Admission Requirements & Application Procedures

The autumn 2013 application deadline is December 15, 2012.

Important! For complete information see the Application Guidelines

All components of the application are submitted on line through the Graduate School Application for Admission, with the exception of the digital voice file required if applying for a TA position.

For your convenience, here is a summary of application requirements:

• See Application Guidelines.
• Begin On-Line Application to the Graduate School
• Request Official Test Score Reports: (See Graduate School requirements forEnglish Language Proficiency)
• For most domestic applicants: GRE
• For most international applicants:  TOEFL or IELTS
• Designate Providers of Recommendations (3)
• Complete Assistantship and Fellowship Application
• See Graduate School Conditions of appointment for non-native speakers of English
• Submit Unofficial Transcripts
• Submit Academic Autobiographical Statement
• Submit Writing Sample

  If applying for a Teaching Assistant position, the following are also required:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV) or Résumé, submitted online through the Graduate School Application for Admission.
• Digital voice recording (mp3 format preferred) to anadobao@uw.edu

Application Guidelines

Note: Please DO NOT MAIL any transcripts to the Division of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.  All transcripts for the admission application are collected online.  

International Applicants - When you receive notification that you have been recommended for admission by your graduate program, you must then submit official transcripts and additional application materials to the Graduate School. See Required Materials for International Applicants.
Domestic Applicants - When you accept your formal offer of admission, you must then provide an official final degree transcript to the Graduate School.

For additional information regarding the admissions process, please see the UW Graduate School's FAQ page.

APPLICATION MATERIALS SUBMISSION CHECKLIST
(choose Hispanic Studies)

Admissions and Selection Process

The University's Office of Graduate Admissions ascertains that the University's general requirements have been met. The Division of Spanish and Portuguese Studies judges the more specialized requisites and will insist that applicants hold at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent, with a major (or equivalent study) in Spanish. A grade-point average of no less than 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) for the combined junior and senior years of undergraduate work, as well as for any post-graduate study already accomplished, is highly desirable. No minimum GRE (Graduate Record Examination) score is required from applicants who are required to take this test. However, the Division finds an average score of 500 and above encouraging. Admission to the Division of Spanish and Portuguese Studies is competitive.

Questions may be addressed to spsadv@uw.edu.

Notifications regarding the awarding of Teaching Assistantships, which are the Division's appointments, are issued in the spring by the Chair of the Division of Spanish and Portuguese Studies.