Coronavirus: What Graduate Students Need to know

Graduate School Communications

  • UPDATE 7/6/21: TOEFL scores will be required from international applicants starting Fall 2022 for College of Engineering and College of Sciences. View a complete list here.
  • UPDATE 6/14/21: Foreign credential evaluations are required for all applicants to the Alvarez College of Business. All applicants, including non-U.S. citizens (international), U.S. citizens, and permanent residents who have earned university-level credit from foreign institutions are required to submit official transcripts along with an evaluation of the transcripts from Foreign Credential Services of America. This is the only accepted evaluation agency for The Graduate School.
  • UPDATE 3/10/21: Temporary test score suspension of GRE, GMAT, and TOEFL scores has been extended for Spring, Summer and Fall 2022 applications for most programs. View a complete list of suspension updates here.
  • UPDATE 10/7/20: Temporary test score suspension of GRE, GMAT, and TOEFL scores has been extended for the Summer 2021 and Fall 2021 application cycle for most programs. View a list of suspension updates here.
  • Temporary Suspension of Official TOEFL Test Scores and Official Transcripts
  • Temporary Suspension of GRE and GMAT test scores 3/19/20
  • Graduate School Operations Update 3/18/20 
  • Graduate School Operations 3/12/20

Resources

Graduate School Frequently Asked Questions

Administrative

Fillable PDF forms are located at the following URL: https://graduateschool.utsa.edu/faculty-staff/category/forms/index.html.  Please contact our Administrative team if you run into any difficulty with the paperless process at graduateschooladmin@utsa.edu

Admissions

You can send electronic admissions documents to graduate.documents@utsa.edu. PDF format is preferred for all emailed documents; please be aware that we can only accept electronic documents at this time and are not accepting paper documents at all.

At this time, we will accept all unofficial transcripts, and they should be uploaded to your Embark application. Unofficial transcripts will be used for application evaluation. If you are admitted, you will be required to submit your official transcripts by the end of your first semester of registration. 

GRE, GMAT, and TOEFL have been temporarily suspended as admissions criteria to all graduate programs. Admitted international applicants will be asked to demonstrate proficiency in English as determined by the admissions committee in their department or college.

Admissions for Departmental Faculty

Academic and Grading

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Thesis and Dissertation