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Instructions for Self-Managed Graduate Application for Students from Outside the U.S.

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete and submitted in accordance with admission guidelines.

Application Checklist: 

1. Application Forms: The University of Pittsburgh and the Department of Communication now accept online applications through applyyourself.com. Before applying, please read through the information we have on this site.

2. Recommendation Forms: Complete the applicant section, sign and forward to your referees with your request for letters of recommendation.Your recommendation writers should be professors who were your college of university instructors and who know your work well enough to evaluate it and to assess your capacity for graduate study in our department. If you wrote a senior thesis or an MA thesis

3. Fee: $50.00 payable through the applyyourself.com site. This fee is not refundable. Applications will not be processed without the paid fee.

4. Enclose a statement of purpose explaining why you want to pursue graduate work in Rhetoric and Communication, and why you are applying to our program. The statement should not exceed two typewritten pages, it can be submitted online.

5. Enclose a sample of your written work, which you believe represents your best effort. The ideal sample would be an article-length research humanities-oriented paper with proper documentation, sophisticated and
nuanced argumentation, a broad evidentiary base, and a deft summoning of
scholarship from across humanities disciplines.

6. Collect and return the following materials:

 a. Graduate Record Examination/GRE scores. Information for this examination may be obtained from the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey 08541. The GRE application requires the University of Pittsburgh Institution Code, 2927 Department Code, 4599 Communication. Although you will request that your official results be sent to the University of Pittsburgh, please include a photocopy of your results when
submitting your application.

b. TOEFL SCORE Minimum requirement is 550 or 213 on the computer test. The Educational Testing Service must send original results directly to the University. However, please include a photocopy of your results with your application.

c. Three completed recommendations, forms and letters in a sealed envelope from each referee, or via the applyyourself direct e-mail solicitation of references. If you have done graduate work, one of the letters should be from your advisor. These may also be submitted through the applyyourself.com site.

d. Transcripts CERTIFIED/NOTORIZED NATIVE LANGUAGE version and ENGLISH TRANSLATED version of all academic records, mark sheets, and transcripts from ALL post-secondary institutions attended. ALSO submit certified copies of Certificates of Diplomas awarded at completion of studies. Sent this material to:

Dr. Ronald J. Zboray
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Communication
1117 Cathedral of Learning
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA 15260
USA

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 1^ST

All completed applications, International and Domestic received by January 1^st are automatically evaluated, on equal basis, for teaching assistantships and non-teaching fellowships.