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NOTE: The deadline for international applications for admission in our department is now closed for the 2012-13 academic year.




All graduate applicants should apply online at http://admissions.fsu.edu/graduate/

The online application system will ask you for information that is needed both by our department and by the university. For a preview of what the department will need, please go to: http://stat.fsu.edu/graduate/redbook/Apply.php


General Graduate Program Information:

Entrance Requirements:


The minimum requirements for consideration for admission to the Department of Statistics for graduate study are the following:

Grades
You must have a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution with at least a "B" average

Courses
You must have good grades in a three- or four-semester calculus sequence and preferably a semester of linear algebra. Course work in statistics and probability is helpful, but not required. Two semesters of advanced calculus (intermediate analysis, real analysis with proofs) is needed for timely entrance into the Ph.D. program.

Standardized Exams
A score of 1100 on the GRE and a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is the minimal requirement for admission.

Effective Spring 2011---If your native language is not English, you must score at least 100 Total on the internet-based TOEFL examination and must score at least a 23 on the spoken portion on the exam (these requirements are higher than the university's minimum requirements for admission).



Financial Aid Information:

We will consider an applicant's eligibility for a departmental teaching or research assistantship during the evaluation for admission. Initial financial aid decisions will be made on or before April 1st of each year with an April 15th deadline for those receiving offers. More information on financial aid availability including university fellowships and external souces of aid can be found at http://gradstudies.fsu.edu/funding.html.

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