Instructions For Completing The Online Application

Step 1 - Complete the online Graduate Application

An online graduate application must be completed and submitted before sending any supporting materials to the University. This will ensure that these materials can be linked with your application as they are received. To complete the University of Maryland Graduate School online application, click on the following link:
University of Maryland Graduate School Online Application

Note: If you are applying to the MBA or MS program offered by the Robert H. Smith School of Business, click here

Step 2 - Pay your Application Fee

When you submit your online application, you will be assessed a $60 non-refundable application processing fee. Applicants are responsible for paying this fee whether or not they submit any supporting materials, are offered admission, or choose to enroll.

Step 3 - Complete your program's Application Supplemental Form (ASF)

After you submit your online application, you will be able to access your program’s Application Supplemental Form (ASF). Through the ASF, applicants provide additional information that is specific to the graduate program such as:

• Letters of recommendation
• Statement of Goals/Research Interests, and Experiences
• Writing sample
• Resume/Curriculum Vitae
• Any other information requested by the Graduate Program to which you are applying

You can log into your Application Supplemental Form (ASF) using your online graduate application account here.

Step 4 - Submit Test Scores and Transcripts

Test Scores:

The Graduate School at the University of Maryland will only accept official test scores sent directly by the testing agencies. You must request the testing agencies that administer the following tests: GRE, GMAT, Miller Analogies Test, TOEFL, or IELTS, to report your test scores to the University of Maryland, College Park. The University's institutional score reporting code for the GRE and TOEFL tests is 5814.

Transcripts:

Applicants must send official, sealed undergraduate and graduate transcripts from all post-secondary schools they have attended.

Transcripts should be mailed to:

University of Maryland College Park
Enrollment Services Operation – Attn: Graduate Admissions
Room 0130 Mitchell Building
College Park, MD 20742

When mailing in transcripts and other supporting materials for your graduate application, please use the following checklist as a coversheet.

Applicants with international credentials or who currently hold a visa, please click here for more information.

For information on applying as an In-State applicant, please click here.

To read the University's policy on collecting and using Social Security numbers, please click here.

If you are unable to complete the Online Graduate Application, an Adobe PDF version is available for download here. International applicants using this PDF form must also complete the Certification of Finances. Department Supplemental Materials forms are available here.