General Information About Graduate Admission

The Admissions Committee of the University may, upon request, review the documents of any applicant and, based on individual circumstances, make exceptions to the requirements outlined for each academic program.

Falsification of information on an application for admission may result in dismissal or nonadmission. The University reserves the right to refuse admission to any applicant or readmission to any student, or to dismiss any student whose conduct is judged detrimental to the University program.

No portion of an applicant’s academic record from another institution should be withheld; this may result in a permanent dismissal without credit for work completed at The University of Tampa. 

Transfer credit is only allowed at the time of admissions and in accordance with particular program policy.  Coursework completed more than seven years prior to admissions may not be applied toward a master's degree.  Transient credit, correspondence credit and credit for extension courses is generally not accepted, unless specifically approved by the respective program director and college dean.

A student with a record of previous graduate work that does not meet the UT criteria for good academic standing may be conditionally admitted to a UT graduate program. This student's cumulative GPA for all graduate work will be maintained, but a separate GPA for coursework in the new program will determine the student's academic standing going forth.

A condition of any admission to the University is that students must certify that he or she will not unlawfully possess, use, sell, purchase, manufacture, deliver or possess with intent to sell, purchase, manufacture or deliver any controlled substance while enrolled at UT.

The University of Tampa takes student postings on social media sites seriously. Students who post illegal behavior or threatening comments on social media sites may have their admission to the University rescinded or may be permanently dismissed from the University.

Graduate students taking at least 8 credit hours per semester are considered full time for federal student aid purposes.

Graduate students are considered full time at 3.25 credits per summer 1 or 2 session, or 6.5 hours for the summer 12-week session.