Application materials consist of the online Graduate Application for Admission and Fellowship and a Departmental Application. The Graduate Application for Admission and Fellowship must be submitted online. The Departmental Application and all supporting documents should be mailed directly to: Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, 3413 Dwinelle Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-2230, USA, Attn: Jan Johnson.

ALL APPLICATIONS FOR FALL 2009 ADMISSION MUST BE POSTMARKED BY: DECEMBER 7, 2009

Although the above date applies specifically to the completed online application itself, please submit all supporting documents (transcripts, letters of recommendation, GRE and TOEFL score results, etc.) as early as possible. Documents mailed near the deadline should be sent by some form of express mail. There are only a few weeks after the deadline for your file to be organized and presented to the Graduate Admission Committee for its consideration. Though the Graduate Admission Committee will examine all files for which an application has been submitted, it cannot give equal consideration to a file that is incomplete.

Foreign applicants are urged to examine closely the requirements for certification and translation of records provided by Graduate Application and the information on legal residency and fees. International students with F-1 or J-1 visas must pay nonresident tuition every semester of graduate study ($14,694.00 per year) in addition to instate fees ($11,574.50 per year). Doctoral candidates, however, may be eligible for a reduction in nonresident tuition (NRT) for three years after advancement to Ph.D. candidacy. See the Graduate Degrees office for more information on reduced NRT. Since TOEFL scores take 6 to 8 weeks to be mailed after you request the Educational Testing Service to report them to us, please mail a photocopy of your score reports, if available, directly to the department so that the Graduate Admission Committee can make a preliminary examination of your file. (Note: An official report must still be submitted to the department from Educational Testing Service before a student can be admitted.)