International Application

Doctoral applicants are admitted exclusively for the fall semester, when the initial core courses of the doctoral program are offered.

Students may either apply online or download application materials at the Graduate College Application Web page.

All supplemental materials should be sent directly to the department at the address listed below.

Graduate College
Application Instructions

Please be sure to read and carefully follow all instructions on the Graduate College Application Web page.

Applications will not be processed without the $50 fee. The University of Arizona does not grant waivers for the $50 application fee.

Department
Application Instructions

If you apply online the Department will automatically receive a copy of the application. However, you will need to send separate copies of official, sealed transcripts along with a statement of purpose and three sealed letters of recommendation to the Department. Also, if you are applying for an assistantship you should enclose a completed assistantship application. GRE & TOEFL scores are required by the Department as well.

If you do not apply online and opt to send a paper version of the application form to the Graduate College, then you must also send a copy to the Department with the rest of your application materials.

There is no specific form required for letters of recommendation.

Mail to:
Department of Economics
Graduate Admissions Committee
1130 E. Helen Street
McClelland Hall 401
P.O. Box 210108
Tucson, AZ 85721-0108

The Graduate Admissions Committee will not make an admission decision without a completed application, and all materials submitted in support of your application become the property of the University of Arizona. We recommend that you keep copies of any documents you may need for your personal records.

More Information on the TOEFL

The minimum TOEFL score required by the Graduate College of the University of Arizona is 550 (paper version), 213 (computer-based test) or 80 (iBT test).

You may be exempt from this requirement if:

• You have completed 2 years of full-time, upper division academic study in the U.S.
• You have received a Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an institution in the U.S., English-speaking Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, or New Zealand.

Current TOEFL scores may still be required if you’ve lived away from the English-speaking country where you earned your degree.

More Information on Transcripts

Each transcript must be issued and certified by the university or college which conferred the degree. It must contain an original stamp or seal and the signature of the appropriate party. It must be in the original language and accompanied by an English translation that is officially verified by the issuing institution.

What are we looking for?

• Past academic performance and previous coursework 
• Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores 
• Letters of recommendation 
• Your statement of purpose 
• A strong mathematics background including three semesters of calculus and a course in linear algebra; a course in mathematical analysis is recommended, as well

Undergraduate Majors

Economists hail from a variety of backgrounds. In addition to economics majors, we encourage applications from mathematics majors, engineering majors, and students whose undergraduate majors were in the physical and biological sciences. These students will find that courses in intermediate microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomics, and econometrics provide good preparation for the Economics Ph.D. program.