A bachelor's degree with a 3.0 GPA or higher is required. Applicants who do not meet the GPA requirement may enter by earning a combined score of 900 or above on the verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination GRE. International students must submit TOEFL scores of 550 or 213 on the computer-based TOEFL or higher.

If English is not your native language, youll need to submit TOEFL or IELTS scores taken within the last two years. A minimum score of 91 for TOEFL under the new IBT-Internet Based Test or 575 under the paper based testing, and minimum score of 6.5 on the IELTS is required. The URI Designated Institution Code for TOEFL is 3919.