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All applicants should review undergraduate preparation requirements and recommendations for a competitive application. In addition to satisfactory scores (as judged by the graduate program) on the appropriate tests, the general requirement for admission is a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a minimum 3.0 GPA. If you have any questions about these requirements, please contact the Graduate Program Director for the program you are interested in.

When submitting an application, prospective students must indicate the program(s) of interest. The online application will allow you to submit one application to multiple Rosenstiel School graduate programs (PhD, MPS, MS) with no additional application fee. Applying for more than one program will not negatively affect your eligibility for any of those programs.

For PhD and MS applicants only, the online application will ask you to identify up to 5 faculty with whom you would be interested in meeting if you are offered the opportunity to interview. We encourage you to review faculty associated with various research areas and the list of available research assistantships. Please note your application will be considered regardless of your selection. Applicants are welcome to contact faculty via email before and during the application process, but this is not required.

For best chances of fall admission into one of our PhD or MS programs, your complete application including all supporting documents must be received in the application period of September 1 - January 8. However, complete applications received by December 1 will have the highest chance of being invited to our on-site annual recruitment weekend visit in early February.

Please use the online application which can be found here.

• For PhD and MS applicants only: use the application to identify up to 5 faculty with whom you are interested in working. See Getting Started above for more details on this.
• PDF of Statement of Purpose describing your goals and objectives in pursuing a graduate degree. If you have already identified Rosenstiel School faculty with whom you are interested in working, please be sure to include this information here as well.
• PDF of unofficial domestic transcripts. See below statement on transcripts for more details on this.
• Three letters of recommendation from persons well situated to evaluate your qualifications for graduate study. The online application will ask you to enter your recommenders’ email addresses for the Rosenstiel School recommendation letter form to be sent to them.
• Non-refundable application fee ($85).

Attach unofficial transcripts (pdf format only) of all prior domestic institutions attended for application review purposes. Unofficial domestic transcripts uploaded within the application may be used to initiate the review of your application. However, if admitted, it is your responsibility to submit all official transcripts by July 1. Transcripts forwarded by you (even if they are in a sealed envelope), issued to you, or those that list you as the "recipient" are NOT considered official and will not be accepted. Official transcripts must be sent directly to the University of Miami, Rosenstiel School, Graduate Studies Office (address below). For any institution allowing electronic transfer of the official transcript, please use gso@earth.miami.edu as the delivery email address.

All graduate applicants who have received degrees or are currently enrolled in a degree-seeking program from a college or university outside the United States must submit official transcripts and diplomas (if available) from all colleges and universities attended to an approved evaluation service. 

• Do you need course-by-course with GPA analysis evaluations? Review this flowchart for more information.
• Transcripts in a language other than English must be provided in that language and must be accompanied by a certified English translation.
• International applicants must also submit a copy of their diploma in the official language of the country from which the degree was awarded and provide a certified English translation of the diploma.
• Follow the specific instructions of the selected evaluation service to request a course-by-course evaluation with degree equivalency and grade point average (GPA) calculation.
• Applicants must request that the evaluation report and copy of all the official documents used in the evaluation are sent directly from one of the approved evaluation services to the Graduate Studies Office at gso@earth.miami.edu. The evaluation report and supporting documents are required before faculty can review an applicant's file.
• Any documents received by the University will become the property of the University and will not be returned to the applicant or sent to a third party including the evaluation services.

The GRE is not required for admission. You may optionally submit your GRE score, but not all programs will consider this information. In some of our programs, individual faculty members may consider available GRE scores as part of a holistic evaluation of the candidates. To submit an official score report, please use institution code 7690 (there is no department code).

International applicants whose native language is not English must submit official English language testing results from either TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo. An exception to this rule is an international student who will have earned a degree in the US or select other English-speaking countries (click here for details) prior to enrollment at the Rosenstiel School.

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores can be submitted using institution code 2919. There is no department code for score submission. A minimum score of 550 (paper-based test), 213 (computer-based test), 80 (iBT) is required for admission. For TOEFL iBT exams taken on or after January 21, 2026, a minimum overall score of 4.5 is required.

International English Language Testing System (IELTS) using institution code 4862. There is no department code for score submission. A minimum score of 6.5 for the IELTS is required for admission.

Duolingo English Test  (DET) select “University of Miami - Graduate School” from the Duolingo English Test’s institutional list. A minimum score of 125 is required for admission. 

Graduate Studies Office S/A 130
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, Florida 33149

Telephone: (305) 421-4155
Fax: (305) 421-4771
E-Mail: gso@earth.miami.edu