Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Graduate Program Admissions
For Prospective Graduate Students
Thank you very much for your interest in the MU fisheries and wildlife sciences graduate program. We are working towards a paperless system and no longer send printed general information about our program to prospective students.
At this site you will find general information about our program, application materials and faculty profiles. If you have any questions beyond the information you find on the site, or if you have any problems interpreting the information, please let us know by e-mail (MillspaughJ@missouri.edu or faaborgje@missouri.edu) and we'll answer you as soon as possible.
Due to our largely grant-based funding sources, we do not have set deadlines for applicants to the department of fisheries and wildlife sciences, but rather accept new students when we have space and money for an assistantship. No student is accepted without both funding and an adviser. It is possible that you meet minimum requirements for entrance but be denied acceptance because no adviser is able to sponsor your degree program. Therefore, we do not encourage you to apply to the program until a faculty member suggests that you do.
Each faculty member has a profile and contact information on the F&W 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. Direct contact is a good way to introduce yourself as well as get additional information about the program.
Our minimum requirements for acceptance into the graduate program are:
- 3.0 undergrad GPA for the last 60 hours of coursework OR
- 50th percentile on each of the 3 GRE exam components, verbal, quantitative, and writing analysis.
Applicants who do not meet the minimum standards are sometimes accepted, depending on extenuating circumstances. A degree in fisheries and wildlife, conservation or ecology is not a requirement, although preparatory coursework might be required before entry into our program. A faculty adviser can help you determine what those preliminary classes will be.
Beginning in August 2007, you must submit all application materials to the MU Graduate School ApplyYourself.
In addition to the on-line ApplyYourself University application, you will need to upload the following materials:
- Fisheries and Wildlife Application (Word). You are required to enter an area of specialization; a potential adviser(s); and your GPA for the last 60 hours of your undergraduate program.
- A statement of purpose (an explanation/essay of your academic and career background and goals)
- Resume
- Three letters of recommendation to be uploaded by your references, along with their evaluation pages
- Official GRE scores
- A sample publication (optional)
You must upload all materials onto through the ApplyYourself system. References must also upload letters of recommendation to the ApplyYourself system. You will need to provide the pertinent information to your references. Official transcripts and TOEFL scores (international students only) should be sent directly to the Graduate School.
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Joshua Millspaugh
Associate Professor, Wildlife Conservation
Director of Graduate Studies
Janice Faaborg
F&W Academic Adviser
