University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Overview
The University of Florida is a major, public, land-grant, research university. The state’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive university, UF is among the nation’s most academically diverse. One of only seventeen land-grant universities in the Association of American Universities, UF has a long history of established programs in international education, research, and service. UF also has an outstanding intercollegiate sports program.
UF’s 48,000 students are from all sixty-seven Florida counties (86 percent), the remaining forty-nine states (9 percent), and 100 other countries (5 percent). The University of Florida is the tenth-largest university in the U.S. and the largest university in the Southeast. UF is the number one Florida recruiter and the number four U.S. recruiter of National Merit Scholars (after Harvard, Yale, and Texas). Of fall freshmen, 25 percent have GPAs above 4.0 and SAT I scores above 1360. UF’s student body is made up of 48 percent men. Five percent (9,500) are members of minority groups. Seventy-two percent are undergraduate students (34,000), 21 percent are graduate students (9,300), and 7 percent are professional students (4,600).
The Location and Community
An hour from each coast, the Gainesville metropolitan statistical area’s population is near 240,000. One of the 100 best U.S. cities, Gainesville’s urban forest makes its home in Florida’s heart. Highs average 76°F to 82°F in the spring and fall, 89°F to 91°F in the summer, and 69°F in the winter. Alachua County delights nature lovers with its 965 square miles, 65 percent of which are made up of wilderness, lakes, wetlands, and trails.
Programs of Study and Degree Requirements
The University of Florida (UF) Graduate School offers the Ph.D. in eighty-six disciplines, in addition to the Doctor of Audiology, Doctor of Education, and Doctor of Plant Medicine degrees. There are master’s programs in 111 disciplines, fourteen Engineer degree programs, and twelve Specialist in Education programs. In addition, a number of interdisciplinary concentrations are available at the doctoral level, and there are many successful joint-degree programs. Professional postbaccalaureate degrees are offered in dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, physician assistance, and veterinary medicine.
Facilities & Resources
UF major research centers include the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research; the Center for Environmental Systems Commercial Space Technology; the Center for Applied Optimization; the Database Systems Research and Development Center; the Engineering Research Center for Particle Science and Technology; the Florida Museum of Natural History; the Genetics and Cancer Research Center; the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity; the McKnight Brain Institute; the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory partnership with Florida State University and Los Alamos; the Proton-beam Therapy Center; and the new Public Health and Health Professions, Nursing, and Pharmacy Building.
UF’s nine libraries offer more than 4 million catalogued volumes and links to fulltext articles in more than 34,000 journals. Of national significance are the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, the Latin American Collection, the Map and Imagery Library, the P. K. Yonge Library of Florida History (preeminent Floridiana collection), the Price Library of Judaica, and holdings on architectural preservation and eighteenth-century American architecture, late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German state documents, rural sociology of Florida, and tropical and subtropical agriculture.
Multicultural Students
Student, faculty and staff diversity is a key, integral factor in graduate education at the University of Florida. The UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs, along with other agencies on campus, exists to nurture, enhance and expand it, fostering an equitable, hospitable and inclusive educational environment where people of all backgrounds, ages and life experiences can achieve their personal and professional best through higher learning, teaching and research. Read more..
International Students
International applicants whose native language is not English must also supply TOEFL scores. UF International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS), part of UF Academic Affairs, helps the campus community with immigration matters and provides services to international students, scholars and their dependents: admission, orientation, academic and personal counseling, emergency assistance, community relations and student activities.
Expenses and Aid
Tuition is $414.44 per credit hour for Florida residents and $1,084.63 per credit hour for nonresidents. Near graduation, there are expenses for typing and duplicating a thesis (dissertation) and fees for library processing, microfilming, and publishing the dissertation abstract.
Financial Aid:
The Graduate Fellowship Initiative (http://www.aa.ufl.edu/fellows) offers Alumni Graduate Fellowships to superior students entering Ph.D. and M.F.A. programs. In addition, qualified graduate students are eligible for other fellowships, assistantships, and awards (http://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu/students/financial-aid.html). UF also has a substantial number of fellowships targeted specifically for underrepresented students (http://gradschool.rgp.ufl.edu/diversity/introduction.html#ogmp). Applications for these awards should be made to the appropriate department chair on or before February 15 of each year.
Non-Florida tuition payments and in-state tuition payments are available to eligible graduate students who hold assistantships or certain fellowships. These payments cover most tuition charges.
Housing/Living Expenses:
UF provides some variety in types of accommodations. The double room for 2 students is the most common. Air-conditioned dormitory rooms range from $1,668 to $2,710 per person per semester. Accommodations for single graduate or professional students in Diamond Apartment Village begin at $521 per person per month. At present, a one-bedroom unfurnished apartment off campus rents for about $750 per month.
