Your unofficial academic records/transcripts from all post-secondary institutions. If you are formally admitted, you will need to submit official transcripts prior to entering the program.
Three letters of recommendation. You will be asked to provide the contact information of your recommenders on your Profile. The recommender will then receive an email from the Office of Admissions instructing them on how to upload a recommendation letter. Letters should be written by persons familiar enough with your intellectual attainments to evaluate your potential as a graduate student in English (preferably instructors of your college English courses or professionals familiar with your writing abilities and work habits). Letters of Recommendation may be submitted through a dossier service (such as Interfolio), please inform the service to submit the letters via email to cherie-hansen-rieskamp@uiowa.edu.
A brief statement of purpose (no more than 500 words) explaining your reasons for choosing this degree program.
We do NOT require GRE scores.
Official TOEFL scores for non-native speakers of English. Applicants whose native language is not English, please see list below:
Paper-based (PBT) 637
Internet based (iBT) 110
IELTS Overall scores of 8 with no subscore less than 7