Application Deadlines
Mark Your Calendars to Start Your Graduate Application!
Embarking on a graduate degree is a pivotal step in your professional development. To navigate the application process with ease, we encourage you to review the "How to Apply" instructions and become familiar with our admissions processing timelines. This preparation will ensure you submit your application with the right timeframe and when to expect the exciting moment when you receive your admission decision.
Our programs have varied admission cycles, with some offering enrollment in Fall, Winter, and Summer terms, while others limit admission to select terms. Various programs offer greater flexibility in the Summer term, offering courses in both seven and fourteen-week formats to accommodate varied learning paces. Please refer to our academic calendar to learn more about when each upcoming term begins.
We are currently welcoming applications for the following terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025.
To receive a notification when the application opens for future terms, we recommend completing a request for information form for your desired start term. By doing so, you will receive timely updates on the admissions process and will learn more about your future area of study along the way. Prepare to advance your career and apply to join our community of Difference Makers.
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. We encourage early submission to ensure your application can be processed and your checklist verified for completion prior to the deadline.
| College | Program | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| College of Engineering and Computer Science | Fall: February 1 Winter: August 1 | |
| Fall: February 1 | ||
| College of Education, Health, and Human Services | Fall: March 15 | |
| Early Childhood Education (MA) |
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Fall 2024:
Beginning 2025, Fall only:
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| College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters | Clinical Health Psychology (MS) | Fall: March 15 |
All Other Programs are Rolling Admissions
All other graduate programs not listed above operate on a rolling admissions basis. For graduate programs with rolling admissions, we advise submitting all documents by the advisory deadline to ensure consideration for your preferred term and to facilitate pre-term planning. Programs will rolling admissions will continue to accept applications and supporting materials beyond the advisory deadline. Applications are reviewed for a decision as they are completed. Reviewing our admissions processing timelines can set expectations for the time between submitting your application and receiving an admission decision.
Applicants with non-U.S. postsecondary academic history should allow for time to submit transcripts to an accepted third-party service for a course-by-course evaluation or to allow additional time for an internal review. For more information on this requirement, please review our "How to Apply" Instructions.
For non-degree program deadlines, such as Graduate Certificates and Guest applications, please see the Non-Degree Application Procedures.
The following deadlines have been established for applicants that do not require a student visa:
| Term | Advisory Deadline |
|---|---|
| Fall | August 1 |
| Winter | December 1 |
| Summer | April 1 |
The final day to submit a new degree-seeking application is generally two weeks prior to the start of classes. We recommend all supplemental items be received by that date in order to allow time to receive an admission decision before classes start.
Final Day to Submit FALL 2024 Application: AUGUST 16
The applications will close at 11:59 PM EST. Exceptions beyond this deadline must have the approval of the program director. All supplemental items must be submitted for an exception to be considered.
The following deadlines have been established for international applicants requiring a student visa to allow adequate time for processing of student visas. Additional time may be possible for applicants who require a visa but are currently in the U.S.
| Term | Advisory Deadline | Recommended Latest Date to Submit Materials | OIA Deadline to Request I-20/DS-2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall (September start) | May 1 | June 30 | July 15 |
| Winter (January start) | September 1 | October 31 | November 15 |
| Summer (May start) | January 1 | February 28 | March 15 |
There are separate deadlines set by the Office of International Affairs (OIA) in order to have a Certificate of Eligibility (I-20/DS-2019) issued. Programs with rolling admissions will continue to make admission decisions for applicants currently outside the U.S. until the posted OIA deadline (Deadlines for Required Certificate of Eligibility Documentation). Files without a decision by this date will be administratively canceled. Consideration deferrals may be requested for eligible applications to update your application term.
Applicants who intend to study on a student visa are required to attend full-time (generally equivalent to 3 graduate courses). Due to limited course offerings in the summer term, the following programs do not admit international applicants for the summer term:
- Accounting (MSA)
- Applied and Computational Mathematics (MS)
- Artificial Intelligence (MS)
- Automotive and Mobility Systems Engineering (MSE)
- Bioengineering (MSE)
- Business Administration (MBA)
- Business Analytics (MS)
- Computer and Information Science (MS)
- Criminology and Criminal Justice (MS)
- Cybersecurity and Information Assurance (MS)
- Data Science (MS)
- Environmental Science (MS)
- Finance (MSF)
- Human Centered Design and Engineering (MS)
- Information Systems (MS)
- Marketing (MS)
- Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
- Mechanical Engineering (MSE)
- Public Administration and Policy (MPAP)
- Software Engineering (MS)
- Supply Chain Management (MS)
- Dual Degree: Accounting (MSA)/Finance (MSF)
- Dual Degree: Business Administration (MBA)/Finance (MSF)
- Dual Degree: Business Administration (MBA)/Health Services Administration (Ann Arbor)
- Dual Degree: Business Administration (MBA)/Industrial and Systems Engineering (MSE)
- Dual Degree: Business Administration (MBA)/Information Systems (MS)
- Dual Degree: Business Administration (MBA)/Supply Chain Management (MS)