Application Procedures
*2010 Application Deadlines*
Clinical - January 4th (including law-psychology/clinical)
All other programs - January 15th
Our New Online Admissions System
All application materials must be submitted electronically. We are no longer able to accept paper applications.
The online application process starts with the UNL Application for Graduate Admissions.
Once you have completed the Graduate Admissions application, you will be sent a user id and password to allow you to log into GAMES. You will complete the departmental application process in GAMES.
The GAMES application will request the following information (click here for a downloadable worksheet with detailed instructions on what to prepare):
- Personal Information such as contact information
- Academic history and credentials
- A Personal Statement (see worksheet for details)
- A listing of relevent courses and grades
- A list of any papers presented or published
- An indication of which program you are applying to and (required for clinical, optional for others) a listing of faculty with whom you are interested in working
- A PDF of your copy of GRE General and Psychology Subject (if applicable) Tests scores (In addition, please arrange to have official scores sent directly by ETS to the Graduate College.)
- Names and e-mail addresses of three individuals who will submit letters of recommendation electronically
For questions regarding the application process please contact:
Jamie Longwell
Graduate Admissions Coordinator
Department of Psychology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
238 Burnett Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0308
Note: Transcripts are submitted to the Graduate College. You do not need to send additional copies of transcripts to the Department of Psychology.
Applicants to the Law and Psychology program must also submit a law school application to the UNL College of Law.
NOTE: Some application forms are in Adobe PDF format. If you need Acrobat Reader you can download a copy free at www.adobe.com.
Note to Clinical Psychology Training Program Applicants:
Each year we invite approximately the top 25 students who we believe will be a good match for our program to our Interview Weekend. For 2010, Interview Weekend is scheduled for Friday, February 19th through Sunday, February, 21st. If you are strongly considering the University of Nebraska - Lincoln's Clinical Psychology Training Program, please save these dates. Although we realize that circumstances sometimes require that an applicant conduct a phone interview rather than visiting in person, we have found that students who attend our Interview Weekend are in a far better position to evaluate the merits of our program. We typically extend invitations to attend Interview Weekend about one month prior to the weekend.
