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Yale offers advanced degrees through its Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and 13 professional schools. Browse the organizations below for information on programs of study, academic requirements, and faculty research.

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Yale’s Graduate School of Arts & Sciences offers programs leading to M.A., M.S., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees in 73 departments and programs.

School of Architecture

The Yale School of Architecture’s mandate is for each student to understand architecture as a creative, productive, innovative, and responsible practice.

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The Yale School of Art has a long and distinguished history of training artists of the highest caliber.

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Yale Divinity School educates the scholars, ministers, and spiritual leaders of the future.

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The David Geffen School of Drama graduates have raised the standards of professional practice around the world in every theatrical discipline, creating bold art that engages the mind and delights the senses.

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The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science is at the cutting edge of research to develop technologies that address global societal problems.

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The School of the Environment is dedicated to sustaining and restoring the long-term health of the biosphere and the well-being of its people.

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The Jackson School of Global Affairs trains and equips a new generation of leaders to devise thoughtful, evidence-based solutions for challenging global problems.

Yale Law School hones the world’s finest legal minds in an environment that features world-renowned faculty, small classes, and countless opportunities for clinical training and public service.

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School of Management students, faculty, and alumni are committed to understanding the complex forces transforming global markets and building organizations that contribute lasting value to society.

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Yale School of Medicine graduates go on to become leaders in academic medicine and health care, and innovators in clinical practice, biotechnology, and public policy.

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The Yale School of Music is an international leader in educating the creative musicians and cultural leaders of tomorrow.

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The Yale School of Nursing community is deeply committed to the idea that access to high quality patient‐centered health care is a social right, not a privilege.

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The School of Public Health supports research and innovative programs that protect and improve the health of people around the globe.

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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is composed of the departments and academic programs that provide instruction in Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

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After submitting an application to Yale, please watch for a confirmation email regarding the Yale Admissions Status Portal. This email will be sent to you within three days of submitting your application. The email will include a temporary PIN and instructions for establishing your Yale Admissions Status Portal account.

You will use your Yale Admissions Status Portal to view the following during the admissions process:

• Your Application Checklist
• Your Admissions Decision
• For Admitted Students: The Admitted Student Website

The Status Portal also includes forms that allow you to submit an application update, to request a change in your contact information (email, phone number, address), or to request that your application be withdrawn.

If you do not receive a confirmation email within three days of submitting your application to Yale, be sure to check your ‘junk mail’ folder. Some email services mistakenly filter Yale admissions messages as junk. To prevent this, add ‘ donotreply@yale.edu ’ to your address book or contact list. Finally, please ensure that you have clicked ‘Submit’ on the Common Application or Coalition Application site when submitting your application. Some students overlook this necessary final step after completing their application online.

Important Note about Legal Names

• Please use your full legal name on all admissions documents, including teacher recommendations, the school report, standardized test results, supplementary materials, etc. We will file your application under the full legal name listed on your application. Documents received with any other name may not be filed with your application.
• Please consistently use your full legal name when registering for any standardized tests.

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There are over 70 departments and programs to pursue in the Graduate School that span humanities, social sciences, biological sciences, physical sciences, and engineering. Explore them all below.

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Identify the program and degree you want to pursue..

Learn about the program: its faculty, course offerings, and resources. Read the faculty's research publications to see who you might want to work with at Yale.

Verify the application deadline for your program.

All new students enroll in the fall, and the admissions process begins nearly a year in advance of matriculation.

Determine what standardized tests you need to take. Register early.

Some PhD and Master’s degree programs require Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores. In addition, applicants whose native language is not English may need to take an English Language test (TOEFL or IELTS).

Finalize your application.

Be sure to complete and submit the application before your program's application deadline.

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The Graduate School provides a wide array of financial, academic, and student resources to support you throughout your academic journey.

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Financial support at the Graduate School includes fellowships, stipends, and scholarships available to cover tuition, living expenses, and research opportunities.

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Application process.

Thank you for your interest in pursuing doctoral studies in Chemistry at Yale University. Below is information regarding application deadlines and requirements.

Program Information

Please review the Chemistry section at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Programs and Policies . Note the graduate program at Yale Chemistry is strictly a Ph.D. program. A master’s program is not offered at this time.

Application Requirements

Please note, the  electronic application   to start graduate program for Fall 2025 will be available in mid-August of 2024. 

The application is due December 1, 2024 , along with supplemental information: transcripts, GRE and TOEFL scores, three letters of recommendation, and a personal statement of purpose.  Applicants may find the Training in Teaching information helpful as they consider their application .  Note the application can be saved and reopened multiple times before final submission.

Some Ph.D. applicants may be eligible for a  fee waiver . Please review the instructions, eligibility factors, and required documents. We recommend doing this far in advance of the December 1 application deadline.

Once you submit your fee waiver request form, you will receive an email from the GSAS admissions office ( graduate.admissions@yale.edu ) within 2-3 business days indicating if you have been granted a waiver. 

Letters of Recommendation

A minimum of three letters of recommendation is required. These letters should be from individuals who can evaluate the applicant’s academic work, intellectual ability, or academic potential for graduate work. The letters should address one’s motivation for conducting research in this field; ability to take initiative, think critically, and engage in experimental design, data acquisition and analysis (if applicable); and perseverance in working towards an academic or research goal. The most effective letters originate from faculty members of the last institution you attended as a full-time student, research advisors in laboratories, or supervisors in work environments. It is generally most beneficial to choose recommenders who know the applicant well and can speak about their performance and approach with concrete examples. For other information, please review the  FAQs on Letters of Recommendation .

Statement of Academic Purpose

This statement of 500 – 1,000 words explains the decision to apply to Yale for graduate study, research interests, and preparation for the intended field/s of study, including prior research and other relevant experiences. This statement gives the admissions committee an idea of who the applicant is, what motivates them for chemistry graduate study, and how Yale’s faculty, research, and resources would contribute to their future goals. A successful personal statement provides a substantive description of prior research, puts background into context, indicates enthusiasm for research at Yale Chemistry, and shows how the candidate would enrich the intellectual community at Yale. Concrete and specific statements are more useful than broad generalities, though, of course, one does not need to know their future career plans in detail.

Personal Narrative

We are dedicated to fostering a community where students with diverse backgrounds and experiences are included and feel they belong. In 300 words or less, tell us about the personal experiences, interests, or perspectives that you would bring to the community at Yale. This narrative should demonstrate your perspectives on diversity, why it is important, and how you have contributed to or will contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

GRE (Graduate Record Examination)

For this year’s application, the GRE General is recommended but not required. Scores for these examinations must be officially released to the Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (institution code 3987). These scores are used as components of a holistic evaluation of an applicant’s qualifications, with due consideration of the limitations of the GRE score. More information is available at GSAS’s FAQs . Students from the USA with financial need can apply for the  GRE Fee Reduction Program  or request a Fee Reduction Voucher from  Graduate Academic Support.

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A record of the applicant’s academic performance is required for each institution they list in the Prior Study section of the application. This academic record (a scanned copy of a transcript from the institution’s Student Information System Portal, an “issued to student” transcript, or a certified electronic transcript in PDF form) must be uploaded to the online application.

TOEFL or IELTS Academic tests

Students whose native language is not English are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic. Scores from the TOEFL examination must be officially released to Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (ETS code 3987). For the IELTS Academic test, please specify Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The address in the IELTS system, is Warner House, 1 Hillhouse Avenue, room 302, New Haven, CT 06511.

The examination results must be officially released to Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Scores released to other schools of Yale University cannot be transferred to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

The requirement for the TOEFL can be waived only for applicants who will have received a baccalaureate degree, or its foreign equivalent, from a university or college where English is the primary language of instruction before matriculation at Yale. Applicants must have studied in residence at the baccalaureate institution for at least three years to receive the waiver.

