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Home: Academics: Graduate Programs: Joint Program in English and Education

Joint Program in English and Education: Admissions Information

Are you interested in applying to our program? If so, you've come to the right place. Just follow the steps below. Links will open up in a new window, close the window to return to this page.

1. Do you have any questions you would like answered before you apply? If so, contact the program . If not, continue on to item 2.

2.   If you would like to apply, please submit the following:

• A completed application sent to the program and a completed application and fee to the Horace H. Rackham Graduate School, which is the overall administrative unit for graduate programs. If the application is submitted online, both the program and the Graduate School will automatically receive a copy of the application. Fee waivers are available through the Rackham Graduate School for prospective students who qualify for Specialized Fee Waiver Groups. Please check Rackham's fee waiver Web page to see if you are eligible for one of these groups.
• Two official copies of transcripts from each undergraduate and graduate school attended.
• References- at least three letters of recommendation.
• A clear and carefully considered statement of the applicant's academic and career interests (specifying reasons for wanting to enter this particular program), usually 1-3 pages in length.
• A 10-page sample of the applicant's academic writing.
• A carefully written personal statement of how your background and life experiences, including cultural, geographical, financial, educational or other opportunities or challenges, motivated your decision to pursue a graduate degree at the University of Michigan?
• Curriculum Vitae/Resume
• Scores from the Graduate Record Examination, General Exam only. (The exam must have been taken within five years of the application deadline.)

3. Application Deadline: All materials must be received in our office by January 15 and applicants will be informed of decisions by mid-March.

Meanwhile, if you have questions about the Program, visit the Rackham Graduate School Web site or send an email message to the Coordinator of the Program, Jeanie Mahoney Laubenthal.

Note: We match documents to an application using the name appearing on the Rackham application. If the name on your documents, i.e., transcript, letter of recommendation, portfolio, etc., is different from the name appearing on your application, please be sure to indicate all former last names or other first names on question 3 of the Rackham application. Contact us if you have information about your name that you did not include on the Rackham application.

Beginning Fall 2006, the University of Michigan will require certain entering international students to be screened for tuberculosis (TB). This new requirement is in response to recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Michigan Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis to screen individuals from countries where TB is common. Screening will be offered free on campus and a TB infection would not jeopardize a student's visa status. Health care is completely confidential. For further information, see http://www.uhs.umich.edu/tbscreen.