Ph.D. Program in Rehabilitation Science
**IMPORTANT NOTICE**
WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING TO RESUME ADMISSIONS FOR FALL 2010
Financial Aid
A limited number of student stipends and tuition waivers are available as Teaching Assistantships. It is anticipated that students will be supported in their research efforts by other funding pursued by the student and/or their advisor.
Application materials*:
All applications must be submitted online: UB Gradmit
Application Deadline: February 1*
*February 1 is a ‘hard’ deadline for all international applicants. For domestic applicants, those applying by February 1 will receive the fullest consideration for financial aid. However, we will accept applications after February 1.
The on-line application process for the Ph.D. program will be opened by early November for Fall admissions the following year
Application materials must include:
Official academic transcripts from all Colleges/Universities attended
Official Scores on the Graduate Record Examination (taken within the last 4 years)
Official TOEFL Scores, for those who English is not their first language (taken within the last 2 years)
Three professional letters of recommendation
A personal statement, describing why the applicant wants to enroll in the Rehabilitation Science Ph.D. Program, as well as the specific area within the broad discipline of rehabilitation science that they are interested in.
*The admissions committee may request a telephone interview as part of the application review process
What we are looking for in a Ph.D. student application:
The ideal applicant will have a degree in a rehabilitation-related discipline, with a GPA of 3.0 or greater. They will have a score of 500 or greater in the Verbal and Quantitative subtests of the GRE, and have an analytical writing score of no less than 3.0. In their personal statement, they will express an interest in Rehabilitation Science that overlaps with the professional interests of one or more faculty members in the Department of Rehabilitation Science.
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