Ways to Apply to UMass Dartmouth

This web location assists you with the process of applying for admission to a UMass Dartmouth graduate degree or certificate program.

We offer three ways to apply for graduate admission.

1) Apply Online

2) Download an Application

3) Request an Application in the Mail

Submit a Supplemental Form and the Online Application:

Online application is recommended as being faster for you and for us.

Please read the following instructions carefully before you submit the electronic application:

• The online application must be completed and submitted in one sitting. Please have with you a credit card, personal information, information about your previous schooling, and your application intentions before starting to submit the form.
• To use the online Web application, you will need to have Internet Explorer 4.0 or Netscape versions 4.0 or higher.
• Use the 'Back' button on your browser to navigate to a previous page in your application.
• Complete all required fields on the application pages, denoted by the asterisk (*).
• Use 'mixed' case when supplying proper name information. 'Mixed' case refers to capitalizing the first letter of proper names.
• Once your application has been submitted, you cannot make corrections to it online. Please review your application carefully before you submit. Corrections to a submitted application must be made by telephone or e-mail to the UMass Dartmouth Graduate Studies Office.
• The Form that we offer for prospective applicants uses a list of official country codes that we cannot modify. Some country names may not be what the residents of those countries themselves would prefer to use. UMass Dartmouth is not endorsing any particular form of identifying countries or of addressing mail to them.

To apply online, prospective students must be able to pay by credit card. For your application to be complete you must submit the online supplemental form for your program, the online application itself and any other supporting material. An application cannot be acted on until all the steps are completed.

1. To apply on-line, click the link below and follow the directions carefully. First you will submit an online form and then submit the main online application. Specific instructions are given for each graduate program.

Begin the Online Graduate Application Process

Download an Application:

Applicants may apply to UMass Dartmouth by downloading an application and printing a copy to fill out and mail in. The application contains everything you will need to apply, as well as instructions.

To view and print these forms, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader on your computer.

Full Graduate Application (616k - Adobe Acrobat - 32 pages)

Graduate Certificate Program Application (Adobe Acrobat - 6 pages)

Request an Application in the mail:

Applicants may also apply to UMass Dartmouth by completing and mailing a paper application that is available through the Graduate Studies Office and bound inside our current Graduate Catalogue.

Prospective applicants may request a printed application by:

1. Submitting the application request form
2. Telephoning the Office of Graduate Studies at 508 999-8604
3. E-mailing us at graduate@umassd.edu

Thank you for choosing the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Feel free to call or e-mail us if you need assistance with any aspect of your application -- at 508 999-8604 or graduate@umassd.edu. We commit to replying promptly to e-mail queries.

Good luck and best wishes.