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How to Apply:
For the Scripps PhD and MS Programs:
The Fall 2013 application will go online August 20, 2012. Scripps does not admit in the Winter and Spring quarters.
Incomplete files are considered only if space is available.
The application deadline is January 4, 2013. LATE APPLICATIONS ARE GENERALLY NOT ACCEPTED. Exceptions for special circumstances will be considered by petition. Click here for the online application.
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The following documents are required:
1. Statement of Purpose (submitted with electronic application)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Online Statement of Purpose preferred
- Maximum 2 pages, 2500 word limit, no smaller than 10-point font
- State and justify your interest in research areas and Scripps faculty
- Discuss why you are interested in these areas and how your
experiences (academic or otherwise) are relevant to your continuing
academic studies. Include any research experience or publications you
have and list any skills not otherwise noted in your application.
- Explain why you choose to become a graduate student and why you choose the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
- Additional information.
2. Transcripts of all college-level work uploaded directly onto the application in a pdf (gradapply.ucsd.edu). Transcripts may be unofficial as long as they contain all the standard information you would find on an official transcript.
3. Three letters of recommendation, submitted via electronic application process (preferred), or mailed directly to the Department by the recommender
4. Checklist of courses (for applicants to the Ocean Biosciences Program)
5. Graduate Record Examination (GRE), general test score report. The GRE test is changing. THE NEW GRE EXAM WILL BE ADMINISTERED STARTING AUGUST 1, 2011. Please see this site for more details.
6.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) subject test score (suggested for applicants to the Ocean Biosciences Program)
7. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score report*
8. Application fee ($80 for U.S. Citizens and $100 for International Applicants)
We encourage all prospective students to identify and contact faculty who are conducting research in your field of study. To browse Scripps faculty and researchers, please visit our research website. http://sio.ucsd.edu/Research/ The “Researcher Search” feature on the right side of the page can be used to identify faculty, researchers, and students working on projects in your area of interest.
It is also important to review the fellowships offered by UCSD's Office of Graduate Studies:
-Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
-San Diego Fellowship
-Tribal Membership Initiative
The GRE and TOEFL examinations must be taken no later than November in
order for the scores to arrive before the application deadline.
Report GRE scores to:
Institution Code 4836 (UC San Diego)
No department code needed
Test scores are valid for five years after the exam date
Report TOEFL scores to:
Institution Code 4836 (UC San Diego)
No department code needed
TOEFL scores are valid for two years after the exam date
All international applicants whose native language is not English and
whose undergraduate education was conducted in a language other than
English must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language and submit
their official test scores to the Office of Graduate Admissions.
Arrangements for taking the TOEFL may be made through the nearest
United States Embassy or by writing to the Educational Testing Service,
Box 899, Princeton, New Jersey 08541, or at http://www.toefl.com .
Graduate Department Address:
University of California, San Diego
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Graduate Department
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0208
La Jolla, CA 92093-0208
UPS, Fedex, DHL, etc. Address:
8630 Discovery Way, Room 22
La Jolla, CA 92037
For the M.B.A/ Doctoral program: Concurrent degree students must first be admitted to the Ph.D. program
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography through the normal admissions
process. Once enrolled at Scripps, students may apply to the Rady
School in the year preceding their desired commencement of MBA study.
Prospective MBA students will need to fulfill all normal requirements
in applying for the Rady MBA, including taking the Graduate Management
Admissions Test (GMAT). More information can be found here.
Any other questions can be directed via e-mail to the Graduate Office at:
siodept@sio.ucsd.edu.
For the SDSU Joint Doctoral program in Geology and Geophysics:
The Application for Fall 2013 will be available October 2012. The deadline to complete your application is January 10, 2013.
A joint graduate group from the Geophysics Program of Scripps
Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego
(UCSD) and the Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State
University (SDSU) offer a Joint Doctoral Program in Geophysics. The complementary specialties and ongoing,
vigorous collaborations between the two groups result in two focus
areas: earthquake science and applied geophysics. Integrating
geophysics at UCSD and SDSU will provide outstanding opportunities for
students to develop the skills needed to address important local,
regional, and global societal problems where geophysics can contribute
to the solutions.
Click here for the online application.
Application information for this program can be found here.
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