Admissions and Campus Visits
- Undergraduate Admissions
- Graduate Admissions
- Campus Visit
- About the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- About Lincoln, Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln changed its admissions policy beginning in 1997. Requirements for admission as an undergraduate from the United States differ depending on whether one graduated from high school before or after January 1997. The web page on UNL Undergraduate Admissions can take you to the requirements for admission for future freshmen and transfers, U.S. or international, and for non-degree-seeking or returning students.
Additional information for our prospective undergraduate students is available from:
- Our new SNR Undergraduate Web Site
- You can Request Information about our Undergraduate Programs
- Or contact our Recruiting Coordinator
Office of Graduate Studies Web Site
The requirements for admission to graduate study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are available from the UNL Graduate Admission Web Page. Requirements specific to the School of Natural Resources can be found on the SNR Graduate Specializations Web Page.
Alongside the process of formal admission to our graduate program, we encourage you to consult the list of SNR Faculty Members and identify research areas of interest to you. Please contact an SNR faculty member whose interests you share and discuss with them the possibility of working in our program. We also recommend that you discuss funding possibilities and research options at this time. Some open general assistantships are available, but most assistantships are associated with faculty members’ research grant awards.
Additional information for our prospective graduate students is available from:
Campus Visits - Office of Admissions Web Site
Check out the UNL Campus Visit Web Page to schedule a campus visit. You can schedule one for any weekday and selected Saturdays of the year. Campus visits include an information session, a walking tour and a meeting with a representative from your area of interest.
About the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
To learn much more about UNL, we suggest you visit the UNL Web Site. If you are interested in the history of UNL, as well as Lincoln, please visit the About UNL Web Page.
As an introduction to Lincoln, we suggest the following web sites:
- Lincoln City Map
- Lincoln/Lancaster County Convention Center and Visitors Bureau
- City of Lincoln/Lancaster County
Lincoln is Nebraska’s capital and the seat of Lancaster County. With a population of 225,000 over 75 square miles, it combines many of the cultural and intellectual resources of a larger city with some of the advantages of a smaller town. Statewide, it is second in size to Omaha and a one-hour drive away. The city is also a four-hour drive from Kansas City, a six-hour drive from Minneapolis and an eight-hour drive from Chicago, Dallas, Denver and St. Louis.
Situated between the Salt Valley to the north and west and gently rolling hills to the south and east, Lincoln is a national leader in city parks, with more than 85 covering 6,000-some acres. It also features more than 60 miles of scenic hiking and biking trails, an observatory and many recreation centers.
Nine-Mile Prairie and Prairie Pines, protected areas near Lincoln of 230 and 145 acres, respectively, are among more than 25 University of Nebraska field research sites statewide.
In the state’s system of 51 state parks and recreation areas, southeastern Nebraska has 13, all within a few hours of Lincoln. These include five near the lower Platte River and four along the Missouri – among the latter are Arbor Lodge State Historical Park, home of Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton and the Arbor Day Foundation, and Indian Cave State Park, featuring woods, bluffs and native petroglyphs. At least a dozen other public and private protected areas lie within a half-day’s drive.
