Graduate Programs: How to Apply

We accept applications each fall (with a deadline in the middle of December) for admission for the following Fall semester (beginning in August). Fuller information about the criteria for admission and the required elements of an application is provided on the information page for prospective students. In brief, an application consists of six parts:

  1. Your completed Graduate Division application form. This should be completed online at the Graduate Division application site. If you are unable to complete the online application, then a paper form may be obtained from the Student Affairs Officer serving the programs at the address below.
  2. Your writing sample, mailed in hard copy to the address below.
  3. Your reading list for Greek and Latin texts. This may be submitted with our online form, or mailed in hard copy to the address below.
  4. Your letters of recommendation, to be submitted online by the recommenders themselves.
  5. Transcripts (as specified in the application) sent directly to the address below.
  6. GRE scores, required by the Department of all students receiving a B.A. in North America and of those overseas students whose native language is English or who have studied for one or more years at a university at which classes are conducted in English. Codes 2901 (Classics) and 2609 (Classical Languages) should be used to have GRE scores reported to the department by ETS.

Address for items 2, 3, 4, and 5 above:

Graduate Admissions
University of California
Department of Classics
7233 Dwinelle Hall, #2520
Berkeley, CA 94720-2520