Students may be admitted with regular, provisional, or cooperative transient standing. Admission is subject to a favorable recommendation by the degree-granting department and concurrence of the Graduate Dean. Final authority for admission to the College of Graduate Studies lies with the Graduate Dean. Additionally, the College of Graduate Studies reserves the right to grant an admission status other than full admission to any of the graduate degree programs at Montana State University. As such, applicants should consider themselves admitted only when official notification has been received from the Graduate Dean.
Admission is permitted for only one graduate degree program at a time.
Concurrent admission is not permitted for undergraduate and graduate degrees except in seamless degree programs. In addition to the admission information provided here, each applicant should review departmental requirements in the departmental program descriptions provided later in this graduate section. Prospective graduate students are advised to contact their department of choice for specific departmental requirements. The College of Graduate Studies will designate a specific term for which the student is accepted. Applicants may request a change in that term for up to one year.