Apply: Graduate Certificate Programs

Complete the UF Graduate Certificate Application

When completing and submitting the application, please note the following important information for each section of the application. If you would like to go directly to the application, please click here. To jump to our application walkthrough video, click here.

Getting Started

• Keep the username and password that you create in order to log in and edit your application before submission.

Submitting the Online Application

Personal Information

• Provide all of the requested Personal Information.
• International Applicants:
  • You must enter your Surname and Given name in the Passport Name section even if you do not have a passport.
  • If you are a permanent resident alien and/or reside in the United States, you must provide your resident alien number and upload a copy of your permanent resident alien card directly to the application.

Conduct Disclosure

• Accurately answer and report all information in the Conduct Disclosure section.

Application Information & Certificate Program

Under Application Information, you will be asked to select the Application Type and Certificate Program.  Follow the instructions below to make the correct selections for the certificate you are applying for:

• In the Certificate Level dropdown select Graduate.
• In the Certificate Program section, click or search College of Medicine. From the expanded selection, choose:
  • Medical Physiology if you are applying to the Medical Physiology Certificate
  • Medical Physiology CV/Renal if you are applying to the Cardiovascular/Renal Certificate
  • Medical Human Anatomy if you are applying to the Medical Human Anatomy Certificate
  • Medical Anatomy and Physiology if you are applying to the Medical Anatomy and Physiology Certificate
  • Aging and Geriatric Practice if you are applying to the Aging and Geriatric Practice Certificate
  • Anatomical Sciences Education if you are applying to the Anatomical Sciences Education Certificate
• Choose the term you are applying for from the dropdown. Applicants applying for Summer admission must select Summer A/C.

Review your selection in the Certificate Program Display and verify that it is correct before moving to the next application step.  If you need to amend your selection, choose Re-Select Certificate and Term.

Academic Background

• Report your Undergraduate Major.
• Enter all of the colleges or universities you have attended. Accurately report the degree, and degree date, you earned.
  • Upload your unofficial transcripts for each school, if you have them.
  • Note: Unofficial transcripts may be submitted at the time of application, but official, sealed transcripts must be submitted before the start of registration for the second semester (instructions for sending official transcripts are on Step Three).

Activities

• Report past and/or planned activities in this section, including pertinent work experience.

Residency Information

• 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 the following three identifying documents. Documents may be directly uploaded to the application:
  • Driver’s License
  • Vehicle Registration
  • Voter Registration

Application Fee

• The $30 application fee must be paid with the submission of the online application in order for the application to be submitted.

Additional Information

• Add @ufl.edu to your ‘safe list’ on your email account. If you receive any emails from UF regarding your application, you must respond.

Admission Processing Time

Admission to our programs works on a rolling 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.

Need Help With Your Application?

Watch this step-by-step video guide to completing your application. If you still need help, please contact us. We are here to help!

Domestic Applicant Transcript Requirement

All students must have transcripts sent to the Office of Admission for all college coursework completed. Unofficial transcripts may be submitted at the time of application, but official, sealed transcripts must be submitted before the start of registration for the second semester. The transcripts sent should correlate to the schools listed on your application (Step 2).

Former University of Florida (UF) students who haven’t attended any school after UF do not need to request transcripts.

If you have not yet completed your bachelor’s degree, only send a transcript once it reflects that your degree has been conferred. This transcript must be received by UF by the final application deadline for the semester you are applying to. Transcripts that confer the degree must be received before any decision can be made on an application.

Domestic transcripts can be sent via post or electronically. Request official, original transcripts from every school that you reported on the UF Graduate Certificate Application in Step 2.

Send transcripts via post to the following address:

University of Florida
Office of Admissions
201 Criser Hall – PO Box 114000
Gainesville, FL 32611-4000

Send electronic transcripts directly FROM the institution TO the UF Office of Admissions at te@admissions.ufl.edu.

The institution must use one of the following verified companies to submit transcripts or the transcripts cannot be considered valid and official:

Parchment, Faster, National Student Clearinghouse, Transcripts Plus, Credential Solutions, or E-script/Scrip-Safe.

If one of these companies cannot be used transcripts must be sent via post.

International Applicant Transcript Requirement

Transcript/Mark Sheet and Diploma/Degree Certificate

Graduate applicants must submit an official, original document in the original language of each transcript/mark sheet and diploma/degree certificate from each university or college attended. If your reported nation of citizenship’s language is not English, certified, exact literal English translations are required. The English translation may come from your university or may be completed by a certified translator. Original documents are strongly preferred. However, if you cannot send originals we can accept the WES ICAP evaluation. We cannot accept the WES evaluation report or any other evaluations from other credential services.

For applicants that do not need any of their documents returned, use the following instructions:

All academic credentials sent using these instructions become property of the university. They will not be returned to you or forwarded to a third party. Credentials of applicants who do not enroll will be destroyed.

Request official, original transcripts from every school that you reported on the UF Graduate Application in Step 2 and have them sent to the following address.

University of Florida
Office of Admissions
201 Criser Hall – PO Box 114000
Gainesville, FL 32611-4000

For applicants who need any of their documents returned, use the following instructions:

We must have your original diploma verifying that the degrees reported were earned. Your transcript/mark sheet and diploma/degree certificate with English translations (if the native language is not English) should be assembled by you and sent to the address below in one package. If you would like your transcript/mark sheet and diploma/degree certificate returned to you, you must provide a return shipping label and return packaging in the package that you send.

We keep your documents locked and safe until after your application materials are processed and an application decision can be made. Once the documents are reviewed, we will send them back to you via the label and packaging that you provide. While the University of Florida handles all documents with care, we are not responsible for documents that are lost or damaged in the mail.

Packages that include documents to be returned must be sent to:

University of Florida
Attn: College of Medicine Graduate Education Online
PO Box 100229
Gainesville, FL 32610

The English Language Skill Requirement

All international applicants will be required to provide English Proficiency Test Scores and meet the minimum score requirements. Students from countries where English is the only official language, who have attended non-US institutions where the only official language of instruction is English, or who have earned a degree within the United States may qualify for an exemption at the discretion of the academic department. The university does not accept scores compiled from multiple tests to meet English proficiency requirements.

Minimum Acceptable Scores

• TOEFL (iBT & Home Edition): 4.5
  TOEFL Sub-Sections:
  • Reading: 4.0
  • Listening: 4.0
  • Speaking: 4.0
  • Writing: 4.0
• IELTS Academic: 6.5*
• UF ELI Exit Certificate

NOTE: TOEFL/IELTS scores are valid for 2 years from the test date. ETS will not provide score reports on exams older than 2 years and a new test would be required.

For the TOEFL, use school code 5812 when registering with ETS. Scores must be sent electronically by ETS as UF does not accept paper or unofficial copies. Make sure your scores arrive before the application deadline.

* 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.