The 2026 season deadlines listed below are provided for reference only.
Please check back to this site in September to review application deadline dates for the 2027 admissions season.
All deadlines are 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time for the published date.
Important Note: Special information for applicants currently living in Iran is available on the Introduction to GSAS Admissions page.
For non-Arts and Sciences Programs, please contact the programs directly.
- Program Name
- African American and African Diaspora Studies
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- African-American Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 26, 2026
- Program Name
- American Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 5, 2026
- Program Name
- Anthropology
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 2, 2025
- Program Name
- Anthropology
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 19, 2026
- Program Name
- Architecture
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- Art History and Archaeology
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Art History and Archaeology
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Astronomy
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Biological Sciences
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 2, 2025
- Program Name
- Biotechnology
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 5, 2026
- Program Name
- Chemical Physics
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Chemistry
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Classical Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- April 23, 2026
- Program Name
- Classical Studies
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Classics
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- April 23, 2026
- Spring Admission Deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Program Name
- Classics
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- East Asia: Regional Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 19, 2026
- Program Name
- East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 15, 2026
- Program Name
- Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 2, 2025
- Program Name
- Economics
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Economics
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 15, 2026
- Program Name
- English and Comparative Literature
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 26, 2026
- Program Name
- English and Comparative Literature
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- November 25, 2025
- Program Name
- European History, Politics and Society
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 12, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- January 30, 2026
- Program Name
- European History, Politics, and Society (MA/MSc with London School of Economics)
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 12, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- January 30, 2026
- Program Name
- French
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- April 9, 2026
- Program Name
- French
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Germanic Languages
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 26, 2026
- Spring Admission Deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Program Name
- Germanic Languages
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- Global Thought
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 19, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- January 22, 2026
- Program Name
- Latin American and Iberian Cultures with a concentration in Hispanic Cultural Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 5, 2026
- Program Name
- Historic Preservation
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- History
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- History and Literature
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- January 15, 2026
- Program Name
- Human Rights Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 30, 2026
- Program Name
- International and World History (MA/M.Sc., with London School of Economics)
- Degree Type
- Dual
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 12, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- January 15, 2026
- Program Name
- Islamic Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 5, 2026
- Program Name
- Italian
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- April 9, 2026
- Spring Admission Deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Program Name
- Italian
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- Japanese Pedagogy
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 19, 2026
- Program Name
- Jewish Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 12, 2026
- Program Name
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 26, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- February 5, 2026
- Spring Admission Deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Program Name
- Latin American and Iberian Cultures
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Mathematics
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Mathematics with a Specialization in the Mathematics of Finance
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- January 15, 2026
- Program Name
- Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 5, 2026
- Program Name
- Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 5, 2026
- Program Name
- Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Museum Anthropology
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- February 12, 2026
- Program Name
- Music
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Music Composition
- Degree Type
- DMA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Oral History
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- March 2, 2026
- Program Name
- Philosophical Foundations of Physics
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- April 9, 2026
- Program Name
- Philosophy
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 26, 2026
- Program Name
- Philosophy
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Physics
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 4, 2025
- Program Name
- Political Science
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- Political Science
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- November 25, 2025
- Program Name
- Psychology
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 2, 2025
- Program Name
- Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 15, 2026
- Program Name
- Religion
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- March 13, 2026
- Spring Admission Deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Program Name
- Religion
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025
- Program Name
- Religion-Journalism Dual MA/MS Program
- Degree Type
- Dual
- Fall Admission Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- March 13, 2026
- Program Name
- Russia, Eurasia and East Europe: Regional Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 15, 2026
- Program Name
- Slavic Cultures
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 19, 2026
- Program Name
- Slavic Languages
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 19, 2026
- Program Name
- Slavic Languages
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- Sociology
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- March 5, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- February 5, 2026
- Program Name
- Sociology
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 18, 2025
- Program Name
- South Asian Studies
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- April 23, 2026
- Program Name
- Statistics
- Degree Type
- MA
- Fall Admission Deadline
- May 1, 2026
- Early Admission Deadline
- January 31, 2026
- Spring Admission Deadline
- October 30, 2025
- Program Name
- Statistics
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- January 8, 2026
- Program Name
- Sustainable Development
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 18, 2025
- Program Name
- Theatre
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 2, 2025
- Program Name
- Urban Planning
- Degree Type
- PhD
- Fall Admission Deadline
- December 11, 2025