The applicant must hold, or anticipate completing by the time of admission, an M.A. degree from an accredited U.S. college or university or the equivalent degree from a university outside the U.S., have a minimum grade point average of 3.4 on a 4-point scale in the M.A. in Spanish, and meet the general requirements of the Graduate College.

Procedure for considering internal M.A. candidates for admission to the Ph.D. program:
All internal M.A. candidates who wish to continue for the Ph.D. at the University of Arizona must provide the following:

1) Three letters of reference, at least one of which must be from a professor who did not serve on the student's M.A. examination committee
2) Curriculum Vitae
3) Statement of purpose written in Spanish by the student
4) A writing sample in Spanish

Standardized Tests
Acceptable English Proficiency tests:

Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) - minimum score of 79 iBT or 60 on the revised PBT with no section score lower than 15 (550 on PBT taken before 2017)
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Minimum composite score of 7, with no subject area below a 6

Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) - minimum score level C1
Graduate English Language Endorsement from the Center for English as a Second Language (CESL)
CEPT Full Academic test - minimum score level C1, offered by our Center for English as a Second Language (CESL)