Admission Standards
Admission standards for graduate programs (master’s degree, certificate, and doctoral degree) at The University of Texas at Tyler shall be based on recognized predictors of success. All graduate programs must have admission standards that incorporate at least two predictive measures. Examples of such predictors are standardized admission tests (which typically assess a combination of verbal, quantitative, writing, and analytical reasoning), undergraduate grades, previous graduate study grades, standardized tests which assess content specially linked to the discipline, professional recommendation letters and/or ratings. Recommendation letters must address relevant motivational and experiential factors that support the likelihood that the applicant will be successful in the program to which admission is sought. Individual programs may opt to waive the entrance exam requirement based on prior grades and/or professional experience or if the applicant has earned a master’s degree or higher from an accredited institution or equivalent.
The submission of documents in support of applications for admission and fellowships such as transcripts, diplomas, test scores, references, essays, or the applications themselves, that are forged, fraudulent, altered from the original, plagiarized, materially incomplete, obtained under false pretenses, or otherwise deceptive (collectively referred to as fraudulent documents) is prohibited by The University of Texas at Tyler and may be punishable by a bar on applying for admission or fellowships, suspension, and/or expulsion. Students who submit fraudulent documents are not eligible to reapply.
A graduate program is under no obligation to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Patriot Admit Program
Current UT Tyler students and UT Tyler alumni with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 can fast-track their graduate admissions process using the Patriot Admit program. Patriot Admit provides exemptions of select application materials including the graduate student application fee, GRE and/or GMAT examinations, and submission of statements of purpose and/or letters of recommendation.
4+1 Program
The 4+1 program allows current UT Tyler undergraduate students to enroll in up to 9 graduate semester credit hours, paying the undergraduate tuition rate for those hours while an undergraduate student. The graduate semester credit hours can apply to the student’s undergraduate and graduate degree.