Applications are administered on-line by the Cornell Graduate School http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/admissions/applying/apply-now. The following supporting documents are also required and should be submitted on-line with your application:
- Statement of purpose: a one to two page statement outlining why you have chosen to apply for a graduate degree in food science
- Resume or CV
- Transcripts: unofficial is accepted
- Three letters of recommendation
- GRE scores: fill in your scores on the application form and send official scores via ETS to college code 2098; department code 0107
- TOEFL scores*: to be eligible for admission, applicants must meet the minimum score requirements (writing 20, listening 15, reading 20, speaking 22). Fill in your scores on the application form and send official scores via ETS to college code 2098
*For international students who are citizens of countries where the native language (not official language) is NOT English. Those who are automatically exempt from the TOEFL requirement are students from English-speaking Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK. Among those not exempt are applicants from every other country including the Indian subcontinent, Singapore, the Anglophone Caribbean, Anglophone Africa, Francophone Canada, and Puerto Rico. Additionally, international students who do not meet the above criteria but have studied in a degree program for at least two calendar years (24 months) in a country where the native language is English are exempt from the TOEFL requirement.