International Applicants
International Applicants - You must apply to both the UW Graduate
School and the Department of Political Science
For the Graduate School:
- International Applicants are required to meet specific admissions
requirements. To find out if you are eligible to apply, you must
review the Preliminary
Evaluation Process (PEP) prior to continuing the application
process. Be sure to read the information about the TOEFL exam
and conditions for exemption. Because all instruction and assignments
conducted by the Political Science Department are in English,
fluency in both spoken and written English is essential
for success at the graduate level.
- Apply on-line to the UW Graduate School
Suggested deadline November 1. https://www.grad.washington.edu/applForAdmiss/
is available as a web-based electronic application.. The electronic
application allows you to save your data, and later, complete
the application at your convenience. You may later log-on to check
your status or update your address or email.
- Review the Required
Application Materials for International Applicants on
the Graduate School web page. These include:
- Signed printed copy of the on-line application
- Official transcripts from each post secondary institution
that you have attended. Follow the graduate school's guidelines
for international transcripts (website above). Transcripts
from U.S. and Canada should be sent in sealed envelopes bearing
the Registrar's signature across the envelope flap. You will
need two official transcripts from each post-secondary
institution because the Political Science department requires
one set and the Graduate School requires one set.
- TOEFL score report from the Educational Testing Service
(ETS), using the institution code #4854. The Political Science
Department code is 89.Complete the exam in time for the scores
to reach the university by our deadline of December 15 or
very soon after.
Note: International applicants, U.S. permanent residents, and immigrants
to the U.S., whose native language is not English and who have not
received a bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited U.S.
institution, must submit a satisfactory score on the test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Scores must not be more than two
years old.
For appointment to teaching assistant (TA) positions,
international students must achieve a score of at least 580 on the
paper based TOEFL or 237 on the computer-based test or 70 (listening,
writing and reading ONLY) on the Internet-based test. In addition
they must receive a score of 55 or greater on the Test of Spoken
English (TSE), OR 230 or better on the Speaking Proficiency English
Assessment Kit (SPEAK). The SPEAK test is administered by the University
of Washington.
- Statement of Financial Ability form. After you have
applied on-line, you will be able to access the form on-line.
This must be completed and returned EVEN IF YOU ARE REQUESTING
FINANCIAL AID. The Graduate school cannot accept our recommendation
for your admission if you have not submitted this form to the
Graduate school.
Note: If we recommend your admission, Graduate Admissions must
have the form before it will issue the Certificate of Eligibility
(I-20 or IAP-66). Send these materials to Graduate Admissions. The
November 1 deadline is strongly encouraged due to processing delays,
but you must apply by the December 15, (postmarked) Political Science
Department deadline.
- Office of Graduate Admissions
- 301 Loew Hall
- P.O. Box 84808
- University of Washington
- Seattle, Washington 98124-6108
For the UW Department Of Political Science:
- Complete and sign the Political Science department application
and assemble these required materials:
- Statement of Purpose
- Essay/writing sample
- Resume
- Three letters of recommendation:
On-line option: Use the new on-line option
and designate recommenders. Those you designate are notified
by the Graduate School application system and they then send
their letters directly, and on-line, to the Department of Political
Science. This option and full directions are available through
the Graduate School on-line application process (https://www.grad.washington.edu/applForAdmiss/).
Mail option: Send confidential letters signed
and placed in sealed envelopes by the recommender. The letter
writer should include the Recommendation Information Form
with each letter. This is found and downloaded with the Political
Science Department Application form on the website.
- Official transcript from each post-secondary institution attended
- Signed copy of the on-line Graduate School Application
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores from the Educational Testing
Service (ETS). Complete the exam in time for scores to reach
the university by our deadline, December 15. The University
of Washington's institution code is 4854; the Political Science
Department code is 1902. You must provide both codes to ETS.
The Admissions Committee will not consider scores that are more
than five (5) years old.
- TOEFL score if required
- Send the Political Science Department Application and materials,
postmarked by December 15, to:
- Department of Political Science, Graduate Program Office
- Box 353530
- University of Washington
- Seattle, WA 98195-3530
Provide an e-mail address on your application and you will receive
a message should your application be incomplete. You will also receive
an e-mail confirmation when your complete application has been processed.
Due to the volume of applications received, incomplete or late applications
will not be considered. Admission decisions are made between January
and March. You will be notified when a decision has been reached
on your application. If you have questions please contact Susanne
Recordon, the Graduate Program Assistant, at polsgrad@u.washington.edu
or (206) 543-1898.
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