Graduate Admissions - Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology

Application Process

The first step in applying is to contact graduate program advisor, Amanda Ray, at amanda.ray@tamu.edu. In your email to her, please include the degree you are seeking, your resume/CV, and your research interests. You can also include any faculty members you have reached out to as potential program advisors. Click on each requirement below to find out more information.

Application Deadlines

International: February 15 for Fall, August 15 for Spring
Domestic: March 15 for Summer, June 1 for Fall, September 15 for Spring
For Fellowship Consideration: February 15

*Note that ALL application materials must be submitted by the deadline in order for your application to be reviewed for admission in the upcoming semester.

*Note GRE scores are no longer required for admission into ECCB.

Find a Faculty Advisor

Find an ECCB faculty member who is willing to serve as your major professor (i.e., faculty advisor or “chair”). Check several professors’ research interests and read a couple of their papers. Then contact them with your information—research/professional interests, educational and work or research experience, goals CV, plus your GPA, GRE scores and unofficial transcripts, if you have these already.

Your admission application will not be reviewed until a faculty member has agreed to serve as your advisor, and if you are applying for the M.S.-thesis or Ph.D. programs, until you and your future advisor have some arrangements or plans for funding your graduate studies and research.
Review the list of our faculty and their research areas

Fill out the Texas A&M Application

Apply for admission using the Texas A&M University Graduate CAS is the Centralized Application Service (CAStm) for most graduate programs at Texas A&M University.

The 2020-2021 application cycle will open on August 3, 2020. Applicants seeking to apply to Summer 2021, Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 terms will be able to find their program selections and complete their application starting August 3, 2020 onward. Applicants are limited to one application per entry term.

For information regarding specific programs and scholarships, visit http://ogaps.tamu.edu/Prospective-Students.

U.S. applicants: For details on these steps, see the Office of Admissions application process.

International applicants: For details on these steps, see the Office of Admissions international application process.

For more information on Graduate Studies at Texas A&M, click here.

Statement of Purpose and Curriculum Vitae

Applicants are required to submit a Statement of Purpose and a Curriculum Vitae (CV) through the Applicant Information System (AIS). Please click here to view our guidelines on writing your statement of purpose.
You will have access to the AIS system once your ApplyTexas application has been processed by the university (about three days after you submit on ApplyTexas). You can log in using your UIN at http://applicant.tamu.edu. You will also need to complete the departmental data sheet on AIS, otherwise we will not be able to see your application. Once your letters of recommendation have been submitted and your official transcripts uploaded, you can fill out the confirmation page; at that point your application will be complete!

Letters of Recommendation

Three (3) letters of recommendation must be submitted online via the AIS portal. These should preferably be from professors or those who are familiar with your academic background and potential.

Official Transcripts

Official transcripts are required from each senior-level, post-secondary institution attended. Electronic versions of your transcript sent from your previous institution(s) are preferred.
If the institution cannot use this format and you have attended an American or Canadian college or university, one official transcript is required. Please ask each registrar to enclose one copy of your transcript in a sealed, signed envelope addressed to you. Place the signed, sealed envelope with the seal unbroken and the registrar’s signature intact inside a second envelope and send it to the following address:

(U.S. Postal Service)
Graduate Admissions Processing
Office of Admissions
Texas A&M University
P.O. Box 40001
College Station, TX 77842-4001

If the transcripts or mark-sheets are from a university outside the United States, they are to be signed by the registrar, controller of examinations, or president of the university issuing the document. Official records are to be in the language of instruction, accompanied by official translations in English, if necessary. Translations sent directly from the institution attended or from a recognized translator are considered official.)
International applicants: Submit official diplomas, with official translations, if those are not part of your transcript.

Applying for a Stand Alone Certificate

If you would like more information on applying for the Geographic Information Science (GIS) certificate or the Remote Sensing (RS) certificate, click here.

Track the status of your application in the TAMU Applicant Information System (AIS).

*Note that ALL application materials listed above must be submitted by the deadline in order for your application to be reviewed for admission in the upcoming semester.

Admissions Requirements

A minimum 3.0 GPA.
Competitive GRE verbal and quantitative scores (around 50th percentile). (See GRE scores information.)

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 550 (paper-based test) or 80 (internet-based test). (Required only for international students; see “Required Documents” on the international graduate how to apply page for details.)

Admission decisions may also be influenced by consideration of research experiences (for M.S. and Ph.D. applicants) or professional training (for MNRD applicants) and achievements beyond undergraduate study that demonstrate potential for success in a graduate program.

Admissions Decisions

You will learn whether you have been admitted via letters to you from the Texas A&M University Office of Admissions and the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology.

Tuition and Fees

To learn more about the cost of study at Texas A&M, explore the Student Business Services Web site.

Financial Support

Check out the ECCB Financial Support page for more information on graduate student funding.

Contact Us

Faegen Lee
Academic Advisor II
(979) 862-4215

fdlee@tamu.edu
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Ann Pool
Senior Academic Advisor
(979) 845-9733

annpool@tamu.edu
Amanda Ray
Academic Advisor III
(979) 862-6470

amanda.ray@tamu.edu
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Application Process

Application Deadlines

Contact Us

Faegen Lee

Ann Pool

Amanda Ray