Admissions Decisions and Campus Visit

Applicants are typically notified of decisions regarding their applications before the end of January. Official notification that a decision has been made is by email from the GSAS only. Actual decisions are posted within the online application only.

Official campus visits for accepted students are held in March. An invitation to attend one of our visiting days will be sent to all accepted students.

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Department of Physics

You are here, apply to the yale physics phd program.

The Yale Department of Physics welcomes applications to our matriculating graduate class of 2024 beginning around August 15th, 2024. The General GRE and Physics GRE scores are Optional for applications received by the December 15, 2023, submission deadline.

We recognize the continuing disruption caused by COVID-19 and that the hardship of taking GREs falls unequally on individual students. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all; therefore, we do not require these standardized tests for admission to our program. All applications are reviewed holistically, and preference will not be given to students who do or do not submit GRE scores.

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• Doctoral Programs

Application for admission to the Doctoral Program in Management is made through the Yale Graduate School. The application deadline is December 15 of the year in which admission is sought.

Applications

Applications are considered only once per year, and all new students begin their doctoral studies in the fall term. Classes are not offered on evenings or weekends, nor is it possible to be a student in the program while holding a full-time job. Applicants are required to take either the GRE or GMAT test. You will find a full description of the application process on the Graduate Admissions Web Page.

Financial aid

All students admitted to the program are given full financial aid for five years as long as they continue to satisfy the program's academic requirements. The aid consists of a tuition waiver and a stipend that is comparable to stipends offered by other leading schools of management.

Visit the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for more information.

Additional information

Before submitting your query, please consult the    Doctoral Program Admissions Frequently Asked Questions .

If you have a question about the TOEFL please refer to the  Doctoral Program FAQ page  to see the School of Management’s policy  before you email your question.

For further information about the Doctoral Program in Management contact:

Professor Matthew Spiegel Director of Graduate Studies Doctoral Program in Management Yale School of Management Box 208200 New Haven, CT 06520-8200 Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Offices Hall of Graduate Studies 320 York Street PO Box 208236 New Haven, CT 06520-8236

Department of Psychology

You are here, applying for admission, important information for applicants .

• The deadline for graduate program applications is Dec. 1st
• Due to the pandemic, offers for virtual interviews are being conducted in a rolling manner. Final decisions regarding offers of admission will be completed by mid-February
• Information regarding the Pyschology Graduate program and the application process is included on this website.  If you have a specific question about the application portal that is not covered here, you may contact the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences .  If you have specific questions in regard to the requirements for our graduate program, or the process of applying, please contact our Department Registrar, Fredericka Grant .  For questions about whether a particular faculty member is accepting new students, you may reach out to them directly (and some faculty include this information on their lab websites).

Completed applications should be received at Yale by Dec. 1st. A record of your academic performance (“unofficial transcript”) is required and should be “uploaded” to your on-line application. An official grade transcript is neither required nor necessary for the review of your application. Students must submit three letters of recommendation and are encouraged to submit samples of their research work. Providing scores on the GRE Aptitude Test is optional, as are scores on the GRE Psychology Subject Test.  It is especially advisable to begin the application process early. A common problem in reviewing applications is that some are incomplete in some respect at the time the review begins and are therefore temporarily set aside. If these applications remain incomplete, they may never be reviewed by the departmental admissions committee. Accordingly, it is important to allow sufficient time for the independent information (transcripts, letters) to arrive at Yale in time to be processed. 

Applicants should indicate primary faculty members in the department with whom they would be interested in working in their applications.  Because of the emphasis on close contact with faculty members in research, as well as effective student participation in small class groups, only about fifteen new students out of about seven hundred applicants can be admitted each year. Applicants should realize that the total number of applicants is many times larger than the number that can be admitted, and, further, individual feedback on applications is not possible. A fine academic record, evidence of research experience and potential are weighed together in the admission decision process.

To apply: Online Application to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

By filling out the form supplied in the Graduate School application, applicants will automatically be considered for all Yale financial awards for which they are eligible. A complete Bulletin of the Graduate School, which describes all graduate programs and provides general information, is available from the Graduate Admissions Office.

• Application Procedures

Prospective applicants can apply to the Ph.D. Program in Economics using the following options that can be found on the  Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  website.  Please be aware the application deadline for the Economics Department Ph.D. program is December 1, 2023.

• On-line applications are accepted by the Yale Graduate School
• Paper copy of the application is no longer available

All information regarding the Graduate Program in Economics is available on this web site. Hard copy of materials will not be mailed.

Note: Do not request materials from this email site. Please see  Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Official score reports must be submitted for all required examinations. Ask the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to report your scores to the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, code 3987.

Graduate Record Examination (GRE).  The General Test is required of all applicants. Applicants should take the GRE no later than November. Applicants are strongly encouraged to register early to schedule test dates and times. For registration forms, test dates, test centers, and general information contact  www.gre.org(link is external) . 

Test of English as a Foreign Language.  The TOEFL is required of all applicants whose native language is not English.  This requirement is waived only for applicants who have received a baccalaureate degree, or its foreign equivalent, prior to matriculation at Yale, from a college or university where English is the primary language of instruction. NOTE:  1 or 2 year MA degree does not qualify for the waiver.  If you do not qualify for a waiver but have taken the TOEFL within the last two years you will need to have your TOEFL scores released to us (code 3987). If your scores can no longer be released, you will need to take the test. The test should be taken as early as possible to ensure that your scores are received in time to be incorporated in your file.  Normally TOEFL scores will not be released if they are older than two years. If you took the TOEFL before and ETS will release those scores then you should no have to retake the examination.

International English Language Test System (IELTS).  You may substitute IELTS for TOEFL. 

If you are still not sure if you must submit TOEFL scores, please review this flowchart:  Is English Language Testing Required for My Application?  (start with the question “Is your native language English?”)

For additional information and the latest updates on the TOEFL and TSE, please visit the ETS website:  www.toefl.org(link is external) .

Test of Spoken English (TSE).  All international applicants who accept offers of admission to the Ph.D. program and whose native language is not English are strongly encouraged to present scores on the Test of Spoken English by the time of enrollment in the fall. The TSE is administered in the United States and abroad. For further information check the  www.toefl.org(link is external)  web site. Students who do not demonstrate sufficient proficiency in English may be retested and/or asked to take courses in English for speakers of other languages. A high level of proficiency is required for students to serve as teaching fellows.

More information about  TOEFL and IELTS tests  can be found on the Yale Graduate School website.

Doctoral and master’s degrees. Students may enter the Graduate Economics Program after earning a bachelors degree (or the equivalent) or a master’s degree. The Master of Philosophy is awarded to students who complete all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation. The Doctor of Philosophy is awarded upon acceptance of the doctoral dissertation. The Economics Department does not accept students into a terminal master’s program. The Economic Growth Center offers a one-year MA program in International and Development Economics.

Full-time and Part-time Study.  Doctoral students are expected to devote their full energies to course work and preparation for the qualifying examinations in the first years, and dissertation research and writing in the final years of graduate study. There is no part-time study available to applicants to the Department of Economics.

Nondegree Study.  Qualified individuals who wish to study at the graduate level but not pursue a degree may be admitted to the Division of Special Registration (DSR) as “special students.” Admission to this program is for one term or one year only and carries with it no commitment for further study. These students are not eligible for financial aid or loans. Applicants interested should apply in the same fashion as for full-time study.

Interdisciplinary Study.  Students may apply for admission to only one department or program within the Graduate School per year. Students may take one or more courses in a related department, and are often advised by faculty members from more than one department during their dissertation research. Students in the Graduate School, may, with permission, take advantage of course or research opportunities in Yale College and in the professional schools.

