{"id":19505,"date":"2024-04-19T10:15:33","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T14:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/?page_id=19505"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:08:21","slug":"graduate-applicant-checklist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/graduate-applicant-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Applicant Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero fullwidth   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Graduate Applicant Checklist<\/h1><a class=\"cl-button\" href=\"https:\/\/gradadmissions.uri.edu\/register\/?id=14bd786b-a5df-4502-a85d-89e7818629a7\" title=\"\">request information<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/843\/DJI_0050-scaled.jpg);\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"http:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/apply\/\" title=\"\">apply<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/programs\/graduate-programs\/\" title=\"\">graduate programs<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/admission\/international\/\" title=\"\">international applicants<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before You Apply<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>To be considered for admission into a graduate degree program, professional program, or certificate program, you must have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:90%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A bachelor\u2019s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education in the United States or a foreign institution of acceptable standing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adequate undergraduate preparation in the proposed major field or equivalent evidence of an appropriate background for undertaking an advanced degree program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Completed Online Application Includes:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/admission\/application-fee-policies\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/admission\/application-fee-policies\/\"><strong>Application fee<\/strong><\/a> paid online at the time of application submission.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Personal statement<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Letters of Recommendation<\/strong> &#8211; Review each program\u2019s requirements, but a minimum of two letters of recommendation from instructors, employers, supervisors or other professional colleagues must be submitted through the online admissions system. Hard copies will not be accepted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>For International applicants <\/strong>\u2013 please <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/admission\/international\/\">click here<\/a> for additional requirements.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>College transcripts from all institutions attended<\/strong> \u2014 Unofficial transcripts are sufficient for completing an application to the URI Graduate School. Foreign unofficial transcripts must be in English or translated by a translator. Official transcripts from all schools attended are required if admitted to the program.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Official electronic transcripts may be sent via Credentials Solutions, Parchment, and National Student Clearinghouse. Please be sure to designate the <strong>University of Rhode Island &#8211; Graduate Admissions<\/strong> so that we may receive the transcripts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Official paper transcripts should be sent to the mailing address below. Foreign, non-evaluated official transcripts must be in English, or translated by a certified translator, and sent in a sealed envelope directly from the original institution or translator to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">ATTN: Admission Office<br>URI Graduate School<br>55 Lower College Road, 204 Quinn Hall<br>Kingston, RI 02881<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicants from URI who are only applying to URI do not need to send official transcripts. Instead, contact us directly after the URI degree has been conferred and we will validate your transcripts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For applicants in PTCAS, CSDCAS, DICAS, find mailing addresses <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/cas-official-transcript-mailing-addresses\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact the Graduate Admission Office with any questions at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gradprocessing@etal.uri.edu\">gradprocessing@etal.uri.edu<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before You Apply To be considered for admission into a graduate degree program, professional program, or certificate program, you must have: A Completed Online Application Includes: ATTN: Admission OfficeURI Graduate School55 Lower College Road, 204 Quinn HallKingston, RI 02881 Contact the Graduate Admission Office with any questions at&nbsp;gradprocessing@etal.uri.edu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3848,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-19505","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19505"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22748,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19505\/revisions\/22748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/graduate-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}