How to Apply
First-time UF graduate students need a B average for all upper-division undergraduate work, a verbal and quantitative combined GRE score of 1000, and a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Individual departments may have higher requirements. Applicants whose native language is not English need a TOEFL score of 550 on the paper-based test or 213 on the computer-based test. Deadlines can be found in the graduate catalog and at http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/currents/criticaldates.html.
Who to Contact
Graduate Admissions Office
201 Criser Hall
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida 32611-4000
The Graduate Departments
• College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Master of Agribusiness: Food and Resource Economics. Master of Agriculture: Agriculture Education and Communication, Animal Sciences, Botany, Food and Resource Economics, Soil and Water Science. Master of Family, Youth, and Community Sciences. Master of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Master of Forest Resources and Conservation: Forest Resources and Conservation (Geomatics). Master of Science: Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Agricultural Education and Communication (Farming Systems); Agronomy; Animal Sciences; Botany; Entomology and Nematology; Family, Youth, and Community Sciences; Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Food and Resource Economics; Food Science and Human Nutrition (Nutritional Sciences); Forest Resources and Conservation (Geomatics); Horticultural Science (Environmental Horticulture, Horticultural Sciences); Interdisciplinary Ecology; Microbiology and Cell Science; Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology; Plant Pathology; Soil and Water Science; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Doctor of Philosophy: Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Agricultural Education and Communication; Agronomy; Animal Sciences; Botany; Entomology and Nematology; Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Food and Resource Economics; Food Science and Human Nutrition (Food Science, Nutritional Sciences); Forest Resources and Conservation (Geomatics); Horticultural Science (Environmental Horticulture, Horticultural Sciences); Interdisciplinary Ecology; Microbiology and Cell Science; Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology; Plant Pathology; Soil and Water Science; Wildlife Ecology and Conservation. Doctor of Plant Medicine.
• Warrington College of Business Administration. Master of Accounting. Master of Arts: Business Administration (Insurance, International Business, Marketing), Economics. Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.): Arts Administration, Competitive Strategy, Decision and Information Sciences, Electronic Commerce, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Management, Graham-Buffet Security Analysis, Human Resource Management, International Studies, Latin American Business, Management, Marketing, Real Estate, Sports Administration. Master of Science: Business Administration (Entrepreneurship, Insurance, Marketing, Real Estate and Urban Analysis, Retailing), Decision and Information Sciences, Finance, Management. Doctor of Philosophy: Business Administration (Accounting, Decision and Information Sciences, Finance, Insurance, Management, Marketing, Real Estate and Urban Analysis), Economics.
• College of Dentistry. Master of Science: Dental Sciences (Endodontics, Orthodontics, Periodontics, Prosthodontics), Oral Biology.
• College of Design, Construction, and Planning. Master of Architecture. Master of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning. Master of Building Construction: Building Construction (Sustainable Construction). Master of Interior Design. Master of International Construction Management. Master of Landscape Architecture. Master of Science in Architectural Studies. Master of Science in Building Construction (Sustainable Construction). Doctor of Philosophy: Design, Construction, and Planning (Architecture, Building Construction, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning).
• College of Education. Master of Arts in Education: Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Educational Leadership, Educational Psychology, Elementary Education, English Education, Foundations of Education, Marriage and Family Counseling, Mathematics Education, Mental Health Counseling, Reading Education, Research and Evaluation Methodology, School Counseling and Guidance, School Psychology, Science Education, Social Studies Education, Special Education, Student Personnel in Higher Education. Master of Education (majors: same as Master of Arts in Education degree). Specialist in Education (special degree requiring one year of graduate work beyond the master’s degree): Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Leadership, Educational Psychology, Foundations of Education, Higher Education Administration, Marriage and Family Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, Research and Evaluation Methodology, School Counseling and Guidance, School Psychology, Special Education, Student Personnel in Higher Education. Doctor of Education: Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Leadership, Educational Psychology, Foundations of Education, Higher Education Administration, Marriage and Family Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, Research and Evaluation Methodology, School Counseling and Guidance, School Psychology, Special Education, Student Personnel in Higher Education. Doctor of Philosophy: Curriculum and Instruction, Educational Leadership, Educational Psychology, Foundations of Education, Higher Education Administration, Instruction and Curriculum, Marriage and Family Counseling, Mental Health Counseling, Research and Evaluation Methodology, School Counseling and Guidance, School Psychology, Special Education, Student Personnel in Higher Education.
