The Graduate School at the University of Mississippi recognizes that COVID-19 affects our prospective students and applicants just as it affects our current students. We know that many applicants planned to take a test required as part of admissions to one of our programs and are not going to be able to do so. We have allowed programs that are still accepting applications to waive the requirements for standardized tests should they wish to do so. This waiver only applies for admission for the 2020 summer and fall terms. Information about the University of Mississippi Graduate School’s support for students during COVID-19 can be found on our In This Together website.

If you are interested in any of these programs, we encourage you to contact us about your interest regardless of any published deadlines.

Please check back regularly as additional programs may elect to waive the standardized test requirement(s) for admission.

Below is a list of programs that are participating as well as the specific tests they are waiving (in some cases, programs may waive the requirement for one test and not another).

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Program	Waived Test Requirement(s) for 2020 Summer and Fall Admission	Fall 2020 Deadline
Anthropology, MA	GRE
Business Administration, MBA and PMBA	GRE/GMAT	July 1
Economics, MA and PhD	GRE	Rolling
Education, Early Childhood Education, MEd	GRE, Praxis II Content Field, Praxis II PLT	June 1
Education, Ed Leadership, PhD and EdD	GRE	Rolling
Education, Elementary Education, MEd, EdS, and EdD	GRE, Praxis II Content Field, Praxis II PLT	Rolling
Education, Secondary Education, MEd, EdS, EdD and PhD	GRE, Praxis II Content Field, Praxis II PLT	Rolling
Education, Master of Arts in Teaching (online & residential)	GRE, Praxis II Content Field, Praxis II PLT	Rolling
Education, Secondary Math Education, EdD	GRE, Praxis II Content Field, Praxis II PLT	Rolling
Education, Special Education, MEd, EdS and PhD	GRE, Praxis II Content Field, Praxis II PLT	Rolling
Engineering, Civil, MS and PhD	GRE	Rolling
Engineering, Computer Science, MS and PhD	GRE	June 1
Engineering, Environmental, MS and PhD	GRE	Rolling
Engineering, Geology and Geological,  MS and PhD	GRE	June 1 Rolling
HESRM, Exercise Science, MS	GRE	Rolling
HESRM, Health & Kinesiology, PhD	GRE	Rolling
HESRM, Health Promotion, MS	GRE	Rolling
HESRM, Sport & Recreation Admin, MS	GRE	Rolling
Hospitality Management, MS	GRE	July 15 Rolling
Integrated Marketing Communication, MS (online & residential)	GRE	July 31
Journalism, MA	GRE
Food and Nutrition Services, MS	GRE	Rolling
Nutrition & Hospitality Management,PhD	GRE	Rolling
Modern Language, French, MA	GRE
Modern Language, German, MA	GRE
Modern Language, Spanish, MA	GRE
Music, Musicology, MM	GRE	Rolling
Music, Ethnomusicology, MM	GRE	Rolling
Music, Music Theory, MM	GRE	Rolling
Music, Music Education, MM and PhD	GRE	Rolling
Philosophy, MA	GRE	Rolling
Pharmacy, Environmental Pharmacy, MS and PhD	GRE	February 1
Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy, MS	GRE	June 1 Rolling
Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, MS and PhD	GRE	February 1
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics, MS and PhD	GRE	June 1 Rolling
Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy, MS and PhD	GRE	February 1
Pharmacy, Pharmacology, MS and PhD	GRE	February 1
Social Work, MSW	GRE	Rolling
Sociology, MA	GRE
Southern Studies, MA	GRE

 

Language proficiency assessment for international scholars

To satisfy the English proficiency requirement, the Graduate School accepts a wide variety of English tests, including TOEFL and IELTS, and is currently also accepting the Duolingo English Test (DET) on a case-by-case basis for applicants who have been impacted by test center closures. Please see https://international.olemiss.edu/english-proficiency-requirements-11-2019/ for additional details about language proficiency requirements and exemptions.

 

Holistic Application Review

The University of Mississippi Graduate School encourages programs to review applications holistically and to take seriously the challenges that applicants have faced and are facing during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS), with ~500 member colleges and universities—including The University of Mississippi—has issued a statement recommending “holistic review as a good admissions practice that benefits programs, institutions, and students under any circumstances”, particularly during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement can be found at the following webpage:

https://cgsnet.org/cgs-statement-graduate-admissions-during-covid-19-pandemic-0