Applications

The deadline for applications is January 1 preceding the academic year for which you seek admission. 
 
Application materials can be downloaded here or can be received through contacting our department: 
 
Chair, Admissions Committee 
Psychology Department 
Bowling Green State University 
Bowling Green , Ohio 43403-0228 
(419) 372-2306 
pwatson@bgsu.edu

Click on the following link to download the application materials online:  http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/psych/application.pdf

The following items are necessary for your application to be complete: 
 
To be sent to the Office of Graduate Admissions: 
Office of Graduate Admissions 
Bowling Green State University 
Bowling Green , OH 43403-0180 

• The Application for Admission 
  Available on-line at https://www.applyweb.com/apply/bgsug/ 
• $30 (nonrefundable) application fee 
• GRE Scores (Verbal, Quantitative, and the Advanced score in Psychology) 
  We encourage the applicant to take the GRE as soon as possible to allow time for processing and mailing. 
• Two (2) official transcripts from each institution attended The overall grade point average, as determined by the Graduate College on the basis of official transcripts, is used in the evaluation of each application. 

To be sent to the Department of Psychology: 
Graduate Secretary 
Department of Psychology 
Bowling Green State University 
Bowling Green , OH 43402-0228 

• Three (3) letters of recommendation 
  If the applicant is currently enrolled in a graduate program, letters of recommendation should be solicited from both the undergraduate and graduate institutions. Each reference should be informed that he or she is to give the signed recommendation to the applicant in a sealed envelope with the recommender’s signature across the envelope flap.  
• The Application for Graduate Assistantship form* 
• Research Interest Form*
• The Candidate’s Statement*  

* These forms can be found in the application packet provided by the department. 
 
Bowling Green State University and the Department of Psychology are committed to the policy of hiring and providing opportunities for graduate study to qualified minority individuals and women.

Financial Support

Students receive generous stipends, as well as full tuition and fee waivers. Support for student research is provided by the I-O area, the psychology department, the Institute for Psychological Research and Application (IPRA), and the university. The I-O area and the department also provide generous funding for conference travel so that students may present the results of their own research as well as benefit from the work of contemporaries.