TOEFL To be considered for admission, an applicant who is not a native or primary speaker of English must present a minimum score for either the TOEFL or IELTS tests, as defined below. Students who fail to meet this requirement must enroll in a course at the Intensive English Center (IEC) and achieve satisfactory grades before admission to graduate study. At the request of the program, conditional admission may be offered to students who do not meet minimal language requirements for admission. Note: Students whose scores on either of these tests are more than two years old must retake the test. TOEFL iBT: Overall score of 90 for doctoral applicants and 85 for master’s applicants IELTS To be considered for admission, an applicant who is not a native or primary speaker of English must present a minimum score for either the TOEFL or IELTS tests, as defined below. Students who fail to meet this requirement must enroll in a course at the Intensive English Center (IEC) and achieve satisfactory grades before admission to graduate study. At the request of the program, conditional admission may be offered to students who do not meet minimal language requirements for admission. Students whose scores on either of these tests are more than two years old must retake the test. IELTS: Overall score of 6.5, with no subsection recommended to be below 6 GRE Scores from the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General test are required. The average GRE total score of the 2015 admitted doctoral class was 1305 (for quantitative and verbal portion).

PS A letter of introduction describing the student’s educational and career goals (submit online). GPA A United States equivalent bachelor's degree is required, with a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. The average GPA of the 2015 admitted doctoral class was 3.73 (on a 4.0 scale). Fee A non-refundable application fee of $100 (paid online). RL Three letters of recommendation, which should (if possible) be submitted online. You will be prompted online for the names and email addresses of your recommenders and they will automatically be sent requests to submit their letters of recommendation using a secure server. Transcript Two official copies of all previous college transcripts, sent by your university or college, as well as, uploaded to the online system. (Transcripts of both undergraduate and graduate work must be submitted. If a student attended a junior college and these credits are not listed on the senior college transcript with grades, a separate junior college transcript is required.) If transcripts are in a foreign language, certified English translations are required, in addition to the original documents. Stony Brook University uses a 4.0 grading system and if your institution does not use this system (e.g., many institutions in India use a different grading system), then you should request that the institution scale your grades appropriately. DO NOT submit transcripts from high school studies.