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Forestry Graduate Program Admissions

If you are interested in the graduate program in Forestry, please contact a faculty member with whom you would be interested in working. Each faculty member has a profile and contact information on the Forestry web site. We strongly encourage you to e-mail or contact the professors you are interested in working with to learn whether they have funding available for new students.

To apply for the Forestry graduate program, you must submit all application materials to the MU Graduate School application system.

In addition to the on-line ApplyYourself University application, you will need to upload the following materials:

  1. Including a statement of purpose (an explanation/essay of your academic and career background and goals)
  2. A Résumé
  3. Provide letters of recommendations from three references.
  4. Official GRE Scores
  5. A sample publication (optional)

Also, submit via email the Forestry Graduate Application (PDF) directly to the Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Forestry: musnrforestry@missouri.edu

Admission Criteria

  • Minimum GRE score: 50th percentile or higher preferred in each category or
    Verbal + Quantitative = 1100
  • Minimum GPA: 3.0 in last 60 hours
  • Minimum TOEFL score: 80 (internet)

Application Deadlines

Applications must be received by the following dates:

  • March 15 for consideration of enrollment beginning in the summer semester.
  • May 15 for the fall semester.
  • Oct. 15 for the spring semester.

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