Joint-degree Programs.  The Department of Economics offers a joint J.D./Ph.D. degree with the Yale Law School. Students must apply to and be admitted to the Yale Law School independently of the Graduate School. Applicants may apply to both schools at the same time or they may enter one school and apply to the second during their first year of study. A separate application is required for each school, and each makes its own admission decision. Students who apply simultaneously to two schools should indicate that they are doing so on both applications. For information on the Yale Law School see the following web site:  www.law.yale.edu/yls/admis-jdindex.htm .

Transfer Students.  The Yale Graduate School does not admit transfer students. The presumption is that students who receive a Yale doctoral degree do their studies at Yale. Students currently enrolled in a doctoral program elsewhere who wish to apply to a Yale doctoral program may do so through the normal admissions procedure. They must meet all the application requirements, including the deadline for submission. Some very successful students have entered the Yale program in this way. Such students may petition the Economics Department and Graduate School to waive a portion of the Ph.D. course requirement (normally a maximum of three courses) in recognition of previous graduate-level work done at Yale or elsewhere. All other requirements, including the comprehensive examination, the economic history requirement, the oral examination, and the econometrics paper, must be completed at Yale. Students who enter the program from another doctoral program receive the full six-year financial aid package.

Those interested in transferring to Yale might consider the Exchange Scholars Program as an alternative. At participating institutions, students may petition their own schools to enroll full-time at Yale for a term or for an academic year as exchange scholars. Participating universities include Berkeley, Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Stanford.

Further Graduate School Information.  A comprehensive description of academic rules and regulations of the Yale Graduate School will be made available to students when they are registered. The Programs and Policies booklet may be found on the Internet at the  Graduate School  website.

Length of Study.  Students are expected to complete the requirements for the degree in six years of registration. The first two years are generally spent taking courses full time; the third is spent preparing a dissertation prospectus within workshops and completing all requirements except the dissertation; the remaining years are spent pursuing and writing up a work of original research. The average length of time required to complete the program is five years. A small percentage finish in four years, although students are guaranteed registration for 6 years in which to finish their degree.

Residency Requirement.  Doctoral students in this program are required to be in residence in New Haven for at least three years.

Dissertation.  The doctoral dissertation is the climax of the graduate school experience. Every dissertation makes an original contribution to a student’s field of study by discovering significant new information, achieving a new synthesis of ideas, developing new methods or hypotheses, or applying established methods to new materials. A dissertation also demonstrates the student’s mastery of relevant resources and methods. Students work with two advisers throughout this process.

In the academic year 2023-24 tuition for full-time study is $48,300. This rate is expected to increase in subsequent years. Ph.D. candidates are charged four years of full tuition. Thereafter students are charged a modest continuing registration fee each term until the dissertation is submitted or the terminal date is passed.  For the 2023-24 academic year this fee is $790 per semester.

The Graduate School provides full tuition, health insurance and stipend fellowship for the first six years of study. Normally the Department of Economics provides additional stipend support. There is a combined award policy that applies to students who obtain outside fellowships. This policy gives students a financial incentive to obtain outside awards.

Teaching Fellowships.  Because the faculty considers teaching to be essential to the professional teaching of all doctoral students, they serve as teaching assistants in the third and fourth years of study.

Research Fellowships.  Department faculty often hire students as research assistants either part-time or full-time.  During this academic year there are seven students supported as full-time research assistants where this funding replaces the need to serve as a teaching fellow.  In the summer of 2020, twenty-five students were supported as part-time research assistants for faculty. 

Outside Fellowships.  All applicants for admission are strongly urged to compete for outside fellowships which can be used at Yale. These fellowships are sponsored by both public and private agencies and are often more generous than those awarded by the University. In addition to their financial advantages, distinction is conferred on a student who wins an award. The  McDougal Graduate School Center  maintains a library of fellowship information; incoming students seeking external aid are advised to consult it on arrival in New Haven.

Federal and Non-Federal Student Loans.  Loans administered by the University are available to citizens and permanent residents of the U.S. The types of loans and amounts a student is eligible to borrow are based entirely on financial need as determined by federal formula.

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Doctor of Philosophy

The primary mission of the PhD program is to provide scholars with the disciplinary background and skills required to contribute to the development of our understanding of better ways of measuring, maintaining, and improving the public’s health. Examples of research conducted by PhD students includes but is not limited to: cancer epidemiology, clinical trials, cardiovascular disease, molecular epidemiology, vector-borne diseases, parasitology, mental health epidemiology and HIV/AIDS. Students are encouraged to work with faculty throughout the university since much of the work done in EPH is interdisciplinary.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences .

Select program: "Public Health" and your Concentration: Biostatistics (PhD or MS), Chronic Disease Epidemiology (PhD or MS), Environmental Health Sciences (PhD), Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (PhD) or Epidemiology Infectious Disease (MS), Health Informatics (MS) Health Policy and Management (PhD) or Social and Behavioral Sciences (PhD).

The GRE and TOEFL code for Yale GSAS is: 3987. A writing sample is not required.

The deadline is December 15th.

PhD Program

All PhD students are guaranteed five years of 12-month stipend and tuition support in the form of YSPH fellowships, teaching fellowships, traineeships and research assistantships. In addition to support for tuition and living costs, students receive a health award to covers the full cost of single-student Yale Health Plan Hospitalization/Specialty Coverage.

Faculty Advisors

PhD applicants are not required to secure a faculty mentor prior to applying to the program.

We expect applicants to provide information in their personal statement about the research they hope to conduct if admitted and to state the faculty in our department whose research aligns with their interests.

Diversity Research Awards

The PhD program in Public Health enhances commitment its PhD students who identify as underrepresented minority students, first-generation college graduates and students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds by offering research awards to the top candidates admitted to the program. Each year a minimum of two PhD admitted students will be offered $2,000 each for research funds in addition to their financial aid package. Recipients have up to 2 years to spend these funds, which can be used for books, computers, software, conference travel, research travel or research supplies.

This funding is offered upon acceptance into the program. The criteria for the award is:

• Previous involvement in diversity-related initiatives in their community and/or volunteer activities helping underserved populations.
• Research interest in serving an underserved population

External Fellowships

Doctor of philosophy (phd) overview.

Yale Housing

Graduate housing, welcome to the yale graduate community.

The Yale Graduate Housing office is responsible for providing graduate housing options on and around the Yale campus. Our office manages a limited number of on-campus, Yale owned and operated dormitories and apartments, for Graduate and Professional Students only . Our buildings provide a safe and supportive residential environment that fosters a sense of community and enhances the Yale experience for all graduate and professional students and their families. Additionally, Yale Graduate Housing manages a housing website, that provides off-campus, alternative housing for all members of the Yale community. This online secure database lists property rentals and homes for sale throughout the greater New Haven area.

Yale Housing offers a variety of living options within our portfolio from dormitories and suites, to one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Some of these buildings come with their own history and charm. Yale Graduate Housing works closely with Yale Facilities in maintaining, upgrading, and renovating the buildings year-to-year.

We boast a diverse community of graduate students and their families. Among them you will enjoy a sense of community and belonging.

We strive to provide a safe and supportive residential environment to enhance your educational experience.

Learn about the differences between furnished and unfurnished housing

2024-2025 Graduate Housing License Agreement

Housing Brochure

Housing for the 2024-2025 Academic Year

The housing application for graduate and professional students for the 2024-2025 Academic Year will open on April 1st at 9:00 a.m. EST.  Room Selection for matched roommates for 4-bedroom and 3-bedroom apartments will begin on Tuesday, April 23 at 9:00 a.m. Room Selection for matched roommates for 2-bedroom units will begin on Wednesday, April 24 at 9:00 a.m. Room Selection for all single-occupancy units (including open beds in 4-,3-, and 2-bedroom units, Harkness Hall, one-bedroom and efficiency units) will be held on Thursday, April 25 at 9:00 a.m. Details will be provided once you have applied. Roommate matching must be completed by Monday, April 22 at 9:00 a.m. to qualify for matched roommate room selection, and all roommates must complete a roommate matching application.

To apply log into your Self Service portal here . 

