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Materials submitted in support of an application are not released for other purposes and cannot be returned to the applicant. Students applying for fall admission and award should take the GRE in time for official scores to reach the Graduate School by the appropriate deadline. Information on the dates and places of the Graduate Record Examinations can be obtained from the applicant’s college or the Educational Testing Service GRE Web site: http:// www.gre.org. TOEFL/IELTS policy for International Students. If an applicant’s first language is not English, an international applicant must, in addition to the information required of all applicants, submit certification of English proficiency demonstrated by official test scores from the International English Language Testing Service (IELTS) ( http:// www.ielts.org), or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) ( http://www.toefl.org). The Graduate School requires a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 or a minimum TOEFL score of 83 on the internet-based test (iBT). International students must also submit a statement showing financial arrangements for the proposed term at Duke. Estimated costs per academic year can be found online at http://gradschool.duke.edu/financial_support/coa/ index.php. English Language Requirements for International Students. The Graduate School requires that all incoming international students whose first language is not English demonstrate proficiency in speaking and writing English. All new students whose first language is not English must take the proficiency examinations given before or during their first semester at Duke. Depending on their exam results, students are either exempted from or placed into one or more EIS courses. Students with EIS requirements must begin these courses in their FIRST year of study. Part-Time Graduate Study. Very few graduate departments will consider applications from students wishing to pursue degree study on a part-time basis. (Consult application materials for a listing of departments.) Admission requirements, procedures, and deadlines are the same for part-time study as for full-time study. Visa restrictions do not allow international students to pursue graduate study on a part-time basis. Continuing Studies Procedures. A student seeking admission as a non-degree continuing studies graduate student at Duke must have received a bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited college or university. More information regarding continuing studies at Duke is available on the Duke University Continuing Studies Web site: http:// www.learnmore.duke.edu. Review of Application and Notification of Status. All applications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or gender identity, sex, or age. Application files are assembled in the Graduate School Admissions Office, where all official record-keeping is maintained. A departmental admissions committee, usually headed by the Director of Graduate Studies, reviews the applications and makes recommendations to the dean of the Graduate School. Formal admission to the Graduate School is offered only by the dean. The process of admission is not complete until the student accepts the offer online via the Applicant Self-Service system. An admission offer is only for the semester, program and degree specified in the letter of admission. Requests for deferral are rarely approved by the Graduate School. Valid reasons for a deferral are health issues, visa issues which are beyond the student’s control, or military service. Duke students pursuing the AM or MS degree must reapply for admission to a PhD program. Immunizations. North Carolina Statute G.S.: 130A-155.1 states that no person shall attend a college or university, public, private, or religious, excluding students attending night classes only and students matriculating in off-campus courses, unless a certificate of immunizations against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, red measles (rubeola), and rubella is presented to the college or university on or before the first day of matriculation. The required forms and instructions are provided to students after their acceptance of the offer of admission. Deadlines for Application It is the applicant’s responsibility to make certain that the Graduate School Admissions Office has received all required materials by the appropriate deadlines. Only complete applications can be considered. To ensure that the Graduate Admissions Office will have adequate time to assemble all items submitted on an applicant’s behalf, applications should be sent at least two weeks before the stated deadlines. Consult current application materials for a more detailed explanation of deadlines and their enforcement. Admission 35
FOR FALL SEMESTER December 8th. Priority deadline for admission and award to PhD programs for the fall semester. January 31st. Priority deadline for admission to master’s programs for the fall semester. Applications submitted by these dates are guaranteed a review by the departmental admissions committees. Applications submitted after these dates are not guaranteed consideration but will be considered for admission if all spaces have not been filled, and for financial aid, if funds are still available. All PhD students seeking fall admission should meet the December 8th deadline, since it is likely that enrollment in many departments will be filled soon after this date. SPRING SEMESTER October 15. Final date for completion of applications for spring semester admission, space permitting. Very few departments accept new students for the spring semester, and financial aid is not readily available for spring matriculants. SUMMER SESSION Students seeking admission to the Graduate School for study in the summer session should apply for Graduate School admission according to the fall deadline schedule. There are two summer sessions, typically running from mid-May to late June, and early July to mid-August. With the exception of applicants to the Master of Arts in Teaching program, applicants seeking to apply for admission during a summer session must obtain special permission from their department of interest. Admission 36
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