Graduate School Bulletin

Admissions Requirements for the Psychology department

The requirements for admission to masters study, in addition to the minimum Graduate School requirements, ordinarily include:

A. A bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology, or in a program providing adequate preparation for the intended area of study (ordinarily including statistics, research methodology, and/or psychology laboratory).

B. An average of 3.25 or better in all graded academic undergraduate coursework.

C. One official copy of all previous college transcripts, with certified English translations of any transcripts in a foreign language.

D. Letters of recommendation from three instructors or academic advisors.

E. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test is not required and the programs do not consider GRE scores in making their admissions decisions. However, students who wish to be nominated for university fellowships should submit GRE scores. The subject GRE is not required by any program.

F. For international students, TOEFL or IELTS scores (unless their native language is English) and the International Student Financial Affidavit.

G. Students who do not meet these requirements may also apply if they feel that special circumstances should be considered.

H. Acceptance by the department and Graduate School.

The Master's Program begins Summer Session I. Applications are accepted January 15 through February 28th. All applications must be submitted online through the Graduate School. Admission questions and application instructions are available at the Graduate School website at: http:// https://www.stonybrook.edu/graduate-admissions/

The requirements for admission to doctoral study, in addition to the minimum Graduate School requirements, ordinarily include:

A. A bachelor’s degree with a major in psychology, or in a program providing adequate preparation for the intended area of study (ordinarily including statistics, research methodology, and/or psychology laboratory).

B. An average of 3.5 or better in all graded academic undergraduate coursework.

C. One official copy of all previous college transcripts, with certified English translations of any transcripts in a foreign language.

D. Letters of recommendation from three instructors or academic advisors.

E. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test is required by the Clinical, Cognitive Science, and Social and Health programs. The Integrative Neuroscience program does not consider GRE scores in making its admissions decisions.  However, students who wish to be nominated for university fellowships should submit GRE scores.  The subject GRE is not required by any program.

F. For international students, TOEFL or IELTS scores (unless their native language is English; "native" languages are mastered in early childhood). The test score is still required even if the student attended college where English was the language of instruction. Also required is the International Student Financial Affidavit.

G. Students who do not meet the above requirements may also apply if they feel that special circumstances should be considered.

H. Acceptance by the department and Graduate School. Psychology's deadline for receipt of applications and all supporting materials for fall admission is December 1. We will continue to accept applications through January 1, but late applications will not receive full consideration for Turner and Graduate Council Fellowships.

All applications must be submitted online through the Graduate School. Admission questions and application instructions are available at the Graduate School website at: https://www.stonybrook.edu/graduate-admissions/