Admission Requirements

Prerequisites:
The applicant must hold a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) from an accredited
collegiate institution and should have achieved a B average in undergraduate courses. An undergraduate concentration in psychology, including courses in introductory psychology, abnormal psychology, statistics, research methods, and history and systems in psychology, is desirable. Official scores for the General GRE (Graduate Record Examination) and the Psychology Subject GRE examination are required.

The admissions review committee will consider only complete applications. All application materials should be sent to the Graduate Office at the following address: Center for Adult and Graduate Academic Services, CC231; University of Hartford; 200 Bloomfield Avenue; West Hartford, CT 06117.

The following items are required:
• An application
• A non-refundable Application fee of $45 domestic and $45 international (checks payable to the university of Hartford)
• Official transcripts for all collegiate level coursework forwarded to the University of Hartford
• A letter of intent as specified in the application form
• 3 Letters of Recommendation
• Application for assistantship (if applying for an assistantship)
• Official results of the GRE (Graduate Record Exam) forwarded to the University of Hartford using school code 3436. visit: www.ets.org
• Official results of the Psychology Subject GRE exam forwarded to the University of Hartford using school code 3436. visit: www.ets.org

International Applicants:
TOEFL – official score to be submitted. The University of Hartford test code number is 3436. Visit TOEFL at: www.ets.org. Minimum score: 550 paper-based; 79-80 IBT. IELTS is also accepted. Minimum score 6.5. visit: www.ielts.org.

Transcript Evaluation – transcript must be evaluated by the World Evaluation Services/WES. Visit: www.wes.org. The evaluation at a minimum should indicate that the student has completed the equivalent of four-year bachelor’s degree at a U.S. regionally accredited institution. The $45.00 application fee will be waived to defray the cost of the evaluation.

Guarantor’s statement – a certified Guarantor’s Statement of Financial Support is required. You may download the Guarantor’s Statement at: www.hartford.edu/graduate/int

Deadlines and Dates:
Admissions into the General Psychology program can occur for the Fall and Spring semesters. Applications for the fall semester have a priority deadline date of February 15.
    Applications completed after June 1 will not be reviewed. Applications for the Spring semester must be completed by November 1. The admissions committee will review complete applications in the order in which they are received.