Apply: Non-Degree

Complete the UF Non-Degree Application

When completing and submitting the application, please note:

• Choose the year in which you are interested in attending.
• Choose “(year) Non-degree Application.”
• Click “Open Application” to begin out the application.
• Select Non-degree Special Program
• DO NOT select Individual Course! Doing so will require you to complete a new application.
• Select College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and your desired term
• Please provide the reason you are applying as a non-degree student. (For example: to begin taking courses before being formally admitted, requirement for work, etc.).
• Select Medical Microbiology and Biochemistry Online. DO NOT select Microbiology & Cell Science Web Courses – this is the wrong program and will delay the processing of your application.
• Course information must be entered on the application, but is not required for our program. Please enter n/a in the first prefix and number (both) fields.
• Enter your residency information. The residency of our students has no bearing on tuition cost for our program, but this information is required by the University of Florida.
• If you are a non-Florida resident, check the appropriate box.
• If you are a Florida resident, fully complete the “Residency Information” section, including the numbers and original issue dates for two of these three identifying documents:
  • Driver’s License
  • Vehicle Registration
  • Voter Registration
• Add @ufl.edu to your ‘safe list’ on your email account. If you receive any emails from our office or the Office of the University Registrar regarding your application, you must respond.

Admission Processing Time

• Admissions to this program works on a rolling admissions basis, so there is no set date by which applicants are notified of their acceptance. Processing time depends in part upon the volume of applications that are being processed at any given point during the application intake cycle. Applications submitted for any semester other than the current intake period (e.g., spring, summer and fall) are not usually reviewed until the semester prior as high numbers of applications require that those for the upcoming semester are prioritized over those applying further in advance. For example, a student applying for a fall semester that begins in August would be reviewed the previous May/June at the earliest.

*You must submit this application again if you wish to take courses in subsequent semesters.

The English Language Skill Requirement

English Proficiency

All applicants from countries in which the official language is not English are required to submit official evidence of English language proficiency and meet the minimum score requirements. The university does not accept scores compiled from multiple tests to meet English proficiency requirements. UF’s TOEFL and GRE school code is 5812.

Minimum acceptable scores:

• TOEFL (iBT & Home Edition): 80
• TOEFL (PBT): 550
• IELTS Academic: 6.0*
• Verbal GRE: 140
  • For graduate programs that require a GRE score, the verbal GRE must be a minimum of 140 in addition to TOEFL or ILETS.
• UF ELI Exit Certificate

* UF is registered to receive IELTS scores using the IELTS Results Service E-Delivery. Scores should be sent to the University of Florida, which only accepts scores from this E-delivery service. UF does not accept paper Test Report Forms or unofficial copies of IELTS Test Report Forms from students. Applicants should contact the IELTS test center where they took the IELTS to request their official test results be sent to our account name: The University of Florida. An institution code is not required.

The address associated with our IELTS Results Service account is:

The University of Florida
201 Criser Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
United States

Exemptions are granted if applicants:

• Have successfully completed one academic year in a degree-seeking program at a recognized/regionally accredited university or college in the United States or a country where English is the official language.
• Hold an earned equivalent of associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s or PhD degree from a recognized/regionally accredited college or university in the United States or country where English is the official language.

Visit our International Admissions page for a list of countries exempt from English proficiency requirements: https://admissions.ufl.edu/apply/graduate/international