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Graduate Admissions Contact: Lilia Johnson (liliajohnson@uchicago.edu)
Completing the Application
A completed application requires undergraduate transcripts (one official copy from each institution attended) and three letters of recommendation.
Important Reminders for Applicants
The following statements supersede contradictory entries in any printed materials:
- This year's deadline for applications is Monday, December 2nd 2024.
- The Application Fee is $90. Please note that this fee can be waivered if the applicant falls in one of several categories listed at the following link. In addition, if the fee represents a financial burden, mechanisms to waive are noted in the application and processed following submission.
- When applying online you will be asked to list faculty of interest before submitting your application. Read about the research interests of our faculty on their faculty profiles.
- Students wishing to transfer to UChicago from another US institution must submit, in addition to letters and transcripts from their undergraduate institution, a transcript and two letters of recommendation from faculty at the graduate institution they are leaving. One of the two letters should be from the research sponsor if the student has already begun research.
- Applicants who do not meet the waiver criteria for Proof of English Language Proficiency here must follow the instructions to submit revelant test scores. Only the TOEFL iBT or IELTS Academic tests are accepted as proof of proficiency. The Department of Chemistry requires a minimum TOEFL score of 90 overall or a minimum IELTS scores of 7.0 overall. TOEFL or IELTS score reports are valid for two years and scores will be considered expired if the test was taken more than two years prior to the application deadline. Please see UChicagoGRAD’s page for complete details.
- Both the Chemistry subject and general GRE test scores are not required. We note that they may be included as an optional component to the application, at the applicant’s discretion.
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Students must be legally authorized to work in the United States for the University of Chicago in order to meet the degree requirements to earn a PhD in this program. Note that international students on F-1 and J-1 visas are normally eligible for on-campus employment.
International applicants may find this information helpful.
If you are interested in learning more about the Ph.D. program in Chemistry at the University of Chicago and the application process/waivers, please sign up to attend our Virtual Information Sessions. All 2024 dates have passed. Future sessions will be posted in Fall 2025.
Both sessions will cover identical information. When you sign up, the RSVP confirmation email will contain information about how to log in to the info session.
We hope that you will join us!