Especially for graduate students applying for housing from India - please make sure your VPN is changed to a US location before applying for housing.)

Note: there is a one-year residency limit at the following halls (non-renewable):

• 272 Elm (first-year GSAS students only)
• 254 Prospect
• 276 Prospect
• Mansfield Apartments

This website exists as an ongoing collaborative experiment in digital publishing and information sharing. Because this website functions as a wiki, all members of the School of Art community—graduate students, faculty, staff, and alums—have the ability to add new content and pages, and to edit most of the site’s existing content.

Content is the property of its various authors. When you contribute to this site, you agree to abide by Yale University academic and network use policy, and to act as a responsible member of our community.

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ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

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Admission GUIDELINES

Students are admitted to Yale’s MFA for the Fall semester of each year only. Applicants are notified of the admission committee’s decisions on preliminary selections in February, and final decisions in early March. No information about decisions will be given over the phone or advance of the batch written release to all finalists.

To apply for more than one area of concentration, separate applications and supporting documentation must be submitted. The work submitted should be representative of the applicant’s experience in that particular field. Applying to more than one program does not increase an applicant’s chances of selection.

Please note: Yale School of Art does not practice admission deferment; An offer of admission is valid only for enrollment for that year regardless of the in-residence conditions of the Yale campus at that time. Applicants who are offered admission but choose not to enroll are welcome to reapply to the School in a future cycle.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Online applications for programs beginning in the 2025–2026 academic year will open in October 2024.

Please expect that when many applicants are uploading simultaneously near the deadline, longer processing times will be experienced. To avoid this, please consider submitting prior to the deadline.

Admission Procedures for Preliminary Selection

Instructions for All Applicants

An application to the School of Art requires forethought and planning. It is important to read all of the application instructions carefully. Following these instructions will ensure that your application is viewed to best advantage.

The Yale School of Art application for the 2024–2025 academic year will be available October 2023. The information that follows will assist you in filing the application online. For an explanation of specific requirements for each area of study, please refer to the departmental sections that follow.

Application materials:

The following materials are required for consideration of your application for admission:

• Submit the online application . The application portal opens in early October 2024 and may be worked on until early January 2025. As it generally takes several weeks to complete an application, it is strongly recommended that applicants prepare their materials early to ensure completion by the deadline.

Please note that the School of Art is NOT part of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and it is not possible to apply by using application materials found on the Graduate School’s Web site.

• Nonrefundable application fee of $100 . Please follow payment instructions at https://apply.art.yale.edu/apply/ . Forms of payment include credit card and checking account.

Yale School of Art practices “need blind admission,” meaning that candidate financial need or ability is never disclosed to the admission committee during review of MFA applications. For this reason, and because the processing and careful review of each individual application demands great time, human resources graduate fee waivers are not available.

**Beginning in January 2022, the application fee may be waived only for applicants with primary citizenship in those countries with the lowest US exchange rates: Venezuela, Iran, Vietnam, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Sierra Leone, Laos, Guinea, Paraguay, and Cambodia

• A one-page statement that addresses influences, interests, current work direction, brief life history (as it relates to art/design practice), and reasons for applying to graduate school at this time. Statements should be limited to one page or no more than 500 words.

Applicants to the Painting/Printmaking program should make reference in their statements to the “representative work” in the portfolio; this is not critical for the other programs.

• References from three persons, either practicing/teaching in the field in which application is made, or who knows the applicant’s practice well and can attest to their ability, competency, potential, etc. in Yale’s MFA program.

NOTE: The admissions committee reviews applications shortly after the deadline. While it is not uncommon for letters of recommendation to come in past the deadline, please impress upon on those who will be writing on your behalf that late submission of supporting documentation may risk exclusion from the review. Applicants can always view the receipt status of reference requests on the application status page.

Transcripts of academic record for the bachelor’s degree and/or professional art schools attended. Student/unofficial copies may be uploaded to the application for the preliminary jury. Official transcripts will ONLY be required for applicants invited to interview. If invited to interview, official transcripts should be mailed to: Yale School of Art Admissions, POB 208339, New Haven, CT 06520-8339. Neither junior college transcripts nor Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores are required.

Portfolio of work. Applicants who fail to upload a portfolio as outlined by the stated deadline will NOT be considered. The portfolio should represent images of your best work, indicate your current direction, and demonstrate your ability. At least half of the images should represent work done within the last twelve months, and all should be from within the last three years. Chronological order of year is embedded in our system, and you will not be able to override it. Yale School of Art uses an application system that requires you to designate one image from the portfolio as a “representative work.” This selection is simply the default image for the cover page of each application file. As such, applicants have historically selected the piece which most strongly represents ideas central to their current body of work.

Do not include more than one image on the screen, nor embed other pages of a publication or video within the images you place in your portfolio. Do not include detail photos of work in your portfolio unless you consider them absolutely necessary. Under no circumstances should more than two detail shots be included. Portfolio requirements differ depending upon area of concentration; be sure to follow the instructions for the area to which you are applying. We strongly recommend that you review your images on a Mac OS to be certain that they are accurately represented.

NOTE: All supporting documents that are submitted as a requirement for admission become a part of the official file and cannot be returned to the applicant or forwarded to another institution either in copy or original form.

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The SoA wiki admission pages provide extensive information about applying to Yale’s MFA program. Use this as your resource while preparing an application.

Applicants SHOULD NOT CONTACT Yale School of Art faculty and/or current students seeking program information, application and/or portfolio advisement. Please respect the personal/private spaces (such as email, social media, direct message, etc.) and time of our community by utilizing the wiki and, when necessary, directing your inquiries appropriately to those whose job it is to assist you.

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

International students MUST use their passport name on all application materials.

English Proficiency Requirements In order to undertake graduate study, all international students and others for whom English is not their first language must present evidence of competence in the use of the English language. Although we have no official score cut-off, you will have difficulty in an intensive program such as ours without a level of language proficiency appropriate for graduate study.

Yale School of Art accepts the following English Proficiency exams to fulfill this requirement. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), The International English Language Testing System (IELTS), and The Duolingo English Test.

TOEFL Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), which is administered by the Educational Testing Service, www.ets.org . The TOEFL code number for the Yale School of Art is 3982 . Candidates for admission generally achieve a composite Internet-based test score of at least 100, or a computer-based score of at least 250, with speaking and listening scores of at least 28.

If the TOEFL iBT is not available in your area, you are required to complete the TOEFL that is available plus you are required to take the Test of Spoken English (TSE). A minimum TOEFL score of 550 is generally achieved for the pbt.

IELTS IELTS test scores may be accepted with a minimum score of 7. Your ability to listen, read, write and speak in English will be assessed during the test. IELTS is graded on a scale of 1-9. www.ielts.org IELTS is jointly owned by the British Council, IDP: IELTS Australia and Cambridge Assessment English.

Duolingo English Test The Duolingo English Test is an online English proficiency test that can be taken online, on-demand, in under an hour. The test is taken via a computer with a camera and includes a proficiency score, video interview, and writing sample which are shared with [institution name] when you send your results. Certified results are available within 48 hours of the test session. Students generally receive a score of 120. englishtest.duolingo.com/applicants

* The English Proficiency test may be waived if the undergraduate degree has been obtained from a four-year, English-speaking institution. When completing your application please submit without confirming your scores. Our faculty reviewers know to verify your language proficiency via transcripts. *

Visa Information: In order to receive visa documentation, admitted international students must submit proof that income from all sources will be sufficient to meet expenses for two years of study. The full cost of attendance expenses for the current academic year, 2020-21 (including tuition) is $64,297 for a single student. Evidence of funds may come from the following sources:

Affidavit from a bank; Copy of an award letter stating that financial assistance has been offered; Certification by parents of their ability and intention to provide the necessary funds; Certification by employer of anticipated income.

