Learn more about your right to inspect letters of recommendation. The statement of purpose is very important to programs when deciding whether to admit a candidate. Your statement should be focused, informative, and convey your research interests and qualifications.
You should describe your reasons and motivations for pursuing a graduate degree in your chosen degree program, noting the experiences that shaped your research ambitions, indicating briefly your career objectives, and concisely stating your past work in your intended field of study and in related fields.
Your degree program of interest may have specific guidance or requirements for the statement of purpose, so be sure to review the degree program page for more information. Unless otherwise noted, your statement should not exceed 1, words. Visit your degree program page of interest for more information. Adequate command of spoken and written English is essential to success in graduate study at Harvard. Applicants who are non-native English speakers can demonstrate English proficiency in one of three ways:.
Contact admiss fas. Be sure to select Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as each Harvard admissions office has its own identification or school code. Score reports must be sent to GSAS by the application deadline. Your degree program of interest will note if a writing sample is required and if there are any specific requirements regarding format, topic, or length. While prospective students are encouraged to carefully choose the HILS program that best fits their academic goals, interested applicants may apply to up to three programs and pay only one application fee.
If you elect to apply to three programs, only two may be programs in the Department of Medical Sciences these programs are Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience, Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, and Virology. For more information please consult the HILS page. See Completing Your Application for information about fee waivers related to financial hardship.
Transcripts Applicants are required to upload transcripts from each institution attended as part of their application. International transcripts should include: Courses, seminars, and examinations taken Grades, scores, and grading scales Confirmation of degree conferral and date Fall Grades: Applicants currently enrolled in a college or university may be required to submit fall grades.
Technically, yes, you can. In fact, many schools answer this as a part of their admissions FAQs. Each application must be unique, containing a separate statement of purpose, transcripts, recommendations, and test scores; each application also requires a separate application fee. So, chances are that your application at one school will be judged irrespective of the other. However, if you apply to more than one graduate program at the same school, things get trickier.
This makes your application seems comparatively weaker, since you risk coming off as confused and unclear about your academic and career goals. I definitely heard of a case during my time at Harvard when a student had applied to two graduate programs at Harvard and even gotten accepted in them both.
But those are really rare cases. Most of the students apply for only one graduate program. Funnily enough, this question even bugged me when I was applying to grad schools. So I actually ended up applying for three different graduate programs across 6 universities — project management, building technologies and even interior design. After all, choosing a graduate program is an important decision, since it can make or break your resume and job prospects.
So, at one point, even I was wondering if I should apply to two graduate programs at Harvard. Note that Coursera and similar programs do not fulfill these requirements because they cannot be taken for credit.
Please see our Prerequisite FAQs for answers to commonly asked questions about the prerequisite requirements. Harvard Extension School Math E Calculus I One semester of physics — Typically satisfied by introductory algebra-based or calculus-based physics courses for science majors.
The course should cover basic mechanics topics, including linear, circular, and projectile motion, vectors, forces, inertia, torque, energy, impulse, and momentum. Ideally, the course would also cover waves and thermodynamics. Straighterline General Physics I. Two semesters of architectural history — Typically satisfied by survey courses covering Ancient-to-Renaissance and Renaissance-to-Modern, or one history of architecture survey course that covers the Renaissance to Modern periods plus a course that focuses on a particular time period or topic in the history of architecture.
If admitted, students will have the opportunity to take the GSD's special section of the online course The Architectural Imagination. HarvardX: The Architectural Imagination. In order for your application s to be reviewed, the fee s should be paid, by credit card only, immediately after submitting your application.
Try again with a different credit card should the system reject your card. Apply for Financial Aid Prospective students interested in receiving aid should complete the Financial Aid application. Read more information about paying for your program. Application materials, including the portfolio, become the property of the GSD and cannot be returned or forwarded to any other party. All decisions are released within the first week of March.
You will receive an email indicating that there is an update on your Applicant Status Page. We do not give out decisions over the phone. If you have not received notification by April 1, please contact the Admissions Office at admissions gsd.
Please note that the GSD does not grant deferrals. If you are admitted but unable to attend, you would need to reapply. In accordance with Harvard University policy, the GSD does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status or handicap in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities.
It also contains three years of statistics on reported campus or campus-related crimes. The Harvard University Environmental Health and Safety Department publishes the Annual Fire Safety Report, which includes fire safety polices, evacuation procedures, and fire statistics.
The Annual Fire Safety Report is available at www. Before Applying Review the academic program descriptions and prerequisites , with particular attention to the previous degree required in order to apply. Read our Admissions FAQ for more details. You may apply a maximum of three times to the same GSD degree program. If an applicant has been denied admission for the third time, further applications to the same program will not be considered. If you'd like to apply to more than one program at the same time but only wish to enroll in one , you will need to submit a separate application and supporting materials for each program.
Please indicate your first choice on the application. If you're looking to concurrently pursue two masters degrees offered by the GSD, you will need to submit a separate application fee and form for each program and must be admitted into each degree program independently.
If you're looking to simultaneously pursue degrees offered by the GSD and another Harvard University graduate school, you must apply and be admitted into each school independently. If you're a prospective Ph. Application Checklist Gather Your Transcripts You are required to upload transcripts from all colleges and universities from which you will or have received a degree.
You should request either an official paper transcript or a digital version to be sent to you from your school. You will then upload it to your application. Make sure the scanned version is legible and oriented properly. Uploaded transcripts can be official or unofficial but should include your name, school name, degree name, major, degree date if awarded, and a semester-by-semester course breakdown with corresponding grades.
Screenshots of course websites or student self-service sites are not acceptable. Appropriate transcripts are very important for the application review process. Transcripts not in English must be accompanied by a certified English translation. If the university or college does not issue transcripts, a certified letter and certified English translation must be provided.
It should list courses and examinations taken, grades, and degrees and dates of degrees received. Applicants are only required to request official transcripts to be sent directly from their previous institution to the GSD if they are admitted and decide to enroll at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Do not request that official transcripts be sent to the GSD prior to receiving an admissions decision; we do not retain any transcripts received prior to March 1. All previous degrees must be conferred by August 15 in order to enroll in the fall.
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