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Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers doctoral degrees in the Humanities, the Social Sciences, the Biological Sciences, and the Physical Sciences and Engineering. It also offers a number of terminal master's degree programs. The Graduate School encourages prospective students to increase their understanding of the nature of doctoral education through consultation with faculty and graduate students.
The university’s professional schools (Art, Architecture, Divinity, Drama, Forestry, Law, Management, Medicine, Music, Nursing and Public Health) have separate admissions policies and application processes which are outlined on the web pages of those schools.
To learn about Graduate School programs, departments, and applications requirements, see the following pages:
- Programs and departments of study at the Graduate School, which includes contact information and special admissions requirements.
- Application information, which will show information about the application process, requirements, and procedures. It also contains information for candidates who are reapplying.
- Standardized test information (GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, IELTS)
- Important dates and deadlines for the admissions process and subsequent dates that follow through the admissions process.
- Frequently asked questions page answers some of the most common questions about applying to Yale and the admissions process.
