PhD Program Admissions
School of Education Requirements
- Minimum 3.0 GPA
- Satisfactory Graduate Record Examination scores (last 5 years)
- Three letters of recommendation
- Official transcripts from all institutions attended
- Statement of purpose describing educational and career goals
- Writing sample
- Completion of Graduate Studies Admissions application
UC Davis Office of Graduate Studies
- Complete online Graduate Studies Application.
- The application fee is $60 for the domestic application and $80 for the international. The fee may be paid by credit card, e-check, paper check or money order. Paper checks and money orders must be received within 15 days of submission of your application. Please mail them to:
Office of Graduate Studies
University of California
250 Mrak Hall
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
- Letters of Recommendation must be submitted electronically through the online application. Students should not have recommenders send letters in hard copy, but rather submit all recommendations online once the online service is available.
- Applicants should wait to submit their transcripts only after they have marked their application complete and submitted. This allows for more efficient and effective matching of transcripts to applicants.
- Applicants should submit only one transcript for each university or college they have attended. That transcript will be made available to faculty in each graduate program to which the applicant has applied, as well as for the review of the fellowship application.
- Applicants should send their transcripts directly to the graduate program to which they have applied; in the case of multiple applications, applicants should send only one transcript to their first choice of graduate programs or to the first completed graduated program application.
- Applicants should upload required curriculum vitae, resume and/or writing sample via the online application web site. Applicants to programs that do not list these items as requirements will not be allowed to upload them.
Admission Application Deadline
December 15 of every year.
Instructions for Application
Mail all items required for admission in one package to
the following address:
Doctoral Programs Coordinator
School of Education
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8579
Financial Assistance
Fellowships, graduate scholarships and nonresident tuition fellowships are available through Graduate Studies Internal Fellowship application. The program also offers Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships. For information contact Student Services.
Financial Aid is also available in the form of loans, grants, and work-study. Contact the Financial Aid Office for information on these options.
For more information contact:
Mary Reid
PhD Coordinator
School of Education
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-7259
Fax: (530) 754-6672
E-mail: phdeduadvising@ucdavis.edu