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The next date for graduate admission to the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning is Fall 2009. Admission is for the fall semester only. Applications must be submitted or postmarked by December 15, 2008, for the Ph.D. or January 5, 2009, for the M.L.A. Application Procedure for the Master's Program Applicants must submit both the UC Berkeley Graduate Division online application and the Departmental Application (available September 2008). Students interested in a joint degree program with either Architecture or City and Regional Planning should consult the M.L.A./M.Arch. Admissions and M.L.A./M.C.P. Admissions pages, respectively, for additional information. The Departmental Application comprises the following components:
Mail the Departmental Application and supporting materials to: Graduate Admissions Committee It is the applicant's responsibility to make sure that all required materials are submitted. The department is not able to contact applicants whose files are not complete. You may call the Graduate Office at (510) 642-2965 to determine the status of your file after January 26, 2009. To print the application and instruction forms you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader. Application Procedures for the Ph.D. Program Applicants to the Ph.D. program should follow the procedure for the master's program above and include an additional statement describing special areas of research interest. Examples of research and professional work must be submitted on 8-1/2" x 11" unbound sheets with no limit as to quantity. In addition, international applicants must take both the GRE and TOEFL tests. Required Examinations Domestic M.L.A. applicants and all Ph.D. applicants must take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and have their scores reported to the Graduate Division by the Educational Testing Service. The written form of the GRE must be taken by November. The computer-based test must be taken by December. The GRE must have been taken after June 2004. Applicants from non-English-speaking countries must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) examination. M.L.A. applicants who take the TOEFL are not required to take the GRE. The TOEFL must have been taken after June 2007. Minimum required scores are 570 for the paper-based test and 230 for the computer-based test. Foreign applicants who have baccalaureate degrees from educational institutions in which instruction was in English must take the GRE rather than the TOEFL. Visits to Campus While interviews are not a required part of the application process, visits to the Berkeley campus are strongly encouraged. Applicants must make an appointment one month ahead of time if they would like to talk to the student affairs officer or a faculty member. Please note that faculty keep their own calendars, and it is not possible for departmental staff to set up appointments. Faculty members meet with potential applicants during the academic year only: September 1-December 1 (fall semester) and February 1-May 1 (spring semester). Applicants with general admissions questions may set up an appointment with the student affairs officer by sending an e-mail message to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or by calling (510) 642-2965. For general information about visiting the University, please see the UC Berkeley Visitor Services website. |