Graduate Program

Degree(s) Offered

Fall Application Deadline

Spring Applications Considered

Requirements*

Program Address Telephone Number

Accounting

M.S. Acctg.

February 1

No

GMAT

School of Management

(413) 545-5645

Afro-American Studies

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

No

Writing Sample

(Ph.D. Only)

New Africa House

(413) 545-2751

Animal Science

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Paige Laboratory

(413) 545-2428

Anthropology

M.A., Ph.D.

January 15

No

Machmer Hall

(413) 545-2221

Applied Mathematics

M.S.

February 1

No

Lederle Graduate Research Center Tower

(413) 545-2282

Architecture & Design

M.Arch.,M.S.

February 1

No

GRE General Test & Portfolio

Fine Arts Center

(413) 545-6937

Art

M.A., M.F.A., M.S.

February 1

No

For M.F.A. & M.S.:

Portfolio (Not GRE)

Fine Arts Center

(413) 545-1902

Art History

M.A.

January 15

Yes

GRE General Test

Bartlett Hall

(413) 545-3595

Astronomy

M.S., Ph.D.**

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test & Physics Subject Test

Lederle Graduate Research Center Tower

(413) 545-2194

Biochemistry

M.S.

Ph.D. information

January 15

No

GRE General Test

Morrill Science Center North

(413) 545-3246

Business

M.B.A.

February 1

No

GMAT

Isenberg School of Management

(413) 545-5608

Business

(part-time, off-campus program)

P.M.B.A.

July 1

Yes

GMAT

School of Management

(413) 545-5608

Chemical Engineering

M.S. Ch.E., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Goessmann Laboratory

(413) 545-2507

Chemistry

M.S., Ph.D.**

February 1

Yes

Lederle Graduate Research Center Tower

(413) 545-2664

Chinese

M.A.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Thompson Hall

(413) 545-0886

Civil Engineering

M.S.C.E., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Marston Hall

(413) 545-0685

Communication

M.A., Ph.D.

(Does not offer dual M.A./Ph.D. Program)

January 15

No

GRE General Test

& 3 letters of recommendation

Machmer Hall

(413) 545-2795

Communication Disorders

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Arnold House

(413) 545-0131

Comparative Literature

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test & Writing Samples

South College

(413) 545-0929

Computer Science

M.S., Ph.D.

December 15

No

GRE General Test

TWE required for

Foreign Applicants

Computer Science Building

(413) 545-2744

Economics

M.A., Ph.D.

January 15

No

GRE General Test

Thompson Hall

(413) 545-2082

Education

M.Ed., Ed.D.

(C.A.G.S.)

January 15

Go towww.umass.edu/educationfor more information

Furcolo Hall

(413) 545-6984

Electrical & Computer Engineering

M.S.E.C.E., Ph.D.

January 15

Yes

GRE General Test

Marcus Hall

(413) 545-3641

Electrical & Computer Engineering

(off-campus V.I.P. only)

M.S.

March 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Marston Hall

(413) 545-5903

Engineering Management

(off-campus V.I.P. only)

M.S. Eng. Mgt.

July 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Engineering Laboratory

(413) 545-3827

English

M.A., Ph.D.

January 15

No

GRE General Test

English Subject Test

Bartlett Hall

(413) 545-0979

English

M.F.A.

January 15

No

(recommended for M.F.A.)

Writing Samples

Bartlett Hall

(413) 545-0643

Entomology

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test & Biology Subject Test

Fernald Hall

(413) 545-2284

Environmental Engineering

M.S. Env. E.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Marston Hall

(413) 545-0685

Exercise Science

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Totman Building

(413) 545-1337

Food Science

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Chenoweth Laboratory

(413) 545-2278

Forest Resources

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Holdsworth Natural Resources Center

(413) 545-2665

French & Francophone Studies

M.A., M.A.T.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Herter Hall

(413) 545-2314

Geography

M.S.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Morrill Science Center

(413) 545-2296

Geosciences

Ph.D.

(Also offers a Five College Ph.D.)

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Morrill Science Center

(413) 545-2286

Germanic Languages & Literatures

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

Herter Hall

(413) 545-2350

Hispanic Literatures & Linguistics

M.A., M.A.T., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test & Sample Academic Term Paper

Herter Hall

(413) 545-0544

History

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test & Writing Sample

Herter Hall

(413) 545-6755

Hotel, Restaurant & Travel Administration

M.S.

