Admissions
Applications are accepted in a rolling-basis year-round. However, all students who want to be considered for University (e.g., Merit, Diversity) or HLKN funding (e.g., GAT, GAR) need to apply by the priority deadline. Completed applications are forwarded to the respective division faculty for evaluation. Appropriate academic qualifications are determined by the accepting faculty member and divisional admissions committee. A Research Members of the HLKN Graduate Faculty must individually accept a doctoral applicant as his/her advisee for the student to be accepted into the program.
Deadlines for priority review (PhD applicants):
Summer (June) / Fall (September) start: December 15
Doctoral Admissions
- Admission to a Doctoral degree program is based on:
- Accepted by a member of the graduate faculty (must contact graduate faculty directly before submitting application)
- Academic record, including GPR
- GRE scores (Waived for Spring 2021, Summer 2021, and Fall 2021 applications)
- Relevant experience on resume’ or CV
- Three letters of recommendation
- TOEFL scores of at least 550 paper-based or 213 computer-based (International applicants)
- (Summer/Fall 2021) Texas A&M University GraduateCAS Application and Fee for the Ph.D in Kinesiology (including Sport Management) and Ph.D in Health Education (on-campus programs ONLY).