Ph.D. in Public Administration and Urban Policy
Admission
Admission to the program is conducted once a year; admissions decisions will be made by May 15th. All application materials must be submitted to the Office of Graduate Admissions by April 1st. The decision to admit an applicant to the PAUP program is based on a balanced review of the application package submitted by the prospective student.
Please visit the Office of Graduate Admissions website for all application materials, http://admissions.odu.edu/graduate.php. To be considered for admission, applicants must submit the following:
- Official transcripts of all previous college work.
- A written statement of interest (1000 word maximum length).
- A minimum of three letters of recommendation. At least one, and preferably two, of these letters should be from academic sources. In lieu of academic references, you may submit letters from employment supervisors. Please do not submit letters from friends and co-workers.
- All applicants are required to submit an acceptable score on the GRE. Please see the Ph.D. Student Handbook (available on this website) for the minimum required GRE score.
- Applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit an acceptable score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