All international students who wish to be appointed as teaching assistants during their second year must obtain a United States Social Security number in order to be paid.

Next Steps After Applying

Once an application has been submitted applicants should familiarize themselves with their Yale admission status page (accessed by logging into the application system). This portal allows applicants to track the status of their application and the receipt of required supporting materials (such as recommendations) online. Applicants are encouraged to check the status of their application materials and follow up as necessary. Receipt of items submitted by digital upload is updated in real time on the application status page checklist. Due to the high volume of incoming applications and processing steps our office is unable to provide application status checks or confirm the receipt of items by phone or by email.

References and supporting documents: While references and English language test scores (if applicable) may continue to be received after the deadline, review of applications begins soon thereafter. Applicants are thus urged to impress upon those writing reference letters, or submitting items on their behalf, that the timely submission of such documents is critical to guarantee inclusion in the admission committee’s review.

The non-refundable fee to apply is $100. Please note that Yale School or Art practices need-blind admission.

Admission Decision Notification: First-round admission decisions, which include interview invitations as well as denials, will be sent in early February.

Final Selection Applicants who have passed the Preliminary Selection Jury will be notified in early February. At this time, applicants invited to interview are required to submit official transcripts to the School. Candidates are asked to prepare supplemental portfolio materials to be presented digitally during interview. Detailed instructions will be included in the invitation to interview. Individual interviews will be scheduled for mid-late February, depending on the program. The interview is an important component of the final selection process.

GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEW

Applicants in Graphic Design should prepare a portfolio of their work in any or all of these areas: graphic design print work, environmental design, broadcast/video graphics, letterform design, interactive media, and other related projects in the visual arts. Applicants are encouraged to present bodies of work that demonstrate special areas of interest. Academic or research papers may also be submitted in support of the application. For two year program applicants at least 12 examples of work and for the preliminary program at least 10 examples of work will be presented at interview. Detailed instructions will be included in the invitation to interview.

Applicants in Painting/Printmaking should submit no more than four artworks and four drawings, studies, graphic works, or videos (these are not required to be pieces that were in your application portfolio). For 2023 applicants should prepare a PDF of these works and provide them to the admissions committee. Detailed instructions will be included in the invitation to interview.

Applicants in Photography prepare a portfolio of no more than 20 images to present and discuss during the interview. Detailed instructions will be included in the invitation to interview.

Applicants in Sculpture prepare digital files that document the individual’s latest work as well as additional images representing earlier work. Additional documentation to the work in your preliminary portfolio may be presented during your interview. Detailed instructions will be included in the invitation to interview.

All Applicants For the 2024 admissions cycle no physical work is to be sent to the School.

Final notification of admission will be e-mailed in early March. Offers of admission are good only for the year in which they are made. We do not practice deferred admission. The Financial Aid Award letter will be e-mailed shortly after notification of admission. No decisions will be given in person or over the telephone.

An individual’s acceptance of admission to the School of Art must be received by April 15 . All matriculating students must submit a transcript that certifies their undergraduate degree. Admission is not binding unless this certification is received.

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Department of Mathematics

Graduate program.

Application deadline is December 15th, 2024.

Test requirements:

GRE Subject Test:         GRE Subject Math Test scores are REQUIRED.

GRE General Test:      GRE General Test scores are OPTIONAL.  

TOEFL or IELTS:      Scores are REQUIRED for most applicants whose native language is not English.

See  Mathematics | Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  for more information about test requirements (including who needs to take IELTS and TOEFL), link to the application page, and more. 

Fee waiver:  if you wish to apply to waive the application fee (105$) please see here:  Application Fees & Fee Waivers | Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences . We recommend to apply as early as possible and, at least, several days before the deadline of December 15, 2024. Please note that the department has no control over the waivers. 

Program in Applied Mathematics . Note that there is a separate program in Applied Mathematics. You cannot apply for both programs. Follow  Welcome | Applied Mathematics Program (yale.edu)  for the general information about that program  and  https://applied.math.yale.edu/graduate-program-0  for the information about admissions, requirements, etc.

Welcome to the Yale graduate program in Mathematics.

The transition from mathematics student to working mathematician depends on ability, hard work and independence, but also on community. Yale’s graduate program provides an excellent environment for this, and we are proud of the talented students who come here and the leading faculty with whom they learn the profession.

In their first two years, students focus on building their general knowledge and passing the qualifying exams , but are also encouraged to use the time to think about their areas of interest, work together to explore them, and begin making connections with faculty advisors. There are few formal requirements and this flexibility allows students to develop independence, formulating and following their own goals.

Mathematics, while requiring intense individual focus, also thrives on collaborative work. Students form study groups and seminars together, and also benefit from our excellent cohort of Gibbs Assistant Professors and other Postdoctoral Fellows, who are a source of fresh mathematical perspectives and camaraderie.

Research, and the contribution of new ideas and results to the body of mathematical knowledge, naturally form the main focus of the next few years, and typically students complete their PhD by the end of the 5th (sometimes 6th) year. During this time they also get to know the faculty better, and continue building intellectual and personal connections, horizontally across the discipline and through time to our shared intellectual history and tradition.

Teaching is an important component of our profession, and the department provides support and training to graduate students. Teaching assignments proceed from individual coaching to classroom teaching, with careful mentoring provided by our dedicated team of lecturers.  The Lang Lunch Seminar, in the second year, provides in-depth training to graduate students before they begin to lecture.

Director of Graduate Studies : Van Vu .

Inquiries concerning the graduate program in mathematics should be sent to Van Vu .

Registrar of Graduate Studies: TBA 

Some useful links:

• The mathematics department page in the Graduate School catalog.
• Graduate school homepage for general information.
• Admissions information from the graduate school.
• Mathematics Graduate Program Advising Guidelines

Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Interested in joining the graduate program, welcome to the graduate program in eeb at yale university.

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program has a long tradition of training exceptional ecologists and evolutionary biologists. Our program provides students with five years of guaranteed funding and the intellectual support they need to reach their potential and become world-class scientists, educators, and professionals.

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program offers students an integrated training program with coursework, teaching, and research components. Students will develop their understanding of study systems and scientific approaches, enabling them to generate and test questions fundamental to 21st century advances in ecology and evolutionary biology. Students will be joining a department with faculty whose research interests span numerous areas of ecology and evolution and whose systems encompass multiple levels of biological organization.

We welcome students into our program with diverse identities, from varied backgrounds and prior experiences . As a department, we are committed to fostering diversity and a welcoming environment for all . Although applications to our program are competitive and all of our graduate students are exceptional, the admissions process is quite distinct from the admissions process for undergraduates to Yale College. Our admissions decisions prioritize the fit between the research interests of applicants and their prospective faculty advisors, as well as evaluating a student’s potential for success in a research-focused graduate degree. We consider applicants as a whole and in the context of the relevant experiences to which they had access.

Note that the department only admits students to pursue a PhD: while all students receive a Master’s degree en route to their PhD, we do not accept applications for terminal Master’s degrees.

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Diversity recruitment resources, the admissions process, how to apply, advice for applying to eeb at yale, how to email a prospective advisor, research rotations, dissertation research, for more information, department events, university-wide resources, student funding opportunities, cost of living, arts in new haven, natural spaces, food and nightlife.

If you are from an underrepresented population, the Office for Graduate Student Development & Diversity (OGSDD) offers a number of programs for those thinking about applying to graduate school.

You can apply to participate in the Yale Diversity Preview Day, where you will have the chance to meet Yale faculty and graduate students, take a tour of the campus, and learn more about the graduate admissions process. Participation in Yale Diversity Preview Days is free, and all expenses (accommodation, meals, and transportation) are covered by Yale University. For more information plese contact the Assistant Dean for Diversity, Ksenia Sidorenko .

You can also participate in the Bouchet Admissions Bootcamp , which helps prepare applicants to craft a competitive graduate school application. Students who complete the Bouchet Bootcamp receive an application fee waiver for Yale graduate school admissions.

