Application Process

Application procedures

  1. Find an ESSM faculty member who is willing to serve as your major professor (i.e., advisor or "chair"). Check that professor's research interests and contact them with your information (i.e., research/professional interests, CV, GPA, GRE scores, and preferably unofficial transcripts). Review the list of our faculty and their research areas. Your admission application will not be reviewed until a faculty member has agreed to serve as your chair.
  2. Fill out an on-line application for graduate study at Texas A&M through ApplyTexas (www.applytexas.org).
  3. Pay the application fee (electronically via ApplyTexas).
  4. Submit official transcripts of coursework from all colleges/universities you have attended.
  5. Submit official GRE scores that are less than five years old. The institutional code for Texas A&M University for reporting GRE and TOEFL scores is 6003; no department code is needed. (We do not accept GMAT for our program.)
  6. International applicants: Submit proof of English proficiency, if required.
  7. In addition, you must submit directly to the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (via e-mail to Sara Eliason, graduate program administrator, skeliason@tamu.edu):
  • Three (3) letters of recommendation (preferably from professors).
  • A statement of purpose.
  • Your resume/CV.

>U.S. applicants: for more details on these steps see the Office of Admissions application process.
>International applicants: for details on these steps see the Office of Admissions international application process.

>Track the status of your application in the TAMU Applicant Information System (AIS).

Application deadlines
For U.S. applicants:

  • June 15 for fall semester
  • October 15 for spring semester
  • March 15 for summer semester

For international applicants:

  • February 15 for summer/fall semesters
  • September 15 for spring semester

 

Admissions requirements

  • a minimum 3.0 GPA
  • competitive GRE verbal and quantitative scores (> 50 percentile)
  • Admission decisions may also be influenced by consideration of research experiences (for M.S. and Ph.D. applicants) or professional training (for M.Agr. and MNRD applicants) and achievements beyond undergraduate study that demonstrate potential for success in a graduate program.

Admission decisions
You will learn whether you have been admitted via letters to you from the Texas A&M University Office of Admissions and the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management.

Tuition & fees
To learn more about the cost of study at Texas A&M, explore the Tuition and Fee Calculator from Student Business Services. Click on the calculator icon and a wizard will walk you through several questions. It will then display the most appropriate Tuition & Required Fee rate sheet based on how you answered the questions.

Financial support
Check the ESSM Financial Support page for information on graduate student funding.