We welcome your application to our graduate program in Plant Pathology. The Graduate Selection Committee meets regularly throughout the year to review all current applicants. The target date for foreign applicants for Fall admission is December 1 and for domestic applicants is January 1. The target dates for Spring admission for foreign applicants is June 1 and for domestic applicants is October 1. Applicants are encouraged to submit their material by these target dates in order to have the best opportunity for financial assistance, but the department will consider applicants at any time. Requirements for all applications are summarized in the link to the University of Arizona Graduate School web site. You can obtain the forms from this web site or ask Rachael Mattull (below) to send you this material.

In addition to the information required by the University of Arizona Graduate School, our division requests that you send directly to us a copy of your GRE scores and a letter of application summarizing your research interests and professional goals. This letter is a crucial part of your application, since it provides information we need to judge whether our program will fit your career plans. We also request that you send to the Division duplicates (photocopies are acceptable) of all other application materials especially transcripts, that you send to the graduate school. Finally, ask those that are writing letters of recommendation to please send a copy of their letters to us as well as to the Graduate School.

Most of our graduate students are supported either by competitively awarded departmental research assistantships, by teaching assistantships, or by funds from individual faculty grants. An application for a graduate assistantship will be enclosed in the general application forms. Please send your letter of application and other application materials to: Rachael Mattull, Department of Plant Sciences, 319 Forbes Building, University of Arizona, P.O. Box 210036, Tucson, AZ 85721-0036 USA.

Thank you for your interest. If you would like to know more about graduate studies at the University of Arizona, please feel free to call or email Dr. Hans VanEtten, Professor and Chair of Graduate Selection Committee (520-621-9355 vanetten@ag.arizona.edu) or Rachael Mattull (520-621-1219 or rmattull@email.arizona.edu).