More information about these and other diversity recruitment resources can be found on the OGSDD website. If you are visiting New Haven, the OGSDD and EEB would be happy to welcome you to campus and arrange for you to visit with the director of the OGSDD, Dean Michelle Nearon , as well as faculty and current graduate students.

In addition, if you have questions, concerns, or would like to learn more about diversity recruitment resources or the admissions process, you’re welcome to contact the OGSDD , our Registrar, Director of Graduate Studies, or our graduate student admissions liaisons (see sidebar for contact information).

Students who apply to join the graduate program will apply to the department as a whole. Nonetheless, students who join the program are usually interested in working with one or two faculty in the department . Thus, the fit between the interests of the student and their prospective advisor(s) is one of the most important considerations during the admissions process. Students should not apply for the graduate program unless they have already been in contact with one or more prospective faculty advisors in the department.

Once the application deadline passes, the entire EEB faculty evaluate the applications and decide which applicants will be invited for an interview. The percentage of applicants who receive interview slots depends on several factors including the number of applications, which often varies between years. For domestic students, travel and lodging to Yale for an on-campus, in-person interview will be provided by the department. International students may interview remotely or may travel for an in-person interview on-campus on a case-by-case basis. Interviews typically happen in mid- to late-January.

Interview visits consist of many elements, but applicants typically spend some time learning about the graduate program, department, and Yale. Interviewees also spend much of their day meeting individually with faculty. Additionally, prospective students will have the opportunity to meet many of the current students in the program, and experience the food and nightlife of New Haven. Following interviews, the department evaluates the interviewees and sends out admission offers. The Department does its best to provide offers to as many interviewees as possible. Admitted students have until April 15 to accept or decline the offer.

If you have any questions about the admissions process, please contact our Registrar, our Director of Graduate Studies, or our graduate student Admissions Liaisons (see sidebar for contact information).

• Typically, this process involves reading about the research of faculty from the papers they have published and from their lab websites.
• For a suggested template of how to format this email, see here
• If you would like assistance contacting a potential advisor, or have not heard back from a potential advisor you contacted, you may contact our graduate student admissions liaisons (see sidebar for contact information). This account is monitored by graduate students in the department in order to facilitate connections between prospective students and faculty, and is not involved in admissions decisions.
• The Graduate School has an extensive FAQ about admissions
• Please specify Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as the program of study when applying.
• Please specify which faculty you are interested in working with directly in the application.
• A statement of purpose (typically 500-1000 words, or one to two pages). In your statement of purpose, please “explain why you are applying to Yale for graduate study; describe your research interests and preparation for your intended field(s) of study, including prior research and other relevant experiences; and explain how the faculty, research, and resources at Yale would contribute to your future goals.”
• A curriculum vitae
• A list of all colleges and universities you have attended, along with an unofficial transcript from each school
• Three letters of recommendation – enter the names and email addresses of your recommenders into the application, and they will be sent a link to upload a letter on your behalf
• If your undergraduate degree was not attained at a primarily English-speaking institution, you must take a TOEFL exam and include your TOEFL score in your application.
• A personal narrative (optional, up to 300 words, other universities may refer to this as a “diversity statement”). In your personal narrative, please ”tell us something about the personal experiences, interests, or perspectives that you would bring to the community at Yale” 
• List of certificates or awards (optional)
• Note: the Yale EEB program no longer accepts GRE scores (from either the general GRE or the Biology GRE)
• Many applicants are eligible to request a fee waiver, which must be submitted by November 30. For more information, see the GSAS page on Application Fee Waivers

The graduate program in EEB at Yale is a relatively small one. As such, how your research interests fit with the interests of your potential advisor(s) is an important factor considered during our selection process. Every faculty member has a different set of criteria for evaluating prospective students. Make sure you’ve had a conversation with your prospective advisor(s) about shared research interests before applying to the program.

Note that there are no minimum requirements, apart from an undergraduate degree by your matriculation date, for admission into EEB at Yale. EEB seeks to attract motivated early career scientists who could excel in our program, and embraces that there is no single formula predicting that success. Rather, we consider applicants as a whole and in the context of the relevant experiences to which they have had access. Your personal statement, research experience and accomplishments, diversity statement, course grades, and letters of recommendation are considered during the application review process.

Note on GPA conversion for applicants: you may self-report a GPA and GPA scale in the “Academic History” section of the application. Please do not convert or recalculate your GPA, and if your college or university does not report or compute a GPA, you should omit it.

The following is a suggested template for how to contact a prospective faculty advisor. If you would like assistance contacting a potential advisor, or have not heard back from a potential advisor you contacted, you may contact our graduate student admissions liaisons (see sidebar for contact information).

Subject: Prospective EEB Graduate Student

Dear Dr. ___________,

My name is _______. I am interested in applying to the PhD program in EEB at Yale to begin Fall [year here]. I was wondering whether you are accepting graduate students this year?

[A few sentences about your research experience and interests here].

[A sentence about what research you’re interested in pursuing for graduate school] [A sentence about how your research interests align with those from the prospective advisor you are emailing].

I would love to discuss potential research topics, and I have attached my curriculum vitae for your reference

I look forward to hearing from you.

The PhD Program, Summarized

In the PhD program in EEB at Yale, students receive guaranteed financial support, participate in research rotations, take graduate courses, teach as graduate teaching fellows, participate in department events, and can take advantage of numerous university-wide resources and opportunities.

All PhD students in good academic standing in EEB at Yale are guaranteed five years of funding, which includes a stipend more than sufficient to cover all living expenses for the New Haven area , full coverage of tuition, and health insurance. This funding is generated from a variety of sources, including university fellowships provided by the graduate school as well as external grant funding attained by advisors. We strongly encourage all students to apply for all independent fellowships that they are eligible for, as they provide the most intellectual freedom for the student and are an important additional source of funding for the EEB graduate program. For health insurance, graduate students are provided both the Yale Health Basic Coverage provided to all Yale students, as well as the Hospitalization/Specialty Care coverage at no cost. This includes coverage in Student Health, Acute Care, Mental Health & Counseling, and 1 semester paid parental leave, among other services. Dental and vision health insurance are offered annually to all students for an additional fee.

While 5 years of funding are guaranteed for all students in good standing, we realize that many students will need an additional semester or year beyond 5 years to complete their dissertation. If the advisor is unable to support a year 6 student with grant funding, that student will typically also be able to teach for the additional semester or year of support.

Our students also teach undergraduate courses as graduate teaching fellows. Graduate students are required to teach three semesters to receive their PhD, and most EEB students complete this requirement during their first two years of graduate school. Additional teaching requirements are dependent on funding sources in the later years of the PhD. If a student continues to be funded by university fellowships in years 4 and 5, additional semesters of teaching may be required. Regardless of funding, however, most students have at least 5 semesters and every summer with no teaching responsibilities .

Unlike many other PhD programs in Ecology and Evolution, we require all students to participate in two research rotations, usually during their first year. While most students have decided on which lab they are joining by the time they begin here, and will typically do one of their rotations in this prospective lab, we have found that students tend to really enjoy the research rotation experience. These rotations provide our students with the opportunity to connect with other labs in our department or across Yale, develop new research skills, gain exposure to new areas of research, and contribute to research projects. Occasionally students have even decided to switch labs, due to their experience with a particular research rotation!

Course work requirements for our program are kept to a minimum, so that graduate students in EEB can decide for themselves the amount of coursework they would like to pursue and can focus their time on research. During their first year, students are required to take a year-long graduate seminar course, which serves to introduce students to the faculty in the department, and briefly covers topics in research ethics and professional development.

