Graduate Application Information         

Graduates seeking admission to the Graduate School for graduate study in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering must fulfill admission criteria established both by the Graduate School and by the faculty of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering.

Applications are accepted for any quarter. Applicants are encouraged to apply for Autumn admission. International students should consider Summer quarter admission, since this will permit them to gain experience with American English before the intensive Autumn quarter coursework begins. Credentials of those who apply are evaluated without consideration of race, color, creed, sex, age, disability or national origin.


General Admission
The department follows the policies, procedures, and requirements of graduate admission described in the Graduate Student Handbook (Part II, Section 1).

Graduate students are admitted under all classifications defined in (Part II, Section 1.4), and may request a change in classification following the procedures, and subject to the conditions defined in (Part II, Section 1.4).

When a complete application (Part II, Section 1.6) is referred to the Graduate Studies Committee for its recommendations on admission, it is circulated to potential advisors in the applicant's area of interest. The applicant must be acceptable to at least one (1) Graduate Faculty member who is willing to serve as advisor before being recommended for admission.

The GRE General Test is required for graduates of all foreign universities.  Typically, the application package contains the following items:

Graduate School Admission Application Form.

Verification of an earned Baccalaureate or professional degree from an accredited college or university.

Transcripts covering all undergraduate and graduate academic work undertaken prior to application.