Welcome to the Admissions page for MESM applicants.

This page includes information on undergraduate preparation, UCSB requirements, deadlines, and application procedures. If you have questions or need more information about applying to our MESM program, please contact the Graduate Program Assistant.

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Undergraduate Preparation

We accept applicants from any undergraduate major. However, we do require some prerequisite coursework, which, although not required for you to be admitted to the program, must be completed before you enroll.

Generally, the following preparation is required for admittance to the MESM program:

• Calculus - two quarters or one semester.

Note:  If you are admitted to the MESM program, you may need to participate in a 2-week, no-credit preparation/review math workshop prior to the beginning of the school year, even if you have had calculus.

• Science - three quarters or two semesters in any combination of chemistry, biology, physics, earth science, or atmospheric science. Chemistry is especially valuable preparation.

• Statistics (recommended) - one semester or quarter in an introductory class.

Note: If you are admitted to the MESM program and have not had statistics (or need review), you will need to participate in a 5-week, no-credit workshop during the first half of the fall quarter.

We will accept high school Advanced Placement courses as satisfying the above requirements.

If you lack essential preparation, please include a memo in your application outlining how you plan to rectify the deficiency before enrolling in the fall.

University Requirements

UCSB's Graduate Division requires that all applicants for graduate study must have:

1. a bachelor's degree or equivalent from an accredited 4-year institution, and
2. maintained an undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 or higher (on a four-point scale) for the last two years of undergraduate or post-graduate studies, and
3. taken the Graduate Records Examination (general exam only).
   

GRE: Please make sure the following numbers appear on your GRE score sheets:

• Institution Code is 4835 (UC Santa Barbara)
• Department Code is 0502 (Environmental Sciences)

The University does not require a minimum GRE score. (The combined verbal and quantitative score average of our current MESM students is 1200.)

An applicant may apply to only one department at UCSB per admissions period.

Admissions Deadlines

The admission deadline is January 10, 2009 for primary consideration. Late applications will be considered up to February 15, 2009, space permitting.

Applications are reviewed after the Admissions Deadlines; however, all application materials must be postmarked no later than the deadline.

MESM Application Procedures

UCSB does not have paper applications. All applicants are required to apply on-line.

A complete application includes:

1. Electronic application
   
2. Check/Money Order submission form
   
3. Non-refundable application fees: $70.00 domestic applicants / $90.00 international applicants
   
4. Three letters of recommendation.  Cover sheets are required to be included with each letter.* (At least one letter from a former instructor is suggested).
   
5. Two copies of your Statement of Purpose* (Question 2 on the UCSB application is not required)
   
6. Two copies of your resume or curriculum vitae
   
7. Two copies of official transcripts from all post-secondary institutions and programs attended (including Education Abroad Programs if the grades do not appear on your undergraduate transcripts)
   
8. Official GRE scores sent by the Educational Testing Service
   
9. TOEFL or IELTS scores taken within 2 years of the time of application (for applicants whose native language is not English). TOEFL test takers can use University code "00" or Department code "46."

   *  Supplemental form available on the Graduate Division's Form Page

Send Items 2 and 3 to:

Graduate Division
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-2070

2. The $60 application fee
3. Check/Money Order submission form

  Send Items 4 though 7 to:

Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5131

Attn: Graduate Program Assistant

4. Three Letters of Recommendation
5. Two copies of your Statement of Purpose
6. Two copies of your resume
7. Two copies of official transcripts

 

Items 8 and 9 are sent directly to the Graduate Division by the testing service.

 

We invite you to read our on-line brochure. If you would like to be included on our email list to receive notices of Open Houses and Bren Information Sessions, please complete our on-line request form.

If you have questions or need more information on the application process, please contact the Graduate Program Assistant.