New Applicants or Students enrolled as Post-baccalaureate

New applicants to the University of Missouri-Columbia or students who have been previously enrolled through MU Direct as post-baccalaureate must submit an Application for Graduate Admission (Online Application).

• A non-refundable application-processing fee ($45 U.S. for U.S. citizens and permanent residents; $60 U.S. for non-resident internationals) is required of all new applicants.
• Indicate the following:
  • Degree: Master of Education (M Ed)
  • Program: Curriculum and Instruction (C & I)
  • Emphasis: Learning and Instruction

Current MU Undergraduate Students

Currently enrolled undergraduate students at MU should submit the Transfer of Division Form along with other degree program admission materials directly to the degree program in lieu of the application for admission.

Former MU Graduate Students

If you are a former MU graduate student, complete a Request to Re-enroll for Graduate Studies form available online.

International Students

International applicants should review admission options prior to submitting an application.

Official transcripts of all previous college work at institutions other than MU, undergraduate and graduate. It is recommended that the online Graduate School application be completed prior to submitting your transcripts.

This form includes pertinent biographical information, especially professional experience. In answering Statement of Purpose (No. 29), please state your professional goals, including career objectives, your motivation for graduate work and other pertinent information.

• Personal Data Sheet (PDF)

Two letters of reference are required regardless of undergraduate (or graduate) GPA. Students with an undergraduate GPA below 3.0 (last 60 hours) and international students will be required to submit three letters of recommendation.

Letters should attest to your professional competence, academic preparation and potential for graduate work. Ideally, one letter should be from a college or university professor who can discuss your academic abilities and one should be from an administrator or colleague who can describe authoritatively your professional experience and potential.

Letters should be sent directly from the writer to the academic department. Letters are confidential and cannot be returned or shared with the student. Letters included with student applications rather than sent directly from the writer will not be considered. If located overseas, letters can be included in one package with letters individually sealed in separate letter size envelopes with the writer’s signature written across the flap and the candidates name on the front.

Questions concerning letters of recommendation - contact Fran Colley (ColleyF@missouri.edu).

Letter of Reference Form (PDF)

All applicants regardless of their grade point averages must submit GRE scores (taken within the last five years).

• Preferred score: verbal plus quantitative total of 900
• Graduate School Institution Code: 6875

For further information about scheduling the GRE, call the Educational Testing Service at 1-800-GRE-CALL or visit http://www.gre.org. You also may mail correspondence to the service at Box 955, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Students whose native language is not English must submit a score of at least 550 on a TOEFL administered within the last two years for early childhood education. Institution code: 6875.

Submit the following items to the Graduate School:

• Graduate Online Application.
• Official Transcripts.
• GRE Scores.
• TOEFL Scores: Institution code: 6875 (if applicable).

• Graduate School
• 210 Jesse Hall
• Columbia, MO 65211
• Phone: 1-800-877-6312 or 573-882-6311

Submit the following items to the Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum:

• Personal Data Sheet/Statement of Purpose
• Letters of Reference
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae (optional)
• GRE scores - Institution code: 6875, Department code: 3101

• Director of Graduate Studies
• Department of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum
• Attn: Fran Colley
• University of Missouri-Columbia
• 303 Townsend Hall
• Columbia, MO 65211
• Phone: 573-882-6462

Once you have been accepted into the M Ed program you will receive a letter from the academic department’s graduate studies program. This letter will include your academic adviser's name. Contact your academic adviser to discuss your program of study. The Graduate School requires that the M-1 Program of Study (PDF) form be completed.

This form provides the student, the department and the Graduate School with a plan for all course work, transfer credit and research hours that will comprise a student's program of study. The Graduate School requests that the Program of Study form be filed by the end of the student's second semester of enrollment or beginning of the second year.

Course numbers and titles must match exactly to what is listed on the student’s transcripts--or the Graduate School will not approve the M-1 form. If changes must be made on a student's Program of Study form, a Program of Study Substitution form is used.

If you are not sure what course work you have taken, please contact the Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum to have a courtesy copy of your transcripts sent to you. M-1 forms that are incorrectly or incompletely filled out will be returned to the student and may delay graduation.

Questions should be directed to Fran Colley, graduate studies program secretary, at ColleyF@missouri.edu or 573-882-6462.

Mail or fax the completed and signed M-1 form to:

• Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
• Attention: Fran Colley
• 303 Townsend Hall
• University of Missouri-Columbia
• Columbia, MO 65211
• Fax: (573) 884-2917