• College of Engineering. Master of Civil Engineering. Master of Engineering: Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering Sciences. Master of Science: Aerospace Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Digital Arts and Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering Sciences. Engineer (special degree requiring one year of graduate work beyond the master’s degree: same programs as for Master of Engineering degree, except Biomedical Engineering). Doctor of Philosophy: Aerospace Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering Sciences, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering Sciences.
• College of Fine Arts. Master of Arts: Art Education, Art History, Digital Arts and Sciences, Museology (Museum Studies). Master of Fine Arts: Art, Theater. Master of Music: Music (Choral Conducting, Composition, Instrumental Conducting, Music History and Literature, Music Theory, Performance, Sacred Music); Music Education. Doctor of Philosophy: Art History; Music (Composition, Music History and Literature); Music Education.
• College of Health and Human Performance. Master of Science: Applied Physiology and Kinesiology (Athletic Training/Sport Medicine, Biomechanics, Clinical Exercise Physiology, Exercise Physiology, Human Performance, Motor Learning/Control, Sport and Exercise Psychology); Health Education and Behavior; Recreation, Parks, and Tourism; Sport Management. Doctor of Philosophy: Health and Human Performance (Athletic Training/Sport Medicine, Biomechanics, Exercise Physiology, Health Behavior, Motor Learning/Control, Natural Resource Recreation, Sport and Exercise Psychology, Sport Management, Therapeutic Recreation, Tourism).
• College of Journalism and Communications. Master of Advertising. Master of Arts in Mass Communication. Doctor of Philosophy: Mass Communication.
• Levin College of Law . Master of Laws in Comparative Law. Master of Laws in International Taxation. Master of Laws in Taxation.
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Master of Arts: Anthropology, Classical Studies, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Criminology and Law, English, French, Geography (Applications of Geographic Technologies), German, History, Latin, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Political Science—International Relations, Psychology, Religion, Sociology, Spanish, Women’s Studies. Master of Arts in Teaching: Anthropology, French, Geography, Latin, Latin American Studies, Linguistics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Political Science—International Relations, Psychology, Spanish. Master of Fine Arts: Creative Writing. Master of Latin. Master of Science: Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Zoology. Master of Science in Statistics. Master of Science in Teaching: Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology, Zoology. Master of Statistics. Master of Women’s Studies. Doctor of Audiology. Doctor of Philosophy: Anthropology, Astronomy, Botany, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Counseling Psychology, Criminology and Law, English, Geography, Geology, German, History, Linguistics, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Political Science—International Relations, Psychology, Religious Studies, Romance Languages (French, Spanish), Sociology, Statistics, Zoology.
• College of Medicine. Master of Science: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Epidemiology (Biostatistics, Health Policy), Medical Sciences (Clinical Investigation). Doctor of Philosophy: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology and Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology).
• College of Nursing. Master of Science in Nursing. Doctor of Philosophy: Nursing Sciences.
• College of Pharmacy. Master of Science in Pharmacy: Pharmaceutical Sciences (Forensic Drug Chemistry, Forensic Serology and DNA, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Health Care Administration). Doctor of Philosophy: Pharmaceutical Sciences (Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Health Care Administration).
• College of Public Health and Health Professions: Master of Health Administration. Master of Health Science: Occupational Therapy. Rehabilitation Counseling. Master of Occupational Therapy. Master of Physical Therapy. Master of Public Health: Public Health (Biostatistics, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Public Health Management and Policy, Social and Behavioral Sciences). Doctor of Philosophy: Health Services Research, Psychology (Clinical Psychology), Rehabilitation Science.
• College of Veterinary Medicine: Master of Science: Veterinary Medical Sciences (Forensic Toxicology). Doctor of Philosophy: Veterinary Medical Sciences.
• Innovative Program Options . UF’s Web site for distance education resources and opportunities provides information about the various degrees, certificates, and courses offered.
• Interdisciplinary Concentrations and Certificates. African Studies, Agroforestry, Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology, Biological Sciences, Chemical Physics, Ecological Engineering, Geographic Information Sciences, Gerontological Studies, Historic Preservation, Hydrologic Sciences, Latin American Studies, Medical Physics, Quantitative Finance, Quantum Theory Project, Toxicology, Translation Studies, Tropical Agriculture, Tropical Conservation and Development, Tropical Studies, Vision Sciences, Wetland Sciences, Women’s and Gender Studies.
• Combined, Concurrent, and Joint Programs. Prospective students should check with the major department on the availability of combined (bachelor’s/master’s), concurrent (simultaneous study toward two graduate degrees), and joint (coupling of graduate and professional degrees) programs.