Application Process

Applicants should submit, as part of their application, a personal statement, copies of all undergraduate and graduate transcripts, Graduate Record Examination scores (verbal, quantitative, and analytical), and three letters of recommendation from people familiar with the applicant’s academic potential and achievement (for those with the master’s degree one person familiar with the applicant’s clinical work). If possible, have one or more of your references comment on your suitability and talent for a professionally oriented course of study in Clinical Psychology. Applicants should have at least a 3.0 GPA in their previous academic work.

Your personal statement should describe pertinent aspects of your background and your aspirations toward becoming a doctoral-level clinical psychologist. In this letter describe your interests, your accomplishments, your interest in psychology, the issues in psychology that have attracted your attention, why you are applying to our program, and your goals for your professional life. The purpose of this letter is to give you the opportunity to inject something personal into the application materials. This letter helps us see something of the individual who has compiled the indirect indices of achievement that comprise the bulk of the application. Please do not send term papers or theses. Completed applications must be submitted no later than January 1st, to the attention of:

Steven Coddington
Graduate Admissions Counselor
University of Detroit Mercy
Admissions Office
4001 W. McNichols Rd.
Detroit, MI 48221-3038

Graduate applications are available online. The application fee is waived for online applications. You may request further information about applications from Mr. Coddington at coddinsm@udmercy.edu or at 313-993-6031.

The program’s admissions committee reviews completed applications in February. Qualified applicants are invited for on-campus interviews in March. Admission decisions are made in March and April for the following September.

NOTE: Students whose application for admission has been declined three times should not re-apply.