Application Deadlines

When should you complete an application?

Application deadlines vary by graduate program. Reviewing our How to Apply instructions and admissions processing timelines can help you plan for the timeframe between application submission and receiving an admission decision.

Some graduate programs admit students to all entry terms (Fall, Winter, and Summer) while others limit admission to Fall only. Various programs may offer seven or fourteen week course options for the Summer term. See below for guidelines. For more details, please refer to our academic calendar.

Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 are available to apply! The next application cycle (Summer 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025) is expected to open early September. If you would like to receive a notification when a future term application becomes available, please be sure you have completed a request for information form for your intended start term. 

Programs With Hard Deadlines and Limited Admit Terms

Select programs review applications with hard deadlines, requiring the online application and all supplemental items to be received by the posted deadline in order to be considered for admission. 

College of Engineering and Computer Science:

The following CECS doctoral programs only admit for the Fall (deadline of February 1)  and Winter Term (deadline of August 1)

The following CECS doctoral programs only admit for the Fall Term, with a deadline of February 1. DEng applicants with non-U.S. postsecondary academic history should allow for time to submit transcripts to Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), a third-party service, for transcript evaluation services. For more information on this requirement, please review our How to Apply Instructions

College of Education, Health, and Human Services:

The following CEHHS programs only admit for the Fall Term, with a deadline of March 15. Applicants with non-U.S. postsecondary academic history should allow for time to submit transcripts to Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), a third-party service, for transcript evaluation services. For more information on this requirement, please review our How to Apply Instructions

Early Childhood Education (MA) currently admits on a rolling basis through Summer 2023 and Fall 2023 admit terms. Effective 2024, this program will move to a hard-deadline cohort model of admissions review that only admits for the Fall Term. To start in this program in 2024 or beyond, the application deadline will be March 15.

College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters:

The following CASL program only admits for the Fall Term, with a deadline of March 15. Applicants with non-U.S. postsecondary academic history should allow for time to submit transcripts to Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), a third-party service, for transcript evaluation services. For more information on this requirement, please review our How to Apply Instructions

Programs With Rolling Admissions

All other graduate programs not listed above operate on a rolling admissions basis, meaning a file can be routed for admission consideration once complete. We recommend all required documents be submitted by the posted advisory deadline in order to receive an admission decision for your preferred term and have ample time for post-admission planning before the start of the term. Programs with rolling admissions will continue to accept applications and supporting materials beyond the advisory deadline.

Those submitting an application or supplemental materials beyond the posted advisory deadline should note our admissions processing timelines to help you plan for the timeframe to receive an admission decision. Applicants with non-U.S. postsecondary academic history should allow for time to submit transcripts to Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE), a third-party service, for transcript evaluation services. For more information on this requirement, please review our How to Apply Instructions

For deadline information for non-degree programs (Graduate Certificates, Graduate Guest, Graduate Non-Candidate for Degree), please refer to the Non-Degree Application Procedures

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