In addition to the first year seminar and research rotations, students are required to complete three additional graduate-level courses, but of course may take as many courses as they would like to. In their first year, students meet with the DGS, a faculty “entry committee”, and their prospective advisors for suggestions on courses they should take, but are free to fulfill their course requirements from courses offered by any department at Yale. In addition to graduate student courses offered in EEB, many of our students take courses offered in the departments of Genetics, Statistics & Data Science, Biostatistics, and from the School of the Environment, among others.

We aim for students to officially advance to PhD candidacy by the end of their second year of study. This requires completion of course and teaching requirements, the formation of a dissertation committee, and the passing of the prospectus exam. The prospectus exam consists of both a written and oral component. The student is expected to write a document that describes their proposed dissertation project - this document should address the relevance and impact the work will have on the field, as well as provide enough logistical detail to prove its feasibility. The oral part of the prospectus exam consists of a thesis committee meeting, where the student presents their proposed research plan to their committee, and is presented with several rounds of questioning by the committee over both details of the proposal as well as the student’s knowledge of pre-assigned readings deemed relevant to the student’s interests. Once students have completed their course requirements and this prospectus exam, they receive a Master’s degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology en route to their PhD and are officially considered PhD candidates. They are then free to devote the remainder of their time in the program to their dissertation research. On average, our students complete their PhD in 5.5 years .

If you would like to read more detailed documentation of the PhD Program in EEB at Yale, tailored for current graduate students, you can read that here

Available Events and Resources

Our department has numerous events throughout the year to foster community building and scientific exchange among our students, post-doctoral scientists, faculty, staff, and invited visitors to Yale.

During the fall and spring academic semesters, our department hosts a weekly invited seminar speaker. Speakers are invited from institutions across the world, and during their visits students have the opportunity to sign up for individual or small group meetings. Additionally, the department provides a catered lunch open to all graduate students in the department with every invited speaker, and students are sometimes able to join the post-seminar small group dinner with the speaker at a local restaurant.

As part of the weekly invited seminar series, the graduate students of the department invite two eminent speakers to visit as Hutchinson speakers. Visiting Hutchinson speakers are leaders of their fields, and students have priority access to schedule meetings and attend social events during the Hutchinson speaker’s visit. Additionally, depending on slot availability, graduate students and post-doctoral scientists can invite additional speakers for the weekly seminar series. Students and post-doctoral researchers interested in doing so are encouraged to contact the faculty member organizing the weekly EEB seminar series for that academic year.

Each Friday, students participate in a weekly “Speakeasy”, where graduate students and post-doctoral scientists present and discuss their ongoing research alongside provided snacks and drinks. This provides a forum for the early-career scientists in the department to provide support and feedback to each other in a relaxed environment. Speakeasy is often followed by a happy hour or other graduate student social event.

In addition to the department’s invited speaker seminars and Speakeasy, many members of our department attend the weekly Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies lunch seminar, which includes speakers from across Yale alongside invited external speakers from other institutions.

Lastly, our department holds a number of annual social events to build community. Every August, we hold a welcome BBQ for our incoming cohort of students to meet existing students, post-docs, and faculty. Every fall, the department supports a graduate-student only weekend retreat, typically held at the beautiful Yale Myers forest. Additionally, the department holds an annual departmental retreat, typically held over two days at an off-campus location. At this retreat, students, post-docs, faculty, and staff participate in social activities, hear about each other’s work, and attend talks given by invited speakers from across Yale.

Students in our graduate program also have access to numerous resources, events, and services available to students across Yale. These include:

The Yale Center for Teaching and Learning runs numerous workshops on best-practices for teaching, include a Certificate of College Teaching Preparation program that many of our students pursue and receive

The Graduate Writing Lab runs numerous events and workshops to help graduate students develop and practice academic and professional writing skills

The Yale Center for Research Computing maintains several computing clusters available to Yale students at no-cost, regularly offers workshops on use of high-performance computing and programming, as well as on-call support for problems with the computing clusters

The Statlab offers regular workshops on statistics, data analysis, data visualization, and other academic software

The Yale Office of Career Strategy offers numerous events and workshops to help students explore what comes next, including both academic and non-academic career paths

The Yale library system, including Marx Library, Sterling Library, and access to numerous online library services

Students in our program compete for, and receive, funding from numerous bodies at Yale to support their own academic travel and research.

The Yale Graduate Student Assembly offers a Conference Travel Fund available to all graduate students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Students may apply for support to travel to one conference annually, and may receive up to $500 pre-candidacy or $750 post-candidacy.

The Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies offers annual competitive “Small Grants” for both pre-candidacy and post-candidacy students. For pre-candidacy students, the maximum award of $3,000 is meant to support pilot data collection. For post-candidacy students, the maximum award of $5,000 is meant to improve the quality of their dissertation by further developing a component of their work.

The MacMillan Center offers a number of grants and fellowships for international travel and field research. Specifically, the MacMillan International Dissertation Research Fellowship awards up to $18,000 for international fieldwork post-candidacy if you have a “substantial humanities or social science dimensions” to your proposed research. The MacMillan Center Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowships is the pre-candidacy equivalent for up to $5,000.

Student Life

New Haven provides a wonderful living environment for students during graduate school, including a reasonable cost of living, access to numerous events, activities, and natural spaces, availability of excellent food, arts, and nightlife, and ease of travel both domestically and internationally.

The graduate student stipend provides our students with a high standard of living against the costs of living in the city. Most of our students live in the neighborhoods surrounding the Yale campus, including Downtown, Wooster Square, East Rock, Prospect Hill, and Dixwell. From these neighborhoods, it is typically a 10-20 minute walk to campus, and it is easy to access the free Yale Shuttle System. Student housing costs vary, but many students pay $700 - $900 in rent for a shared apartment with one or two other people (as of 2021).

Students also have the opportunity to participate in numerous activities at Yale or in the community. As of 2021, there are more than 70 registered graduate student groups on-campus. The McDougal Graduate Student Center offers numerous graduate student social events and programs, including their very-popular First Friday at Five series of free food, drinks, and entertainment every first Friday of the month during each academic semester. Students can also participate in athletics, including graduate intramural teams and community-based groups, or participate in the Graduate Affiliate program, where graduate students become affiliated with one of the 14 undergraduate residential colleges.

Many students enjoy the active arts scene in New Haven. There are several venues which host live music, including touring groups, like the College Street Music Hall and Cafe Nine. Additionally, it is easy to access New York City or Boston for larger touring acts. There are also numerous theatrical groups in New Haven. These include, but are not limited to, the Shubert Theater, which hosts touring acts, the Long Wharf Theatre, the Yale Repertory Theatre, and the Yale School of Drama. There is a 9-screen movie theater in downtown, as well as a larger 12 screen theater only a 10 minute drive away in North Haven. New Haven boasts several notable museums. Most prominently, both the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery are free and open to the public and display works from some of the most notable modern and historical artists.

New Haven also offers plentiful access to outdoor natural spaces. Many community members enjoy East Rock Park in the city proper, alongside slightly-further away spaces like West Rock Park, West River Memorial Park, and Sleeping Giant Park. There are also numerous beautiful hiking trails throughout the state, and of course, plentiful access to beaches, including nearby Lighthouse Point Park.

New Haven’s food and nightlife scene is extremely vibrant. Of course, New Haven is frequently listed as having the best pizza in the world, and so boasts numerous restaurants serving the acclaimed New Haven-style ‘apizza’. However, our large student population, proximity to major metropolitan centers, and citywide cultural diversity support a wide range of cuisines. For nightlife, many bars and restaurants are clustered in downtown or along State St. on the eastern side of New Haven. Many students enjoy the Yale owned-and-operated graduate student-only bar Gryphon’s, which, for a ~$20 annual membership, has some of the cheapest drinks in town, and weekly events like trivia and karaoke.

