Graduate Application Timeline and Steps

Due to the difficulty in getting a visa appointment, our application deadlines are as follows:

Deadlines	Spring Semester - January 2026	Fall Semester - August 2025
Priority Application:	May 1, 2025	March 1, 2025
Final Application:	August 15, 2025	May 1, 2025
Required document deadline:	October 1, 2025	June 1, 2025

Summer Semester - June 2025: All admission materials are due May 15, 2025.

 

Transfer Students who are currently in the U.S.

Deadlines	Spring Semester - January 2026	Fall Semester - August 2025
Application Deadlines:	September 1, 2025	May 1, 2025
Required Documents Deadline:	October 1, 2025	July 1, 2025

 

Step 1: Review your UNM graduate program details and scholarships/assistantship options. 

Step 2: Apply to UNM online and pay the $70 application fee.

Step 3: Submit your Official English proficiency score, if needed. Once we have received your application, we will notify you via email if additional documents or information are needed. Your graduate department will review your application and make the final admission decision.

Step 4: Our office will contact you once a admission decision has been made. You will also be notified if you have been nominated for any scholarships and/or offered an assistantship.

Step 5: Accept your admission and submit your financial and official academic documents. To receive your
I-20 and schedule your visa appointment, you will need to show funding for your first year of study.  Once we have all of your necessary documents, we will issue your I-20 and admission letter, which you will need to bring to your visa appointment. 

Step 6: Schedule and attend your visa appointment.

Step 7: Finalize your travel plans and secure housing. Arrive on campus!