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Application deadline: January 15 (See timeline below for additional information)

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Application Requirements for M.S. Program

1. Personal Statement
   • Write a 700-1200 word statement describing your personal and professional goals and how a graduate degree in Family Sciences will help you to attain those goals. You are encouraged to:
     1. incorporate any personal or professional background information that may be relevant
     2. explain why you are particularly interested in attending the program at the University of Kentucky
     3. describe your current research interests and identify the faculty member(s) whose interests most closely align with yours (View our faculty).
2. Three letters of recommendation that speak to your academic potential.

At present, no assistantships are offered to Master's students. Applicants must meet the Graduate School admission requirements. GRE is not required.

Application Requirements for Ph.D. Program 

1. Personal Statement
   • Write a 700-1200 word statement describing your personal and professional goals and how a doctorate in Family Sciences will help you to attain those goals. This should also specifically address how being trained as a researcher and teacher fits into your career goals and aspirations. You are also encouraged to:
     1. incorporate any personal or professional background information that may be relevant
     2. explain why you are particularly interested in attending the Ph.D. program at the University of Kentucky
     3. describe your current research interests, area of emphasis in the program, and identify the faculty member(s) whose research focus and record most closely align with yours (View our faculty).
2. Waiver of Previous Foundational Coursework
   • If you would like to have any of your pervious coursework considered for a waiver of foundational courses part of the Family Sciences Ph.D. curriculum, at the end of your Personal Statement, please list the course code(s) and title(s), institution(s), year, and grade of this coursework using the form provided.
3. Three letters of recommendation that speak to your academic potential (for M.S. graduates from Family Sciences at the University of Kentucky, one letter must come from outside of the Family Sciences Department)

Applicants must meet the Graduate School admission requirements. In your application, please also indicate whether you would like to be considered for an assistantship. GRE is not required.

Admission Timeline

Admissions for all Department of Family Sciences graduate programs are conducted one time each year, with all students beginning in the fall semester.

• January 15: Deadline to submit applications for full consideration for fall semester of the same calendar year. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. To apply for an assistantship, please type a single sentence in a document indicating whether you want to be considered for a half-time (10 hours/week) or full-time (20 hours/week) assistantship, then upload it in the appropriate location in the online application (recipients will be selected based on funding availability, the needs of the department, your qualifications, and the overall quality of your application). Assistantships are primarily assigned to doctoral students.
• Mid-March: Notification date of admissions decisions.
• April 15: Deadline to notify the Director of Graduate Studies whether you accept admission and intend to enroll.