TOEFL UCI requires the internet-based, TOEFL-ibT. The minimum TOEFL-ibT score is 80 for admission consideration and 26 on the speaking sub-section for financial support consideration. IELTS The minimum IELTS academic test score is 7 with no individual band sub-score less than 6 for admission consideration and 8 on the speaking band sub-score for financial support consideration. GRE Graduate Record Examination (GRE) general test scores dated within the last five years. (Test scores from the various GRE subject tests are not required). Request that the Educational Testing Service (ETS) send GRE general test scores directly to UC Irvine using institution code 4859. Recently admitted students to UCI’s Ph.D. program in Economics had mean GRE scores / percentiles as follows: Verbal (159.9 / 84%); Quantitative (165.4 / 90%); Analytical Writing (4.1 / 62%).

PS Statement of purpose is required GPA The student’s cumulative GPA or the equivalent must be 3.0 or higher. RL Three letters of recommendation from professionals –preferably academic--who can address the student’s ability to succeed in a rigorous economics Ph.D. program and do original research. These letters can be requested and submitted electronically via the online application system. Transcript Official transcripts from all post-secondary educational institutions attended. These transcripts should be sent directly from the registrar’s office of previous institutions to the UCI Social Sciences Graduate Affairs Office, at this address: Social Sciences Graduate Affairs, Attention: Graduate Admissions (Economics), 3151 Social Science Plaza A, University of California, Irvine, Irvine CA 92697-5100