February. Prospective students who apply to both the Department of Ecology and Evolution and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology generally conduct interviews for both during the same visit.

To Apply

1. Go to https://grad-application.uchicago.edu/ , and click on “7. Create Account”
2. Click “Division of Biological Sciences”
3. You can apply to a maximum of 4 departments or two clusters on one application. List your choices in order of preference. If you are unsure of whether to apply to the Department of Ecology and Evolution or the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, just include both on your application.
4. Obtain all post-secondary education official transcripts in the original language (if not English, you will need an authorized translation)
5. Official certificate of all post-secondary education degrees.
6. Statement of purpose
7. Three letters of recommendation, which can be sent electronically or manually to:
   
   Office of Graduate Affairs
   Biological Sciences Division
   The University of Chicago
   924 East 57th Street, Suite 104A
   Chicago, IL 60637-5416
8. Official notification of recent GRE general examination scores, submitted directly to the University by the Educational Testing Service. Institution Code is 1832. The Department Code is 0299 for Biological Sciences, which routes it to our office.
9. The application fee of $55
   10. Original notification of English language competence (TOEFL or IELTS scores or transcripts showing successful completion of a graduate level year of study taught in English), if the applicant's native language is not English. The institution code is 1832.

For more detailed (but maybe more confusing?) instructions please see:

• the Division of Biological Sciences Prospective Students Site or
• the University of Chicago Online Application Site
  

If you have more questions, please contact the Darwinian Cluster admissions coordinator Carolyn Schiller (csjohnso@uchicago.edu).