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Except under special conditions, candidates for the Master of Science degree offered through the Grain Science and Industry graduate program are required to spend one academic year in residence.

A committee of at least three graduate faculty members supervises the program of study for the masters degree. The candidates major professor serves as committee chair. The committee is selected by the student and his or her major professor, with selection of the committee subject to approval by the Graduate School. The supervisory committees responsibilities include approval of a thesis research proposal, guidance in and approval of a written plan of study which describes course work to be completed, approval of the final copy of the thesis, and administration of a final oral examination.

The student must submit a written plan of study to the Graduate School prior to the end of the second semester that the candidate is enrolled at Kansas State University.

A candidate will submit the thesis to all committee members before the examination is scheduled. A copy is to be available at the final oral examination.A final oral examination is required of all students. This must include a defense of the thesis in the grain science department, and may include interpretation of other scholarly work, and testing of the students understanding of their fields of study.

An applicant to the Graduate School at Kansas State University must have a bachelor's degree substantially the same as the ones granted by Kansas State University. That is, it must represent a broad range of courses in the basic academic disciplines. Applicants whose degrees do not meet these standards may be denied admission to graduate degree programs at Kansas State University.Admission is denied to applicants holding bachelor's degrees with a significant amount of credit for work that was not supervised by a faculty member of an accredited college or university or evaluated in units that identify the academic content. A limited amount of credit for experience, when awarded as an acceptable part of a bachelor's degree for internships, fieldwork, or the like, is not a cause for denial but must be clearly identified as graded work.Applicants to graduate degree programs pay a non-refundable application fee of: * $50 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and * $75 for international applicants English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 79

Most graduate students are able to finance their education with a variety of financial assistance tools specific to graduate school:

* Graduate Assistantships: Funded by individual departments and graduate programs, teaching, research and graduate assistantships are awarded based on a student's ability and promise.
* Graduate Fellowships
* Loans: Loans are available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who have successfully applied for financial assistance
* Traineeships: Traineeships are offered through the university or departments that have federally supported traineeships.

Accreditation

Kansas State University has been providing quality education to the residents of Kansas, the country and the world for the last 150 years.

Located in a community with nearly 60,000 people and more than 24,000 students, we are able to provide a safe and supportive environment for our students.

Kansas State University has 3 campus locations, two of which, Manhattan and Salina, have complete academic programs and on-campus housing. Olathe is the third and newest extension of the university, focusing on collaborating with industry and Kansas City K-12 schools.

Accreditation:

Kansas State University has been continuously accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools since 1916.