General Application Information

At the graduate level, applications for admissions are reviewed by departments. Admission recommendations are forwarded by the department to the graduate dean for approval. The Graduate School reserves the right to make the final admission decision.

The Graduate and International Admissions Center (GIAC) serves as the official clearinghouse for all required official admission documents. Applicants should review GIAC's information page.

NOTE: THE UT GRE CODE AND THE LLILAS GRE CODE ARE THE SAME - 6882

Students applying to LLILAS must submit the online application at Apply Texas. There is no additional application required.

In order to meet the LLILAS application deadline, submit the Graduate Admissions application directly to GIAC and the LLILAS material to LLILAS no later than January 15.  Early submissions are encouraged to ensure that all application material is received by this date.  Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

Requirements for graduate applicants (U.S. citizen/Permanent Resident and International):

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited undergraduate institution
• A minimum of 18 hours Latin American content coursework (may be substituted with appropriate experience living or working in Latin America)
• GRE score (verbal and quantitative portions) 1150 preferred
• GPA of 3.25 (minimum) recommended
• Reading and speaking knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese
• A master's degree required of all Ph.D. applicants
• TOEFL score
  - A score of 550 (paper test), 213 (computer-based test), or 79 (Internet-based test) on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) OR an overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is considered the minimum acceptable for admission to The University of Texas at Austin.
  - Information concerning TOEFL schedules and test centers may be obtained from U.S. consulates or binational cultural centers in many countries or from the TOEFL website.

Application Instructions

Step I. Graduate and International Admissions Center (GIAC)

Submit the following to Graduate Admissions on or before January 15:

• The Official Application Form available from the GIAC website. After you submit your application, it loads into our system; usually within one to two days you will be sent an e-mail containing your UT EID and password.  This UT EID is your unique identifier at UT Austin.
• Personal statement
• Official transcripts from every college or university attended
• Official GRE test score (The generic code used by UT for ETS reporting is 6882.) Photocopies of GRE scores will not be accepted.
• TOEFL for international student  Photocopies of TOEFL scores will not be accepted.
• Application fee, U.S. $50.00 for U.S. citizen/permanent resident or $75.00 for international applicants
• Lettes of Recommendation: You will be asked to list the names and e-mail addresses of the three people you wish to recommend you for admission. Once you submit your application, an e-mail will be sent to each recommender instructing them to visit a website and complete a questionnaire. The letters automatically will be routed to the department.

Graduate & International Admissions Center
The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 7608
Austin, TX 78713-7608

You may check online to see what materials have been received by our admissions office at https://utdirect.utexas.edu/admissions/status_check.WBX. Please allow at least two weeks after the anticipated receipt by the Admissions Office at The University of Texas at Austin for your materials to appear as "received" at this site.

Step II. Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)

Submit the following to LLILAS on or before January 15:

• Transcript from every college or university attended
• Résumé or Curriculum Vitae (CV)

LLILAS Graduate Program
SRH 1.301
1 University Station D0800
Austin, TX 78712-0331
512.232.2402

Deadline for receipt at LLILAS of a complete application (including the offical application form, personal statement, and recommendation letters to GIAC and the transcript and résumé or CV to LLILAS): January 15

Step III. Dual Degree Program Admission

In addition to all of the above, contact the partner program for their application instructions.

NOTE: Please complete the dual degree application.

Application deadlines vary; however, on or before January 15 is the application deadline for GIAC and all LLILAS degree programs.

NOTE: These Web pages provide general information as a courtesy to viewers. The catalog of the University (General Information, The Undergraduate Catalog, The Graduate Catalog, and The Law School Catalog) is the document of authority for all students. The requirements given in the catalog supersede information issued by any academic department, program, college, or school. The university reserves the right to change the requirements given in the catalog at any time.