February 1

Yes

GMAT

Flint Laboratory

(413) 545-2535

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

M.S.I.E.O.R., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Engineering Laboratory

(413) 545-3827

Italian Studies

M.A.T.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Herter Hall

(413) 545-2314

Japanese

M.A.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Thompson Hall

(413) 545-0886

Labor Studies

on-campus program

M.S.

February 1

Yes

Gordon Hall

(413) 545-4875

Labor Studies

limited residency

M.S.

February 1

Yes

Gordon Hall

(413) 545-4875

Landscape Architecture

M.L.A., M.L.A./M.R.P.

February 1

Contact Program Director

GRE General Test & Portfolio

Hills North

(413) 545-2266

Latin & Classical Humanities

M.A.T.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Herter Hall

(413) 545-0512

Linguistics

M.A., Ph.D.

(Does not offer terminal master's degree program)

January 15

No

GRE General Test

South College

(413) 545-0889

Management

Ph.D.

February 1

No

GMAT

School of Management

(413) 545-5659

Manufacturing Engineering

M.S. Mfg. Eng.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Engineering Laboratory

(413) 545-3827

Mathematics

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

Research Center Tower

(413) 545-2282

Mechanical Engineering

M.S.M.E., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Engineering Laboratory

(413) 545-3827

Microbiology

M.S., Ph.D.

December 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Morrill Science Center IV North

(413) 545-2051

Molecular & Cellular Biology

M.S., Ph.D.

(Does not offer terminal master's degree program).

January 15

No

GRE General Test

(Ph.D. only)

435 Morrill Science Center North

(413) 545-3246

Music

M.M., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

Original Scores, Research, Audition or Tape & Placement Test

Fine Arts Center

(413) 545-0311

Neuroscience & Behavior

M.S., Ph.D.

(Only current UMass students are eligible for terminal M.S.)

January 2

No

GRE General Test;

Morrill Science Center South

(413) 545-2046

Nursing

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

(Ph.D. only)

Arnold House

(413) 545-2703

Nutrition

(Ph.D. offered through Public Health)

M.S.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Chenoweth Laboratory

(413) 545-0740

Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

M.S., Ph.D.

December 1

No

GRE General Test

& 3 letters of recommendation

Morrill Science Center

(413) 545-0928

Philosophy

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test & Writing Sample

Bartlett Hall

(413) 545-2330

Physics

M.S., Ph.D.

(Also offers a Five College Ph.D.)

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test & Physics Subject Test

Lederle Graduate Research Center Tower

(413) 545-1310

Plant Biology

M.S., Ph.D.

(Also offers a Five College Ph.D.)

January 15

Yes

GRE General Test

Morrill Science Center

(413) 545-2235

(413) 577-3217

Plant & Soil Sciences

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Bowditch Hall

(413) 545-2242

Political Science

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes (M.A. only)

No (Ph.D.)

GRE General Test,

3 letters of recommendation & writing sample

Thompson Hall

(413) 545-0410

Polymer Science & Engineering

M.S., Ph.D.

(Does not offer terminal master's degree program)

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Conte Polymer Research Center

(413) 545-0433

Psychology

M.S., Ph.D.

(Does not offer terminal master's degree program)

Clinical:

December 1

Others:

February 1

No

GRE General Test & 3 Letters of Recommendation

Tobin Hall

(413) 545-2503

Public Health

M.S., M.P.H., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Arnold House

(413) 545-4603

Public Policy & Administration

M.P.P.A.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Thompson Hall

(413) 545-3940

Regional Planning

M.R.P., Ph.D., M.L.A./M.R.P.

(does not offer dual MRP/PhD program).

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Hills North

(413) 545-2266

Resource Economics

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test

Stockbridge Hall

(413) 545-5732

School Psychology

MED., CAGS, Ph.D.

January 15

No

3 Letters of Recommendation

Hills South

(413) 545-3610

Sociology

M.A., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GRE General Test,

Writing Samples & 3 Letters of Recommendation

Thompson Hall

(413) 545-4057

Sport Management (also offers M.S./P.M.B.A with Management)

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

No

GMAT for M.S.; GMAT or GRE General Test for Ph.D.

Isenberg School of Management

(413) 545-0441

Theater

M.F.A.

February 1

No

GRE General Test; Critical essays & Portfolios

Fine Arts Center

(413) 545-3490

Wildlife & Fisheries Conservation

M.S., Ph.D.

February 1

Yes

GRE General Test

Holdsworth Resources Center

(413) 545-2665