Application Fee (Required)
$65 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
$80 for international students.
English Proficiency Test (Required)
This program uses the Graduate School's English Language Proficiency Score Requirements and Minimum Scores for Regular Admission.
Minimum Scores for Regular Admission
TOEFL iBT: 4.5 (no sub score less than 4) (or 79 for students who took the test prior to January 2026)
IELTS: 6.5 (no sub score less than 6)
Duolingo English Test: 120 (no sub score less than 110)
PTE: 59
More information is available at https://graduate.ua.edu/applicants/international-students/.
Letter of Recommendation (3 Required)
Contact information for three recommenders provided at time of application.
Resume (Required)
Statement of Purpose (Required)
The answers to these four directed questions (used in place of a Statement of Purpose) will be answered on the admissions application. Please see further details on program website if applying to complete the program online.
What are the academic disciplines at The University of Alabama from which you propose to draw classes? If you are applying to complete this program online, these classes must be available at the graduate (masters/doctoral) level in online format.
Describe your academic and/or professional preparation and how this relates to the Interdisciplinary Master’s program that you envision.
Describe the personal and/or professional goals that you wish to achieve by completing the Interdisciplinary Master’s program.
The final stage of the Interdisciplinary Master’s program involves a thesis or project that pulls together the different types of expertise you will have acquired. If you have an idea now about the potential focus of that thesis or project – a question you might explore or a problem you might solve - please briefly describe that idea. (We recognize that this idea may evolve during the course of your studies.)
Transcript (Required)
Please upload an unofficial transcript for any institution of higher education at which you have completed 15 or more credit hours. Please include a grading scheme if your university does not use a letter-based (e.g. A, A-, B) grading scheme.