Admission Requirements

Students must meet all the published admission requirements of the Graduate School. If you do not yet have a M.S. degree in Statistics (or a closely related field), you should apply to our M.S. Statistics program, rather than the PhD program.

Deadlines

Important: Students are generally advised to start in the Fall semester due to our course sequences. Students are seldom admitted in other semesters.

There are no formal admission deadlines (International applicants please consult the special information for international applicants and the admission deadlines of the Graduate School),  but financial aid deadlines and availability may be of importance. We strongly suggest applicants to apply before May 15 for Fall semester enrollment.

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Application materials for the Graduate School

The following application materials need to be mailed (unless otherwise stated) to:

Graduate and International Admissions
201 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-0230 USA
Phone: (865) 974-3251
Fax: (865) 974-6541
Email: graduateadmissions@utk.edu

1. Graduate Application Form
   The Graduate Application Form is available for online filing and submitting, see:
   http://admissions.utk.edu/graduate/apply.shtml. The form is also available for download to print out.
2. $35.00 non-refundable application fee with money order. **This fee cannot be waived.
   If an applicant applies online, the application fee can be paid with a credit/debit card, or check of a US bank. After you fill out the online Graduate Application Form, the payment window should appear automatically.
   Note: Office of Graduate Admissions does not accept check by mail.
3. Submit 2 Official Transcripts to the Graduate School from each institution attended, including all undergraduate and graduate work. These must be submitted by the institution utilizing the transcript release form in the downloadable materials.
4. Official documents (in ENGLISH) certificating that undergraduate (and all graduate) degrees are actually awarded. 
   Note: This is a crucial requirement for admission consideration and the documents should be received by the deadline for us to have any chance of an admission.
5. Have ETS submit an official TOEFL score to the Graduate School (for international students).
   
   * A minimum score of 550 for paper-based test or 213 for computer-based test or 80 for Internet-based test (iBT) is required for admission consideration. For iBT, the minimum MUST be 20 in each section, otherwise it is an automatic denial of admission due to university standards. There can be no exceptions to this.

More information can be obtained from http://admissions.utk.edu/graduate/apply.shtml.

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The following application materials need to be submitted directly to the Department of Statistics, Operations, and Management Science:

Department of Statistics, Operations,
and Management Science
916 Volunteer Blvd.
331 Stokely Management Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-0532

1. Review the PhD Application Instructions
2. Departmental Applicant Information Form (with optional Application for Graduate Assistantship)
   The form is available in both interactive PDF and printable PDF.
3. Four Letters of Recommendation
   The form is available in both interactive PDF and printable PDF.
4. Have ETS submit  an official  GMAT score to the College of Business.

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Contact

For additional information, please contact:

Rebecca Walker
Administrative Assistant
Email: beckywalker@utk.edu
Tel: (865) 974-2556
Fax: (865) 974-2490

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