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Information for International Students Applying for Summer Admission

International students who will start a graduate program in the summer, for the very first time and who are not transferring from another U.S. institution or degree level, must meet full time enrollment requirements in the summer so must enroll in nine (9) hours.

International graduate students who are not required to enroll in the summer:
  • Students who are continuing their attendance at UTEP or other school.
  • Students who are transferring from another U.S. degree level and/or degree program who already had an I-20 (from UTEP or other U.S. school)

Graduate Programs

 

Graduate Programs
Program College/School Semester(s)
Available
Accounting/MACC Business Administration Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Alternative Teaching Certification Education Fall 2023
Applied/Computational Math Graduate Certificate Science Summer 2023
Bilingual Education (Online)/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Bilingual Education/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Bioinformatics Graduate Certificate Science Spring 2024
Bioinformatics/MS Science Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Biological Sciences Graduate Certificate Science Spring 2024
Biomedical Engineering/MS Engineering Fall 2024
Biomedical Engineering/PHD Engineering Fall 2024
Chemistry/MS Science Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
Chemistry/PHD Science Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Civil and Environmental Engineering/MECEE Engineering Spring 2024
Civil Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024
Civil Engineering/PHD Engineering Spring 2024
Clinical Psychology/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Fall 2024
Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling/MRC Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Communication/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Computational Science/MS Science Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
Computational Science/PHD Science Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Spring 2025
Computer Engineering/MS Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Computer Science/MS Engineering Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Computer Science/PHD Engineering Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Construction Management (Online)/MS Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Construction Management Graduate Certificate (Online) Engineering Spring 2024
Construction Management/MS Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Counseling/Mental Health Counseling/MS Education Spring 2024
Creative Writing (Online)/MFA Liberal Arts Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Creative Writing/MFA Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Criminology & Criminal Justice/MS Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Curriculum & Instruction/ Dual-Credit Teaching and Learning Credential/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Curriculum & Instruction/Educational Technology/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Curriculum & Instruction/Engineering/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Curriculum & Instruction/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Cyber Security Graduate Certificate Engineering Spring 2024
Data & Information Sciences/MSDIS Engineering Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Data Science/PHD Science Spring 2024 Spring 2025
Defense & Strategic Studies (Online)/MDSS Liberal Arts Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Defense & Strategic Studies MOA (For participants from the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy only.) Other Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Doctor of Nursing Practice/DNP Nursing Fall 2024
Early Childhood Education (Online)/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Economics/MS Business Administration Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Ed Leadership & Admin/EDD - Central Office & School Site Leadership Education Fall 2024
Ed Leadership & Admin/EDD - Leadership in Higher Education Education Fall 2024
Ed Leadership & Admin/EDD - Leadership in Policy Analysis & Eval Education Fall 2024
Education/ATCP Combined/MA Education Fall 2023
Education/Diversity, Equity & Social Justice (Online)/MA Education Fall 2023
Education/Linguistic Diversity & Educational Equity (Online)/MA Education Fall 2023
Education/STEM Education (Online)/MA Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Education/Thesis/MA Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Educational Administration (K-12) with Principal Certification/MED Education Fall 2023
Educational Administration/Higher Ed Admin/MED Education Fall 2023
Educational Administration/K-12/MED Education Fall 2023
Educational Diagnostician/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Electrical & Computer Engineering/PHD Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Electrical Engineering/MS Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024
English & American Literature/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
English Rhetoric & Writing Studies/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Environmental Engineering/MSENE Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Environmental Science & Engineering/PHD Science Spring 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025
Environmental Science/MS Science Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Executive MBA Business Administration Fall 2023 Fall 2024
Experimental Psychology/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Geological Sciences/MS Science Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Geological Sciences/PHD Science Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Geophysics/MS Science Spring 2024 Fall 2024
History/MA Liberal Arts Spring 2024 Fall 2024
History/PHD Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Industrial Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Intelligence & National Security/MS Liberal Arts Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Interdisciplinary Studies in Health Sciences/PHD Health Sciences Fall 2024
Interdisciplinary Studies/MAIS Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Kinesiology/MS Health Sciences Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Latin American & Border Studies/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Leadership Studies MOA (For participants in the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy and U.S. Army Captains' Career Course only.) Other Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Leadership Studies/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Linguistics/MA Liberal Arts Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Literacy Education (Online)/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Manufacturing Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Materials Science & Engineering/PHD Engineering Spring 2024
Mathematical Sciences/MS Science Fall 2023 Spring 2024
MBA (Online) Business Administration Fall 2023
MBA/MPA Business Administration Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Mechanical Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024
Mechanical Engineering/PHD Engineering Spring 2024
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024
MPA/MBA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Music - Conducting (Distance Learning)/MM Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Music - Conducting/MM Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Music/MM Liberal Arts Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Nurse Practitioner/Adult Gero w/ Acute Care/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Nurse Practitioner/Family Nurse/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Nurse Practitioner/Neonatal Nurse/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Nurse Practitioner/Pediatric Nurse Acute Care/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Nurse Practitioner/Pediatric Nurse Primary/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Nurse Practitioner/Psychiatric Mental Health/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Nursing Administration & Management/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Nursing Education/MSN Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Philosophy/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Physics/MS Science Fall 2024
Political Science/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Adult Gero w/Acute Care Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Family Nurse Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Neonatal Nurse Nursing Fall 2023 Fall 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Nursing Administration & Management Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Nursing Education Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Pediatric Nurse Acute Care Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Pediatric Nurse Primary Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Post Master's Nrsng Grad Certificate/Psych Mental Health Nursing Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Principal Certification Education Fall 2023
Professional MBA Business Administration Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Professional Science/MS

You must be admitted to a College of Science graduate certificate program before you apply.

