The graduate application can be accessed through our Online Application System.
The general deadline for receipt of applications for admission to UC Merced graduate programs for Fall 2019 is January 15, 2019. Many programs will continue to accept applications past January 15 depending on space available, but financial support may not be available for later applicants. For more information, please contact your program of choice and see below for the status of our graduate application.
Deadlines by Group:
| Applied Math | Applications open |
| Biological Engineering and Small-Scale Technologies | Applications open |
| Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Applications open |
| Cognitive and Information Sciences | Applications open |
| Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Applications open |
| Environmental Systems | Priority Deadline December 15, 2018 General Application Deadline January 15, 2019 |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | Applications open |
| Management of Innovation, Sustainability & Technology | Applications open |
| Mechanical Engineering | Applications open |
| Physics | Priority Deadline December 15, 2018 General Application Deadline January 15, 2019 |
| Political Science | Applications open |
| Public Health | Applications open |
| Psychological Sciences | Applications open |
| Quantitative & Systems Biology | Priority Deadline December 15, 2018 General Application Deadline January 15, 2019 QSB encourages all applicants to submit by the priority deadline. |
| Sociology | General Application Deadline January 15, 2019 |