Dates & Deadlines
Deadlines below are for degree-seeking (PhD or Master's) applicants. Please note that all deadlines are subject to change at any time.
Summer-Fall 2025
Applicants should schedule any necessary standardized tests no later than November, in order to allow time for official scores to reach the Graduate School before the program application deadline.
December 1, 2025
Application deadline for:
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Chemistry
- Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics (MS)
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Economics
- English Language and Literature*
- History*
- History of Art*
- History of Science and Medicine
- Linguistics
- Psychology*
- Public Health
- Statistics
- Statistics and Data Science*
December 15, 2025
Application deadline for:
- American Studies*
- Anthropology*
- Applied Physics
- Astronomy
- Biomedical Engineering
- Black Studies*
- Chemical and Environmental Engineering
- Classics*
- Comparative Literature*
- Computer Science (PhD)
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Film and Media Studies*
- Germanic Languages and Literatures*
- Law
- Management
- Materials Science
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Music*
- Personalized Medicine and Applied Engineering
- Physics
- Political Science*
- Religious Studies*
- Slavic and Eurasian Literatures and Cultures*
- Sociology*
- Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies*
January 2, 2026
Deadline for fee waiver requests.
Application deadline for:
- African Studies
- Applied and Computational Mathematics
- Archaeological Studies
- Architecture
- Computer Science (MS)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- East Asian Languages and Literatures*
- East Asian Studies
- Environment*
- European and Russian Studies
- French*
- International Development and Economics
- Investigative Medicine
- Italian Studies*
- Medieval Studies
- Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Nursing
- Philosophy*
- Spanish and Portuguese*
*Note regarding combined programs: The deadline to submit an application to a combined program is always the earlier deadline of the two individual programs, or December 15, whichever comes first.
Letters of recommendation do not need to be received before you will be able to submit your application, and there is no specific deadline for letters of recommendation. However, since programs begin reviewing applications shortly after the respective application deadline, please be sure that your letters of recommendation are submitted promptly.
All application deadlines are as of 11:59 pm Eastern time.
December 2025-March 2026
Applications are reviewed by departments and programs after the respective application deadline passes.
February-March 2026
Applicants are notified as admissions decisions become available.
April 15, 2026
The reply deadline for most offers of admission for fall 2026.