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Admission
Applicants to the Ph.D. Program in Criminal Justice must adhere to the University's core admissions requirements established for doctoral study. The minimum (core) requirements may not be waived or substituted under any circumstances. The core qualifications and admission requirements shall be as follows:
 
1. Given the specification of the program requirement below, applicants must possess a minimum of a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university recognized and approved by UNH. However, programs may admit students with Bachelor’s degrees into their own Master’s program with a plan of studies for transition to the Ph.D. upon successful completion of the Masters. One official transcript from each institution attended must accompany the application. These documents are to be submitted by the issuing academic institution(s) directly to UNH.
 
2. If the applicant’s most recent degree was awarded more than ten years prior to the initial academic term of enrollment in the UNH Ph.D. program, the candidate must demonstrate currency in the field to the satisfaction of the program administrator.
 
3. Applicants must provide official reports of scores for the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or other equivalent standardized examinations acceptable to the program, which have been taken no more than two years prior to the date of application to UNH. These are to be submitted by the testing authority directly to UNH.
 
4. Applicants must furnish three confidential letters of recommendation. Two of the letters are to be from persons familiar with the candidate’s scholarly abilities. The letters are to address specifically the applicant’s (a) ability to conduct research in the proposed field of study, (b) writing ability, and (c) integrity. These letters are to be submitted directly to UNH.
 
5. Applicants must submit an essay of no more than 1,500 words describing the area of interest that the applicant proposes to pursue and the motivation for pursuing the degree.
 
6. Applicants must submit an additional writing sample of previous academic, professional, or published work.
 
7. Applicants must furnish a detailed resume or a curriculum vita.
 
8. In the case of an applicant whose first language is not English, that applicant must furnish documented evidence of his or her ability to communicate (write, read, and speak), in English. All applicants to the university whose native language is not English must present satisfactory scores on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the IELTS. Minimum TOEFL scores for admission to the Ph.D. program are 250 on the computer-generated score, 100 on the Internet-based test, or 600 on the paper-based test, or the IELTS equivalent. That test must have been taken within the two years immediately preceding the requested trimester of admission. In extraordinary circumstances, applicants who do not meet the above TOEFL scores may be admitted, but only with approval from the Dean of the College and the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies. Applicants who have completed requirements for a bachelor’s or a master’s degree from an accredited U.S. university are not required to submit a TOEFL score. When a TOEFL score is a requirement for admission, individual graduate departments may require a TOEFL score higher than the threshold scores previously listed.
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