From Harvard Business School to Havard College, here’s your one-stop shop for all Harvard admission deadlines and decision dates for academic year 2024-25. Plus all application links!
Harvard Business School: HBS MBA
Submit Your Online Application by 12 noon Boston Time:
- Round 1 : Sep 6, 2023
- Round 2: Jan 3, 2024
The MBA Admissions Board Will Notify You About Its Decision by:
- Round 1 : Dec 6, 2023
- Round 2: Mar 27, 2024
Source for Harvard admission deadlines: HBS application page
Harvard Kennedy School: HKS Master’s Program
Application deadline: December 1, 2023 at 12 p.m. ET
Financial Aid deadline: Early January 2024
Decision letters are typically mailed by March, 2024
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: SEAS
Please find the Harvard admission deadlines for SEAS below:
SEAS Undergraduate Program
- Early Action Application Deadline: November 1, 2023
- Regular Action Application Deadline: January 1, 2024
- Decision letters mailed by: Late March, 2024
SEAS under-graduate admission page
SEAS Graduate Program
- Application deadline for Ph.D Programs : December 15, 2023 by 5 pm ET
- Application deadline for Masters Programs for S.M., M.E., and AB-SM: December 1, 2023 by 5 pm ET
- Decision notifications are made by GSAS and SEAS: Mid February, 2024
Harvard College
- Early Action applicants application deadline: November 1, 2023
- Regular Action application deadline: January 1, 2024
- Regular Decision financial aid application deadline: February 1, 2024
Harvard College admission page
Notifications for admission decisions are sent by
- Regular action applicants: mid-December, 2024
- Regular action applicants: late March, 2024
Harvard Divinity School
- Application Deadline for Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies, Master of Theology, and Special Student programs: January 4, 2024 by 11:59 pm ET
Notifications for admission decisions are sent by
All applicants: Mid-March, 2024
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences: GSAS
GSAS Harvard Admission Deadlines for Different Subject Areas (TBD)
Applications are due on: December 1, December 15, or January 2 by 5 pm, depending on your program of study, as follows:
- African and African American Studies (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- American Studies (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Anthropology Master of Arts (AM), (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Applied Mathematics SEAS (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Applied Physics SEAS (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Astronomy (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Bioengineering SEAS (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences DMS HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Biomedical Informatics HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Biological Sciences in Public Health HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Biophysics HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Biostatistics (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Business Administration (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Business Economics (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Celtic Languages and Literatures (AM), (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Chemical Biology HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Chemical Physics (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- The Classics (PhD): Dec 15, 2024
- Comparative Literature (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Computational Science and Engineering SEAS Master of Science (SM), Master of Engineering (ME): Dec 1, 2023
- Computer Science SEAS (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Data Science SEAS Master of Science (SM): Dec 1, 2023
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (PhD): Dec 15, 2024
- East Asian Languages and Civilizations (PhD): Dec 15, 2024
- Economics (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Education (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Electrical Engineering (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Engineering and Applied Sciences Master of Science (SM), Master of Engineering (ME): Dec 1, 2023
- Engineering and Applied Sciences (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- English (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Environmental Science and Engineering SEAS (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Film and Visual Studies (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Germanic Languages and Literatures (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Government (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Health Policy (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- History (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- History of Art and Architecture (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- History of Science (AM), (PhD): Dec 1, 2024
- Human Evolutionary Biology (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Immunology DMS HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Inner Asian and Altaic Studies (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Linguistics (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering SEAS (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Mathematics (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Medical Sciences (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Middle Eastern Studies (AM), (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Molecular and Cellular Biology HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Music (AM), (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (AM), (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Neuroscience DMS HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2024
