To apply, submit Temple’s online graduate application along with an application fee of $60.
Applicants must have completed their bachelor’s degree. A degree in a related field is preferred; however, all applications will be considered.
Candidates will be asked to submit the following along with their application.
Upload unofficial transcripts from every college and university you have attended with your online application. If your application is under serious consideration, you will be contacted to submit official copies. Please only send official transcripts to the department if requested. Unsolicited transcripts will not be retrieved.
Submit three letters of recommendation from faculty and professionals familiar with your academic competence.
Your statement should be about 500 to 1,000 words in length. Include your specific interest in Temple’s program, your research and future career goals, and your previous academic and research achievements.
This statement should also identify your first, second, and third choice of faculty with whom you are applying to work. If your choice of potential faculty mentor is not included, your application may not receive full review.
The GRE is optional. Scores may be submitted if available. Note that if you are applying for the Clinical Psychology area, GRE scores will not be considered in admissions decisions. Applications for the Cognition and Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, and Social Psychology areas will receive equal consideration with or without GRE scores. The GRE Subject Test in Psychology is also not required.
A current professional résumé is required.
A student enrolled in the Psychology Ph.D. program may, with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies in Psychology, transfer as many as nine (9) credits of coursework taken elsewhere. To be so approved, the courses must be deemed appropriate to stand as part of the student’s training in the Ph.D. program, and the student must have received a grade of “B” or higher in the course(s). Final approval of advanced standing credits is given by the Office of the Dean, College of Liberal Arts, on recommendation from the Director of Graduate Studies in Psychology. The maximum number of advanced standing credits awarded is nine (9).
For further information, please refer to the Graduate Bulletin.
There are a limited number of application fee waivers available for applicants who meet the necessary criteria. Interested applicants should review criteria and, if appropriate, submit an Application Fee Waiver form.
Applicants who earned their baccalaureate degree from an institution where the language of instruction was other than English, with the exception of those who subsequently earned a master’s degree at a U.S. institution, must report scores for a standardized test of English that meet these minimums:
See more detailed instructions on applying to Temple as an international student.
Fall: Dec. 1
