Graduate Study

How to apply

Application deadline dates: January 1st for the Fall Semester and November 1st for the Spring.

All applicants: A 60 USD application fee is required before any application is reviewed.

Domestic applicants only: For consideration of a fee waiver, please submit the Fee Waiver Form

Admission to the Graduate Program in Chemistry is based on careful evaluation of scholastic record, letters of recommendation, and performance on the Graduate Record Examinations (General and Advanced). Applicants from countries where English is not the native language must also submit satisfactory scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language(TOEFL).

GRE
The Graduate Program in Chemistry requires all applicants to submit their scores on the General and Advanced (Subject) examinations. International applicants are considered only after receipt of both General & Subject scores. In general, applicants are expected to score in the 70th percentile or higher in the Advanced (chemistry) and Quantitative tests. The sum of the Verbal and Quantitative scores must equal 1,000 or more. If you send the Chemistry Program copies of the GRE and TOEFL score report you receive, it will hasten the decision on your application. The GRE and TOEFL scores often reach us long after they should.

TOEFL
A score of 600(paper)/250(computer)/100(IBT) or above is required. The University requires all international applicants whose native language is not English to submit the score they have obtained. Almost the only exception is made for applicants who have studied three or more years at the undergraduate or preparatory school level in an English speaking country. If you think you qualify as an exception, please indicate why.

The application form is available online from the Office of Graduate and Professional Admission.

For more information, please contact:

Graduate Program in Chemistry
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Department of Chemistry
610 Taylor Road
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8087
732-445-3223 (phone) 732-445-5312 (fax; attn: Melissa Grunwerg)
grad@rutchem.rutgers.edu