Graduate Admission

A formal application is required of all persons seeking admission or readmission to graduate studies. The application is available online at www.applytexas.org. A paper copy of the application may be obtained by writing the Office of Student Relations at Texas A&M University at Galveston.

An application fee of $50 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents or $75 for international applicants is required to process an application for admission. Application fees are nonrefundable. Checks or money orders (U.S. currency) should be made payable to Texas A&M University at Galveston. All financial dealings with Texas A&M University at Galveston may be done by check or money order provided it displays an agency bank in the U.S. and has magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) routing numbers at the bottom of the check. The $50 fee required of U.S. citizens or permanent residents may be waived, but only in exceptional cases, for low-income applicants. In such cases, applicants should include with the application for admission a letter from their financial aid officer or other knowledgeable officer verifying the need for a waiver. Waiver of the $75 international application fee is not available.}

With the approval from the degree granting unit providing admission, admission to graduate studies normally remains valid for one year from the date of acceptance with one $50 or $75 (as appropriate) application fee. An extension to the one-year time limit may be granted, if requested by the applicant in writing and approved by the degree granting unit.

Departments may have admission requirements in addition to those of the Office of Graduate Studies. In such cases, higher departmental requirements supersede those of the Office of Graduate Studies. The normal requirement for admission to graduate studies is a scholastic record which, over at least the last two years of full-time academic study in a degree program, gives evidence of the applicant’s ability to do successful graduate level work. An applicant whose academic record is not satisfactory, or who is changing fields of study, may be required to take additional work in preparation for graduate study. To allow time for processing, application forms should be filed at least six weeks prior to the opening of the semester (International applicants should refer to the deadlines under that heading). Admission to graduate studies cannot be completed until all the credentials requested in the application form have been received and evaluated.

Students entering the Masters of Marine Resources Management curriculum will be expected to have completed one academic year each of college-level biology, chemistry and general physics/mathematics (calculus) and one academic semester each of college-level geology, oceanography and economics. Students lacking preparation in a particular subject area, but who are otherwise qualified to enter the graduate program will be required to take appropriate leveling course work in addition to that specified for the MARM degree. These courses will not be credited as part of the degree plan.


Regular Admission Status

To be admitted to graduate studies an applicant must:

1.  Hold a four-year baccalaureate degree or higher from a college or university of        recognized standing (i.e., a degree recognized as equivalent to a baccalaureate degree      awarded in the U.S.);

2.  Show promise of ability to pursue advanced study and research satisfactorily;      

3.  Have had adequate preparation to enter graduate study in the field chosen; and 

4.  Submit, with the application, acceptable scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Approximately six weeks are required for scores to be received by Texas A&M University at Galveston after the regularly scheduled tests are administered. Scores made on the GRE more than five calendar years prior to application for admission to graduate studies may not normally be used to satisfy admission requirements.