APPLICATION DEADLINE
MLML accepts applications to the M.S. Program from October 1 through February 1 each year. Once we've received your application, we'll accept your supplemental application documents (transcripts, letters of rec, etc.) through February 15.
STEP 1: CHOOSING & CONTACTING A FACULTY ADVISOR
Before applying to MLML, all prospective students must select a faculty advisor(s) through whom to apply. Prospective students should contact a potential faculty advisor(s) before submitting application materials.
Discussing your interest in MLML with a potential faculty advisor prior to applying will 1) provide you with a better understanding of what our program has to offer 2) help you determine if the selected faculty advisor is the right academic mentor for you 3) enable you to speak with the potential advisor about the application process 4) allow you to speak with current students and 5) strengthen your application and improve your chances of acceptance.
Applicants can choose to apply through an MLML Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty Advisor (found at the link below), and should contact that potential Faculty Advisor before submitting any application materials.
Applicants can also choose to apply through a MLML Research Faculty Co-Advisor—researchers who are in residence at MLML who can co-advise student theses and serve on student thesis committees. However, applicants who wish to apply through one of these MLML Research Faculty members must be co-advised by, and must also apply for admission through, one of the MLML Faculty Advisors above.
Applicants can also choose to apply through affiliated CSU Faculty Advisors—faculty members who are in residence at one of our affiliated CSU campuses.
STEP 2: CHOOSING A CSU CAMPUS
All prospective students must apply to both MLML and an affiliated California State University (CSU) campus to serve as their administrative home campus. Degree requirements and the academic program are the same for all MLML students regardless of CSU home campus; administrative deadlines and processes (related to enrollment, payment, financial aid, graduation, etc.) do vary slightly by CSU campus, however, as do tuition and fees. All MLML students register for classes, pay tuition/fees, and receive financial aid through their home CSU campus, which also awards the official diploma/degree and transcripts. All MLML classes and academic programs are held at MLML’s main lab facility in Moss Landing, CA.
Applicants to MLML should choose their CSU home campus based upon the faculty advisor to whom they are applying—applicants applying to MLML Faculty Advisors need to apply to SJSU as their CSU home campus, while applicants applying to CSUMB Faculty Advisors need to apply to CSUMB as their CSU home campus.
