TOEFL Adequate command of spoken and written English is required for admission. Applicants whose first language is not English must submit an official test score from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Stanford accepts only ETS (Educational Testing Service) scores. Minimum TOEFL Requirements: 100 GRE Scores from the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) General Test are required of all applicants.

PS Submission of a statement of purpose detailing academic and professional preparation for the Anthropology graduate degree program. Please submit a 900-1,350 word paper, via electronic pdf file upload directly to the electronic graduate application. Fee The application fee is $125, is non-refundable, and must be received by the appropriate application deadline. RL Submission of three letters of recommendation, only. Important - Letters must be submitted electronically by each recommender. A private letter/credentialing service is not permitted. If electronic submission is not possible, please send an email message to anth_gradadmission@stanford.edu explaining the circumstance and with a request for alternate method of electronic submission. All letters should be received by the published deadline. It is the applicant’s responsibility to communicate with each recommender to ensure that the department’s deadline for submission of the electronic graduate application will be met. Transcript Submission of all cited transcripts, via electronic .pdf file upload directly to the electronic graduate application. In addition to uploading a scanned copy of the transcript, applicants must arrange to have two official transcripts sent from every post-secondary institution attended, for at least one academic year, as a full-time student. NOTE: An official transcript is one that is received directly from the issuing institution that bears the official seal and signature of the institution, representing its validity.