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 | Degree Type | Fall Admission Deadline | Spring Admission Deadline |
Early Admission Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| African-American Studies | MA | 2/4/2021 | ||
| American Studies | MA | 2/25/2021 | 10/29/2020 | |
| Anthropology | MA | 3/18/2021 | ||
| Anthropology | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Architecture | PhD | 1/4/2021 | ||
| Art History and Archaeology | MA | 12/17/2020 | ||
| Art History and Archaeology | PhD | 12/17/2020 | ||
| Astronomy | PhD | 1/4/2021 | ||
| Biological Sciences | PhD | 12/30/2020 | ||
| Biotechnology | MA | 3/4/2021 | ||
| Chemical Physics | PhD | 12/17/2020 | ||
| Chemistry | PhD | 12/17/2020 | ||
| Classical Studies | MA | 4/29/2021 | 10/29/2020 | |
| Classical Studies | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Classics | MA | 1/14/2021 | 11/19/2020 | |
| Classics | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Climate and Society | MA | 3/4/2021 | 1/28/2021 | |
| Earth and Environmental Sciences | PhD | 1/4/2021 | ||
| East Asia: Regional Studies | MA | 2/4/2021 | ||
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | MA | 5/27/2021 | 12/17/2020 | |
| East Asian Languages and Cultures | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology | MA | 1/14/2021 | ||
| Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology | PhD | 12/2/2020 | ||
| Economics | PhD | 12/17/2020 | ||
| Economics | MA | 1/14/2021 | ||
| English and Comparative Literature | MA | 3/11/2021 | ||
| English and Comparative Literature | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| European History, Politics and Society | MA | 3/11/2021 | 1/14/2021 | |
| French and Romance Philology | MA | 4/1/2021 | ||
| French and Romance Philology | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Germanic Languages | MA | 3/25/2021 | ||
| Germanic Languages | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Global Thought | MA | 4/1/2021 | 2/1/2021 | |
| Latin American and Iberian Cultures with a concentration in Hispanic Cultural Studies | MA | 2/18/2021 | ||
| Historic Preservation | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| History | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| History and Literature | MA | 5/6/2021 | 1/22/2021 | |
| Human Rights Studies | MA | 3/11/2021 | 1/13/2021 | |
| International and World History (MA/M.Sc., with London School of Economics) | Dual | 3/18/2021 | 1/15/2021 | |
| Islamic Studies | MA | 2/11/2021 | 11/5/2020 | |
| Islamic Studies and Muslim Cultures (MA with the Aga Khan University Institute for Muslim Civilizations in London) | MA | 2/11/2021 | 11/5/2020 | |
| Italian | MA | 1/4/2021 | ||
| Italian | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Japanese Pedagogy | MA | 2/15/2021 | ||
| Jewish Studies | MA | 3/11/2021 | 11/12/2020 | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional Studies | MA | 4/1/2021 | 11/5/2020 | 2/1/2021 |
| Latin American and Iberian Cultures | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Mathematics | PhD | 1/14/2021 | ||
| Mathematics with a Specialization in the Mathematics of Finance | MA | 5/27/2021 | ||
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | MA | 2/11/2021 | 11/12/2020 | |
| Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies | MA | 4/8/2021 | ||
| Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Modern Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies | MA | 12/17/2020 | ||
| Museum Anthropology | MA | 3/18/2021 | ||
| Music | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Music Composition | DMA | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Oral History | MA | 6/1/2021 | 3/1/2021 | |
| Philosophical Foundations of Physics | MA | 4/22/2021 | ||
| Philosophy | MA | 4/22/2021 | ||
| Philosophy | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Physics | PhD | 1/4/2021 | ||
| Political Science | MA | 2/4/2021 | 11/17/2020 | |
| Political Science | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Psychology | PhD | 12/2/2020 | ||
| Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences | MA | 2/18/2021 | ||
| Religion | MA | 3/25/2021 | ||
| Religion | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Religion-Journalism Dual MA/MS Program | Dual | 12/17/2020 | ||
| Russia, Eurasia and East Europe: Regional Studies | MA | 1/14/2021 | 11/19/2020 | |
| Russian Translation | MA | 3/11/2021 | 1/7/2021 | |
| Slavic Cultures | MA | 3/11/2021 | 10/15/2020 | |
| Slavic Languages | MA | 3/11/2021 | 1/7/2021 | |
| Slavic Languages | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Sociology | MA | 3/18/2021 | ||
| Sociology | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| South Asian Studies | MA | 4/22/2021 | 11/19/2020 | |
| Statistics | MA | 4/30/2021 | 1/31/2021 | |
| Statistics | PhD | 1/14/2021 | ||
| Statistics - Hybrid (Online/On Campus) | MA | 4/30/2021 | 1/31/2021 | |
| Sustainable Development | PhD | 12/15/2020 | ||
| Theatre | PhD | No Doctoral Admission for 2021 | ||
| Urban Planning | PhD | 1/4/2021 |