Mailing Address
Psychology Department
N218 Elliott Hall
75 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN
55455-0344

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Main Office
Phone: 612-625-2818
Fax: 612-626-2079

 


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Admission Requirements

Strong undergraduate performance—particularly in junior- and senior-year psychology courses—is a primary consideration for admission. Test scores, research and applied experience, and letters of recommendation also play a role in the decision-making process. Because our programs draw many more applicants each year than the number of openings, the Department of Psychology has established the following admission requirements and guidelines:

  • 12 semester credits (three to four courses) of psychology work beyond introductory psychology are required, including at least one course in Introductory Statistics or Introductory Psychological Measurement.
  • For the clinical science program, a course in abnormal psychology is required.

Although an applicant’s grade point average (GPA) and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are considered in conjunction with all other information in the applicant’s file, the following guidelines have been established:

  • For the clinical science program, it is desirable, but not required, that an applicant have at least a 3.5 GPA and scores of at least 600 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE.
  • For all the other programs, it is desirable, but not required, that an applicant have either a GPA of 3.0 and GRE scores of at least 600 on both the verbal and quantitative sections or a GPA of 3.3 and scores of 500 or greater on the GRE verbal and quantitative sections.
  • Although not required, it is recommended that applicants also provide the GRE Subject Test (Psychology) score.

Transfer from other graduate programs at the University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota graduate students who wish to transfer into the Department of Psychology must meet the same deadlines and complete the same application materials as other applicants. The same admission requirements apply to students seeking admission by transfer.

International Applicants
Please visit the How to Apply section for information about the Test of English as a Foreign Language and the Test of Spoken English.