PhD in Geology in Knoxville United States | University of Tennessee, Knoxville

For admission, an applicant must provide transcripts of previous university work, three rating forms or letters of recommendation, and GRE scores (general). Students are not normally admitted under non-degree status.
Prerequisite for either graduate degree is a Bachelor's degree in the geosciences or other field (typically, but not exclusively, from the physical, natural, or life sciences or engineering).
Upon admission, each student selects a major advisor before entering the Department.


A minimum cumulative 3.00 GPA in all graded graduate coursework.
Once a student is in residence and begins to develop research plans, the student and advisor discuss the best possible individuals to form a committee that will be suited for advising the student. Students are expected to develop a committee by the end of the first semester.
The Dissertation Committee is primarily responsible for advising the student's research activities, but also can modify the course curriculum based on the student's area of research.

Minimum score requirements for admission to the Graduate School are:
a total score of 80 on the internet-based TOEFL (iBT),
a total score of 550 or equivalent on the paper-based TOEFL (PBT), or
a 6.5 overall band score on the IELTS.