College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Animal Science

Contact...

Graduate students are only accepted into the department if an individual faculty member agrees to advise them, therefore connecting with an individual faculty member before applying improves your chance of being accepted. Contact potential faculty members directly to find out if they are interested in accepting a new graduate student. Specific areas of research and faculty associated with those areas can be found in the research specialization of our website and in the faculty directory. If direct contact with a faculty member has been made, please indicate that in your application.

Steps

Submit...

Submit an online application through the MSU Graduate School and pay the application fee ($65 U.S. dollars for a domestic student and $75 for an international student). The codes for Animal Science are 0290 for master's degrees, and 0291 for doctoral degrees. 

Send...

Send the following documents to the place indicated (Department address is at end of this page):

• Personal/Academic statement (include with the application or send separately to the Department)
• Request Official transcripts or academic records be sent directly to Graduate Admissions from all institutions listed on the application. (A GPA of at least 3.0 for the bachelor's degree is a requirement.) Mailed and couriered international student transcripts are sent to:

Graduate Admissions

426 Auditorium Road, Room 250

East Lansing, MI 48824

• Arrange for three letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation should be uploaded and submitted through the online application system. Once the online application has been submitted, follow the prompts for the submission of recommendation letters.
• Optional: Official GRE scores sent from ETS to MSU, code 1465 - (For regular admittance, tests should have been taken within two years of application date and scores must be at or above the 20th percentile in each of the three areas: verbal, quantitative, and analytical writing.) 

International Students must also have, in addition to the above:

• • English language proficiency scores must be sent directly to MSU. For more information, please see English Language Proficiency.

• • An Affidavit of Support must be included with the application or sent to the Department. Affidavit is also available from The Graduate School International Students page.

Additional information for international applicants may be found at the Graduate School website.

Arrange...

Arrange for all application materials to be received by the deadlines indicated below    

Domestic Students

The complete application packet must be received by the following deadlines: (dates apply every year)

• For Fall Semester (semester starts August 16th) - May 1st
• For Spring Semester (semester starts January 1st) - October 1st
• For Summer Semester (semester starts May 16th) - February 1st

International Students

The complete application packet must be received by the following deadlines: (dates apply every year)

• For Fall Semester (semester starts August 16th) - December 16th (previous year) 
• For Spring Semester (semester starts January 1st) - March 1st (previous year) 
• For Summer Semester (semester starts May 16th) - August 16th (previous year)

Summary

1. Graduate students are only accepted into the department if an individual faculty member agrees to advise them, therefore connecting with an individual faculty member before applying improves your chance of being accepted. Contact potential faculty members directly to find out if they are interested in accepting a new graduate student.
2. Submit an online application through the MSU Graduate School
3. Mailed and couriered international student transcripts are sent to Graduate Admissions.
4. If you have further questions, please contact Karla Macelli, macellik@msu.edu.