The University of Houston Graduate School is pleased to offer a GRE/GMAT Waiver program for graduate program applicants who have completed their bachelor’s degree at the University of Houston and have achieved a certain minimum undergraduate GPA at the University of Houston. To qualify, applicants must meet the minimum undergraduate GPA listed below for the degree program to which they are applying. Note: Not every graduate program participates in this waiver program.
This program only waives the submission of GRE or GMAT scores from the application process and does not guarantee admission to any degree program. Students should be aware of application deadlines for each degree program.
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The programs listed below are the programs participating in the waiver program.
Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design
Degree Minimum GPA Industrial Design, MS 3.33 Deadlines Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts
Degree Minimum GPA Art, MFA 3.3 Art History, MA 3.3 Arts Leadership, MA 3.3 Music, MM 3.3 Theatre-Acting, MFA 3.3 Theatre-Design, MFA 3.3 Theatre Studies, MA 3.3 Summer MA for Educators, MA 3.3 Deadlines Bauer College of Business
Degree Minimum GPA Accountancy, MS 3.5 Business Analytics, MS 3.6 Finance, MS 3.6 Global Energy Leadership, MS 3.6 Management Information Systems, MS 3.6 Online Management and Leadership, MS 3.6 Marketing, MS 3.6 Supply Chain Management, MS 3.6 Deadlines College of Education
Degree Minimum GPA Administration and Supervision, MEd3.3 Counseling, MEd 3.3 Curriculum & Instruction, MEd 3.3 Special Populations, MEd 3.3 Professional Leadership, EdD 3.3 Deadlines Cullen College of Engineering
Degree Minimum GPA Aerospace Engineering, MS3.4 Biomedical Engineering, MSBE 3.4 Chemical Engineering, MSChem/MChE 3.4 Civil Engineering, MSCE 3.4 Computer & Systems Engineering, MS 3.4 Electrical Engineering, MSEE 3.4 Environmental Engineering, MS 3.4 Geosensing Systems Engineering and Sciences, MS 3.4 Industrial Engineering, MSIE/MIE 3.4 Industrial Engineering, MSME 3.4 Materials Science and Engineering, MS 3.4 Mechanical Engineering, MS 3.4 Petroleum Engineering, MSPerE/MPetE 3.4 Space Architecture, MS 3.4 Subsea Engineering, MS 3.4 Deadlines Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM)
Degree Minimum GPA Hospitality Management, MS 3.5 Deadlines College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences (LASS)
Degree Minimum GPA Anthropology, MA3.4 Applied Economics, MA 3.4 Athletic Training, MAT 3.4 English-British & American Literature, MA 3.4 Health Communication, MA 3.4 Mass Communication Studies, MA 3.4 Nutrition, MS 3.4 Political Science, MA 3.4 Public Relations Studies, MA 3.4 Sociology, MA 3.4 Spanish, MA 3.4 Sports & Fitness Administration, MA 3.4 World Cultures & Literature, MA 3.4 Deadlines College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (NSM)
Degree Minimum GPA Applied Mathematics, MS3.4 Biology, MS3.4 Chemistry, MS 3.4 Computer Science, MS 3.4 Mathematics, MS/MA 3.4 Physics, MS 3.4 Statistics and Data Science, MS 3.5 Deadlines College of Nursing
Degree Minimum GPA Administration, MS 3.3 Education, MSN 3.3 Family Nurse Practioner, MSN 3.3 Deadlines Hobby School of Public Affairs
Degree Minimum GPA Public Policy, MPP
3.2 (Fall 2022)
3.3 (Beginning Spring 2023)
Deadlines Graduate College of Social Work
Degree Minimum GPA Social Work, MSW 3.3 Deadlines College of Technology
Degree Minimum GPA Construction Management, MS 3.0 Engineering Technology, MS 3.0 Foresight, MS 3.0 Global Retailing, MS 3.0 Human Resource Development, MS 3.0 Information System Security, MS 3.0 Supply Chain and Logistics Technology, MS 3.0 Technology Project Management, MS 3.0 Deadlines