Apply Now – MEd Program

Visit the UIC Graduate Application page and select the MED Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics & Assessment (MESA) – Online* program from the drop down menu under Graduate & Professional Programs. Click on Application and create a log in. You will complete Step 2 – Upload Unofficial Transcripts within the online application. Complete and submit the application along with the $70 non-refundable application fee.

You will upload unofficial transcripts within the online graduate application. Do not send official transcripts to UIC during the application process unless expressly requested. Official transcripts will be requested only from admitted students.

Review the following options for online submission of transcripts:

• Option 1: Request an official PDF transcript through your prior school’s Registrar’s Office. This PDF can then be uploaded to the application checklist. Please avoid using electronic transcripts with an expiration date.
• Option 2: Request an official, sealed transcript from your prior school and send it to your home. Open, scan and save the transcript to your computer as a PDF then upload the PDF to the application checklist.

Transcripts must be submitted for each institution attended, regardless of the age or nature of the coursework completed.

Online academic histories or advising/degree audit documents are not acceptable.

If you have UIC transcripts, do not upload them; they will be added to your application by the UIC Office of Admissions.

If you are an international applicant or have taken foreign coursework, please refer to the foreign credential guidelines on the International Admission Requirements webpage. An international credential evaluation fee of $50 is assessed to any applicant presenting coursework taken outside the United States. The evaluation fee must be paid after submission of the application.

Prepare a goals statement discussing your professional goals and overall objectives for the program. Email your goals statement to your admissions advisor.

These letters may be from current or former professors or supervisors and should address your academic qualifications, research capabilities/experience and and ability to succeed in advanced degree studies. Direct your recommenders to email their letters directly to your admissions advisor at onlineinfo@uic.edu.

Suggested questions to forward to your recommenders, which they can address in their letters of recommendation:

• What is the student’s motivation for graduate study?
• What is the student’s conceptual/analytical ability?
• What is the student’s initiative and potential for research?
• How would you describe the student’s integrity?
• What is the student’s ability to work with others?
• What is the student’s effectiveness in speaking and writing?

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, GRE test scores are waived for the following application terms: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, and Summer 2021. Starting Fall 2021, GRE test scores are optional, but preferred.

Ask Educational Testing Service (ETS) to send your GRE scores to UIC on your behalf. If you have already taken the GRE test, you can request to have your scores sent by visiting the ETS web page “Ordering Additional Score Reports.” Use institutional code 1851 to have scores sent to UIC.  Minimum scores: 300 on combined Verbal and Quantitative.

ETS will send recent GRE test scores to UIC electronically and will mail older test scores. Please have older scores mailed to:

UIC Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions
Mail Code 018
Box 7994
Chicago, IL 60680-7994

*Note:

• Students who have previously earned a doctoral degree (e.g. PhD, EdD, or MD) may be eligible to waive the GRE requirement. 
• The GRE requirement may also be waived if applicant has successfully completed the UIC Educational Research Methodology (ERM) certificate and submits a letter of recommendation from at least one faculty member with whom applicant has taken a course as part of the ERM. The letter must address why the applicant merits a GRE waiver.

If you think either of these items apply, contact your admissions advisor to determine if you can waive the GRE requirement.

To view specific transcript/documentation requirements by country, visit the International Admission Requirements webpage.

TOEFL or IELTS Scores

Minimum scores required for the TOEFL: Internet based test (IBT) total score of 80 with subsection minimum requirements of writing 21, speaking 20, listening 17, and reading 19; computer-based test score of 213; paper-based test score of 550.

Minimum scores required for IELTS: 6.5 total with subsection minimum requirements of listening 6; writing 6; reading 6; speaking 6.

TOEFL scores must be submitted directly from the Educational Testing Service to the UIC Office of Academic & Enrollment Services using institutional code 1851.

IELTS scores must be submitted directly from the International English Language Testing System to the UIC Office of Academic & Enrollment Services using institutional code 001851.

English Proficiency Requirement Exemptions

The English proficiency test requirement may be waived under the following circumstances, if the conditions have occurred within the last five years:

• Enrollment at a U.S. institution for at least two years of full-time study.
  • Exemptions based upon enrollment will be applied after receipt of applicable academic credentials.
• Employment in the U.S. for at least one year on a full-time basis.
  • Documentation for exemptions based upon employment will be requested to be uploaded through the application checklist after submission of the application.
  • It should consist of a letter from your employer issued on letterhead which indicates the length of time you have been employed at the establishment and attests to your proficiency with the English language.
• Education or employment for the duration of time listed above in a country or territory from which an English proficiency test is not required.