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ADMISSIONS
POLICY
The School
seeks a diverse pool of applicants who have been trained in a wide
range of disciplines and preferably have had previous work experience
in policy making or implementation. No specific background or undergraduate
major is required. Admission is selective. Decisions will be based
on a multifaceted evaluation of the applicant’s overall academic
record, applicable test scores and potential for the field of public
policy as evidenced by work experience and community, extracurricular
or other relevant experience, written statement of purpose and goals,
and letters of recommendation.
Admission
Requirements
Students
are admitted to the MPP program only in the fall quarter, which
starts in late September. Applicants must meet the following requirements
to be considered for admission:
- Hold a bachelor’s
degree from an accredited college or university
- Establish
eligibility for admission to graduate standing in the University
of California
- Obtain a
minimum grade point average of 3.0 (B) in all upper division courses
- Submit results
of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Under certain conditions,
GMAT and LSAT scores may be considered in lieu of the GRE.
Admission
Procedures
Applicants
must submit two separate applications: one to UCLA Graduate Division,
and a supplemental application to the Department. While the Department
can recommend whether a student should be offered admission, Graduate
Division has final authority in all admission decisions. The
final deadline for filing both applications is January 15. However,
early application is strongly encouraged.
The Graduate
Admissions application can be accessed online at www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gasaa/admissions/applicat.htm.
All of the
following materials must be submitted to:
Policy Studies
Admissions Office
UCLA School
of Public Policy and Social Research
3250 Public
Policy Building
Box 951656
Los Angeles,
CA 90095-1656
(1) Completed
MPP Supplemental Application form (included at the back of this
bulletin).
(2) A
statement of purpose and goals. The statement should be no longer
than three double-spaced pages. It should include a concise description
of past and present education, employment and other relevant experience,
how these experiences relate to the choice of public policy as a
career goal, and a statement describing how a degree would be applied
to future career goals.
(3) Three
letters of recommendation. Letters should be submitted by persons
in a position to thoroughly describe the applicant’s intellectual
and professional capabilities. The letters should be from employment
supervisors or academic instructors, not personal friends, family
members, or co-workers.
(4) Two
official copies of transcripts from each college or university
attended in the United States or abroad (include both undergraduate
and graduate academic records, if applicable).
(5) Official
copy of scores from the Graduate Record Examination (www.gre.org).
(6)
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores, if the
applicant is a student whose native language is not English. The
TOEFL (www.toefl.org) is required of all non-native speakers
unless they have completed two years of university-level coursework
in an English-language institution. A score of 600 on the TOEFL
is required.
If you have
questions about application procedures, call the MPP Admissions
Officer at (310) 825-0448.
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