All formal admission offers are made by the Dean of the School by airmail post. Admission offers are typically sent through the mail during the first part of March. Admission acceptances are due by April 15.

The national acceptance deadline for graduate admission and financial support offers is April 15. However, early decisions are always welcomed.

Yes; occasionally students offered admission cannot come to campus for the academic year in which they are accepted. In such cases, the student may request admission deferral for one year (from fall to fall). These requests are typically approved, however, any offer of financial support cannot be deferred. Students must reapply for financial assistance.

Shortly after your offer arrives, you will receive from the Graduate Division, instructions for accepting or declining admission. Students who accept are required to file an online statement of intent to register (SIR) and a statement of legal residence with the Registrar’s Office. Specific instructions will follow explaining these procedures.

International students must apply for a visa to study in the US, specifically at UC Irvine. Amongst other things this involves demonstrating proof of financial support, at least for the first year of study. The paperwork to use to apply for an F1 or J1 visa, as appropriate, is included in each candidate’s admission package. A pre-addressed return envelope is enclosed for conveniently returning the application document to the campus.

All offers of Ph.D. admission include guaranteed placement in campus housing for at least four years from the time of first enrollment. Instructions for applying for guaranteed housing placement will be sent to students either with the admissions packet or shortly afterward. Although placement in on-campus housing is guaranteed, entering year students must still apply to participate in the program. The application deadline is May 1 for the following academic year (please visit the Campus Housing site for additional information).

Enrollment windows for entering students open in the summer, usually in the latter half of June. (Enrollment is a part of the registration process that student goes through each quarter.)

Registration consists of two related steps--enrollment and fee payment--either of which may be done first, provided both are completed prior to the start of fall quarter. The Fall 2007 registration deadline is Friday, September 21, 2007. Instructions for accessing UCI's online registration system ­ WebReg ­ will be provided to entering students during the summer.

Students receiving financial support will have their fees paid on their behalf as a benefit of employment (for teaching assistants), or a fellowship (for students receiving a Merit award). Fee payment occurs as an internal on-campus financial transaction. Non-resident tuition for out of state students receiving financial support is covered in the same way. Students admitted without support are responsible for paying fees and tuition as an out of pocket expense.

Instructions for activating your UCInet ID and setting up an email account will be available in the summer, usually late June or early July.

All students are advised to arrive on campus by mid- September, at least one week before the fall registration deadline; but your specific arrival time will be determined, in part, by the move-in date you are offered for on-campus housing. Some students may find it best to arrive as early as the first week in September. Others, especially students who need to locate off-campus housing, may want to arrive a week or two earlier. Others will prefer to arrive just before Welcome Week begins. (Economics students are required to attend a three-week, intensive Math Camp that begins early in September--they should plan to arrive by the end of August.)

On-line information for entering year students will be made available in the middle of July, in answer to the questions most typically asked by entering-year graduate students. The School will hold an all-day orientation program during Welcome Week: September 24-26, 2007. This year's program will be held on Monday, the 24th. (Fall classes begin on Thursday, the 27th.)

In addition to the School's orientation program on Monday, September 24th, a formal program of TA training will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 25th and 26th. International students are required to attend an mandatory orientation at the UC Irvine International Center on Monday afternoon, September 24th. (Regrettably, this program conflicts in the afternoon with Social Sciences School-wide orientation.) .