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Organizational Behavior (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Philosophy (PhD): Jan 5, 2023
- Physics (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Population Health Sciences (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Psychology (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Public Policy (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Quantum Science and Engineering: Dec 15, 2023
- Regional Studies–East Asia Master of Arts (AM): Dec 1, 2023
- Regional Studies–Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia Master of Arts (AM): Jan 5, 2023
- Religion (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Romance Languages and Literatures (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Slavic Languages and Literatures (PhD): Jan 5, 2024
- Social Policy (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Sociology (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- South Asian Studies Master of Arts (AM), (PhD): Dec 15, 2023
- Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology DMS HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Statistics (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Systems, Synthetic and Quantitative Biology HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
- Virology DMS HILS (PhD): Dec 1, 2023
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Harvard Graduate School of Design: GSD
Please find the Harvard admission deadlines for GSD below (by 11:59 pm ET):
- Application Deadline for Master of Architecture, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Landscape Architecture, Master of Architecture in Urban Design, Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design, and Doctor of Design (MArch, MLA, MUP, MAUD, MLAUD, MRE, DDes): January 3, 2024
- Application Deadline for Master in Design Studies (MDesS): January 8, 2024
- Application Deadline for Master in Design Engineering (MDE): January 11, 2024
- GSD Financial Aid deadline: Early February, 2024 (TBD)
Admission decisions are sent by
All applicants: early March, 2024
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Harvard Graduate School of Education: GSE
Application Deadlines
- Ed.L.D.: December 15, 2023
- Ph.D.: December 1, 2023
- Ed.M.: January 5, 2024
Harvard Law School: HLS
Application Deadline for HLS Graduate Programs
- LL.M. Program Deadline: December 1, 2023
- Visiting Scholar/Visiting Researcher Program Spring Deadline: September 15, 2023
- Visiting Scholar/Visiting Researcher Program Fall Deadline: April 15, 2024
- S.J.D. Program Deadline: April 1, 2024
HLS graduate program admission deadlines
J.D. Application Deadline
Submission deadline: February 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Notifications for admission decisions are sent by
Decisions will begin releasing by: January, 2024
All applicants notified by: Early April, 2024
Harvard Medical School: HMS
HMS Application Deadlines
- Deadline to submit the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) application: October 15, 2023
- Deadline to submit HMS Supplemental Application: October 22, 2023
- Deadline to submit transcripts to AMCAS: October 30, 2023
Notification of Decisions
Applicants selected for interview will be notified by mid January, 2024
All admissions decisions are sent out via email by third week of March, 2024
Deadline for submission of all financial aid application: March, 2024
Harvard School of Dental Medicine: HSDM
- Online application deadline: December 15, 2023; Apply through the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) AADSAS application service
- Complete application deadline: January 1, 2024
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
PhD Program in Biological Sciences in Public Health
Application deadline including all materials: December 1, 2023
For those invited, in-person interviews will take place from February 8th – February 9th, 2024.
Master in Health Care Management Program (MHCM)
Priority application deadline: December 1, 2023
Prospective students may apply after the priority deadline on a space available basis with prior permission from the program. The final, space available application deadline is February 15, 2024.
You can find the Harvard admission deadlines for other different HSPH programs below:
- Occupational and Environmental Residency Program (OEMR): October 15, 2023
- MHCM priority deadline, MPH, MPH-Epidemiology (online/on-campus), SM, DrPH, PhD in Biological Sciences, PhD in Biostatistics, PhD in Population Health Sciences: December 01, 2023
- Biological Sciences in Public Health (BPH): December 1, 2023
- PhD in Health Policy: December 1, 2023
- Joint JD/MPH Program with Harvard Law School: January 15, 2024
- Global Health Delivery Intensive, Program in Clinical Effectiveness non-degree deadline: February 1, 2024
- MHCM final deadline: February 15, 2024 (Priority application deadline : December 1, 2023)
- Global Infectious Diseases Summer Program and Summer Session for Public Health Studies non-degree deadline: March 1, 2024
Tip from HSPH admissions office: Try to submit application for admission and all supporting documents by mid-November for your application to be processed by SOPHAS in time to meet the Dec 1 deadline.
Financial Aid & Notification of Decisions
All admissions decisions are sent out via email in February and March, 2024
Deadline for submission of all financial aid application: January, 2024
Global Health Delivery Project
Application deadline: February 2024
Acceptance letters are sent by late March 2024
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For any other programs, please find updated requirements & Harvard admission deadlines here on the Harvard official pages.
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