The Graduate School–New Brunswick requires applicants for matriculated status to submit results of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test. GRE information may be obtained from the Graduate Record Examination Program, Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6000, Princeton, NJ 08541-6000 (609-771-7670). Rutgers' GRE test code is 2790. Some programs also require additional tests.

Graduate programs may require that test scores more than five years old be validated, either by evidence of continued work in the field or by reexamination.