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Graduate Application Process
Graduate application information may be accessed via the Graduate School website: http://www.uri.edu/gsadmis/. Applicants are urged to submit applications on-line. Admission requirements for the Department’s graduate degree programs are as follows:
 Applicants to the Master of Environmental Science and Management Program should have a Bachelor’s degree in biological science, physical science, environmental science, natural resources, or engineering.
Applicants to the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences Program should have a Bachelor’s degree in biological science, physical science, or engineering.
Applicants to the Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences Program should have a Master’s degree, with thesis, in biological science, physical science, or natural resources science, or engineering.
Applicants who do not have an undergraduate or graduate degree in one of the specified fields may be admitted on the condition that they complete certain basic science courses early in their program. Such remedial coursework may not be used for graduate program credit. Calculus, biology, chemistry, physics, ecology, geology, and soil science are examples of subject matter areas in which remedial coursework may be required.
All applicants must have taken the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Applicants from foreign countries must have achieved minimum scores of at least 20 in Reading, 22 in Writing, 17 in Listening and 17 in Speaking on the TOEFL examination.
An important part of the application package is the personal statement. This document should be prepared with care. The Department will be anxious to learn why you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree, what aspect of natural resources science you wish to study, what experiences or qualifications make you an outstanding candidate for admission, which faculty in the Department you would like to study under (and why), and what you hope to achieve with a graduate degree in this field.
The single most important person in your graduate program is your major professor. It is extremely important for you to contact those faculty in the Department who might serve in this role. You should determine, prior to applying, whether the faculty with whom you wish to work are accepting students, what research they are currently pursuing, and if they have financial support for new students. If at all possible, arrange to visit the Department and meet with those faculty whose interests are similar to yours. Note, however, that individual faculty do not have authority to accept students into the program. That decision is made by the Department of Natural Resources Science Graduate Committee, the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, and the Graduate School.
For further information contact:
Dr. Francis Golet
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Natural Resources Science
Coastal Institute in Kingston
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI 02881
401-874-2916
Email: fgswamps@uri.edu
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