Science Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024 Spring 2025 Summer 2025
Psychology/PHD-Behavioral Neurosciences Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Psychology/PHD-Bilingual Language & Cognition Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Psychology/PHD-Health Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Psychology/PHD-Legal Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Psychology/PHD-Social-Cultural Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Public Administration (Online)/MPA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024
Public Administration MOA (For participants in the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy and U.S. Army Captains' Career Course only.) Other Summer 2023 Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Public Administration/MPA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Public Health Graduate Certificate Health Sciences Fall 2024
Public Health/MPH Health Sciences Fall 2024
Rhetoric & Composition/PHD Liberal Arts Spring 2024 Fall 2024
School Counseling/MED Education Spring 2024
Social Work/MSW Health Sciences Summer 2024
Sociology/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Sociology/PHD Liberal Arts Fall 2024
Software Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Spanish/MA Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Special Education/Social-Emotional Learning/MED Education Fall 2023 Spring 2024
Statistics & Data Science/MS Science Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
STEM Education Graduate Certificate (Online) Education Spring 2024
Systems Engineering (Online)/MS Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Systems Engineering (Online)/MS Application resticted to AT&T cohort Engineering Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Systems Engineering Graduate Certificate (Online) Engineering Spring 2024
Systems Engineering/MS Engineering Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Teaching English/MAT Liberal Arts Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Summer 2024 Fall 2024
Teaching Mathematics/MAT Science Fall 2023 Spring 2024 Fall 2024
Teaching, Learning & Culture/PHD - Literacy/Biliteracy Education Fall 2024
Teaching, Learning & Culture/PHD - Math/Science/Tech Education Fall 2024
Teaching, Learning & Culture/PHD - Sociocultural Foundations Education Fall 2024
Teaching, Learning & Culture/PHD - Stem Education Education Fall 2024
Urban and Regional Planning Graduate Certificate (Online) Liberal Arts Spring 2024
Women's Studies Graduate Certificate Liberal Arts Spring 2024

Application Process

You may search the list in the Graduate Programs section above to find the program you're interested in. Click on the corresponding Semester(s) Available link to go to the application.

Enter the following information in the Create Account section:

A username of 6-50 characters.
Your primary email address. Do not use a shared email address. This email should be accessed by you alone.
Your first name.
Your last name.
Your current postal code.
Your date of birth in mm/dd/yyy format.  You may use the calendar function.
A password, using a minimum of six characters
Re-enter the password from the previous field.
Click on the Create Account button to start the process. You will receive a system-generated verification email within a few hours. Your account is active after it is verified. 

By creating an account, you can start your application, save and return to your application until you are ready to submit. Your application is composed of several parts, some which are determined by the program’s admission requirements and you may submit these requirements through your online application.

The University collects biographical information as part of your permanent student record. Some of the information we collect is used to determine your residency status.

The University does not discriminate based on age, race, gender, veteran status, sexual orientation or genetic information. Some of the information you provide is used to determine if any additional requirements are needed to submit your application.

Some programs require that you provide one, two or three letters of recommendation.

You may register your recommenders through your application. All you need to register your recommender is name and email address. The application site will email your recommenders and notify them that they have been asked to provide a letter of recommendation on your behalf. As a professional courtesy, you should notify your recommenders personally of your request, and follow up to ensure they were contacted by the application software, as sometimes those emails get lost in spam boxes.

Beyond unofficial transcripts and test scores, if applicable, you may need to upload other documents, such as a statement of purpose, a resume, or another form of document.

Prior to submitting your application, you must pass the application inspector, which checks your application for missing documents. Once you have successfully passed the inspector, you can make payment for your application by credit card or electronic check through secure checkout. Once you have submitted your application, an automated confirmation email will be sent to you, and signifies your application is on its way to the Graduate School.

U.S. Citizens, U.S. Permanent Residents and Mexican Nationals are assessed a $45 application fee.

International students are assessed an $80 application fee.

If you would like to CONTINUE your application or check the status, log back into My Application.  DO NOT create a new application.

You may not be required to apply for a graduate certificate program if you are currently accepted in a Graduate or Doctoral degree program.  Contact your program for details. 

Please send required official documents (including transcripts) to:

UTEP Graduate School
Mike Loya Academic Services Bldg Room 223
500 West University Ave.
El Paso, TX 79968-0566

Instructional Video 

If you have any further questions, please contact us personally at the office, by phone at (915) 747-5491, through e-mail at  gradschooladmissions@utep.edu