Application Materials
New students are admitted to the Ph.D. program once each year to begin
in the Fall term. (The Department of Linguistics does not offer the
M.A. degree.) All application materials must be received by the
Department no later than December 15. More detailed information about
the application process is available from
Rackham Graduate School
Admissions. Questions about our application process should be
addressed to linggradadmissions@umich.edu.
Complete the official
online Rackham
Graduate Application form and send all other admission materials
(outlined below) in one envelope to:
Linguistics Department
Graduate Admissions
University of Michigan
440 Lorch Hall
611 Tappan Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
Admission materials for new students must include:
- Completed Rackham School of Graduate Studies application;
- Statement of Purpose;
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) results;
- Personal Statement
- Official transcripts of previous work;
- Three letters of recommendation (plus English translations if
originals are not in English);
- Sample of written work (e.g., a term paper);
- For students whose native language is not English, the Test of
English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the Michigan Assessment
Battery (MELAB) is required. Scores of at least 620 on the paper
version of the TOEFL, 260 on the computer-based TOEFL, 84 on the iBT TOEFL, or 87 on MELAB are normally necessary for admission.
Application Materials for the Joint Degree Program in Linguistics and Romance Languages Students may apply to our joint Ph.D. program either as a new student or as a student who is currently enrolled in Romance Languages at the University of Michigan.
For new students, the application package is essentially the
same as that described above. However, the statement of purpose
should outline the student's interests in both Linguistics and the
relevant language. Copies of the application will be forwarded
to the language department, which should be consulted for details.
Application materials must be received prior to December 15 if the
language department has an earlier deadline; applicants should check
with the relevant department for their deadline.
For students already in a Rackham degree program who seek admission
to a joint degree program, the application package should include:
- Original application materials;
- New statement of purpose describing their converging interests in
linguistics and the relevant language(s);
- Current UM transcript;
- List of all courses taken through the Linguistics department,
specifying the instructor;
- Current letters of recommendation, including (for students who
have taken UM Linguistics courses) at least one letter from a
Linguistics faculty member;
- Writing sample (preferably in linguistics).
For all students (i.e., regardless of whether applicants are
external or internal to UM), application materials go to the
Linguistics Admissions Committee, following the normal admissions
cycle.
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