Finally, New Haven is a very easy city to get around in, and our location on the East Coast makes travel highly accessible. New Haven’s size makes transit within the city easy, with many students walking, biking, or taking the Yale shuttles and city buses to get around. When heading outside of New Haven, we are about a 1.5 hour drive from New York City and Providence, and a 2 hour drive from Boston. There is a frequent commuter train from New Haven’s downtown station to New York for ~$20 and a ~2 hour ride, and Amtrak trains between Boston and Washington D.C. also stop in New Haven. We have a small local airport, Tweed, in East Haven, with several flights a day. For longer routes, many students fly through the Hartford Airport (~50 min drive), or through the NYC (Newark, JFK, LGA) or Boston (BOS) airports.

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Students are admitted to graduate study (only in the fall) by the Graduate School on the recommendation of the Department. Entering classes average five to ten students. Students must apply either to the six-year PhD program or the one-year Master of Arts program, although applicants who are accepted to the PhD may elect to complete a three- or three-and-a-half-year MPhil degree instead. (For further details on this alternative, please consult the Yale University Graduate School Programs and Policies . )

Special Admissions Requirements for English

Application should be accompanied by a statement of academic purpose, and a writing sample of up to twenty double-spaced pages. Selection is based on the applicant’s undergraduate record; evidence of motivation supplied in the personal statement; evidence of ability to do advanced work as expressed in the writing sample and supported by three letters of recommendation; and preparation in languages sufficient to satisfy the language requirement. We do not require or accept GRE scores. The committee would like to see a sample of your best writing in a literary critical mode. If that sample is more than a few pages longer than the suggested 20-page limit (excluding works cited), you can submit an excerpt, with a brief explanation of how it fits into the larger paper at the top.

The application deadline is December 1. Note: The deadline for those applying for a combined program (e.g., African American Studies) is always the  earlier deadline of the two individual programs. The application is available online through the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Admissions page . All application materials, supporting credentials and recommendations, and application fee must be received by the deadline to be considered by Yale for admission. Admissions decisions are announced by early March.

Combined Programs

The Department of English offers combined PhD with  African American Studies , Early Modern Studies ,  Film and Media Studies ,  History of Art , and   Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies .

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The Office for Graduate Student Development and Diversity  is committed to building and maintaining a nurturing and caring community of scholars where students from diverse backgrounds and experiences are supported in their professional and intellectual goals and pursuits.

The McDougal Center serves as “information central” for incoming students. The Center can address new student questions about families, childcare, parking, travel, schedules, or other areas of life at Yale and in New Haven.

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Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Programs and Policies . “The Blue Book,” listing policies, programs and courses, is available online in August each academic year.

Our Graduate Housing office begins to accept applications for on-campus dormitories and apartments on April 22, and Off-Campus and  Yale University properties begin leasing apartments now for summer. Apply promptly, as space is limited.

Department of Political Science

Graduate Program

Yale’s Ph.D. program has a strong historical record of producing leading scholars in the field of Political Science. (Please note: The department does not offer a stand-alone MA in Political Science. Information about the Jackson Institute MPP in Global Affairs .) Many Yale graduates have also had successful careers in government, politics, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. This historical strength is matched by a strong faculty deeply engaged in training current graduate students to succeed in contemporary Political Science.

One of the Department’s strengths is substantive and methodological pluralism—there is no single “Yale way,” and our students and faculty are motivated by a range of questions in and across the subfields of Political Science. At the same time as we acknowledge this diversity of interests, the Department’s curriculum is designed to ensure students have adequate opportunities to master the core tools of contemporary social science research, including a four-course sequence in quantitative methodology and research design (statistics), a two course sequence in formal theory, courses on experimental design, implementation, and analysis, and a training program in qualitative and archival methodology.

The Department also offers training in five substantive subfields: American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Economy, and Political Theory. In each of these subfields, faculty regularly teach courses that expose students to both the foundational work in these areas and current active research topics. In many subfields, this training takes the form of formal or informal “sequences,” for example Comparative Politics I and II are taught each year. These classes are supplemented by topical seminars on selected and advanced topics.

In addition to regular courses, the Department and affiliated institutions (in particular, the MacMillan Center and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies) host a variety of (near-)weekly workshops in which outside speakers and Yale affiliates present and discuss work. These workshops provide a unique opportunity for students to observe the work of leading scholars, as well as to develop their own research in conjunction with faculty and student review. Information about these workshops is available here.

Students will also take two courses as a cohort. The first, Introduction to Politics, is for all Ph.D. students in their first semester. The second, Research and Writing, spans the second year and is centered on students producing a publishable quality research paper prior to embarking on the dissertation. Students in Research and Writing present their final paper in the Department’s mini-APSA conference in April.

About eighteen students enter the Ph.D. program each year. The total number of students in residence at any one time, including students working on their dissertations, is approximately 100, of whom about 40 are taking courses.

The Director of Graduate Studies for the Political Science Department is Hélène Landemore . Professor Landemore’s DGS office is located in Room 234  in Rosenkranz Hall, 115 Prospect Street. To contact Professor Landemore or sign up for DGS office hours, email her at dgs.polisci@yale.edu .

The Graduate program registrar is Colleen Amaro.  Her office is located in Room 230 in Rosenkranz Hall, 115 Prospect Street. She can be contacted by email at colleen.amaro@yale.edu .

Philosophy and Psychology Combined Ph.D. Program

The Philosophy and Psychology Combined Ph.D. Program is a program offered by the Departments of Philosophy and Psychology at Yale. Students enrolled in the program complete a series of courses in each discipline as well as an interdisciplinary dissertation that falls at the intersection of the two. On completing these requirements, students are awarded a Ph.D. either in Philosophy and Psychology, or in Psychology and Philosophy.

Students can be admitted into the combined program through either Psychology or through Philosophy. Students must be accepted into one of these departments (the ‘home department’) through the standard admissions process, and both departments must then agree to accept the student into the combined program.

Students can be accepted into the combined program either:

• at the time they initially apply for admission to their home department 
• or after having already completed some coursework within the home department

In either case, students must be accepted into the combined program by each department, with procedures for acceptance determined by the department’s faculty.

Requirements

• metaphysics, theory of knowledge, philosophy of science
• ethics, aesthetics, philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and theory of value
• history of philosophy
• Three psychology courses: one in statistics, one in the student’s primary research area and one outside of the student’s primary research area

Empirical research

• A first-year research paper in psychology, due in the second semester
• A pre-dissertation research project in psychology, due in the fourth semester

Qualifying papers, due in the fifth semester

• One qualifying paper in the history of philosophy
• One thematic paper that involves work in both philosophy and psychology (and would be approved by a faculty member in each department)

A dissertation prospectus, by the end of the sixth semester

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COVID-19: New Research Shows How the Virus Enters Our Cells and May Lead to Better Vaccines

A study has captured new views of the intricate molecular dance between our cells and the COVID-19-causing virus, SARS-CoV-2—findings that could inform the development of more effective vaccines as additional variants emerge.

Published August 15 in the journal Science , the study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 uses its spike protein, pointy molecules that stud the virus’s outer surface, to grab onto and drag itself to touch the surface of human cells and eventually deliver its viral genomes into cells. The study was carried out by researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM), Northeastern University, and Rice University.

This is the first time we’ve seen the structure of the intermediate stages of the spike during fusion. We found that this region is even more dynamic than what we thought before. Wenwei Li, PhD

The virus’s attachment to cells via its spike protein is the first key step for the virus to fuse with and infect the cells. Current COVID-19 vaccines work by blocking the virus from attaching to cells; the new study shows details of how certain human antibodies can block the next step, virus-to-cell fusion. This is important, because as effective as the vaccines have been for millions of people, they could come up short against future SARS-CoV-2 variants due to the virus’s rapid mutation.

“Understanding how these antibodies work to block the fusion machine can help us understand how to better design immunogens [for better vaccines],” said Michael Grunst, the first author on the study and a doctoral student working in the lab of Walther Mothes, PhD , Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine at YSM.

A two-part viral spike

The viral spike protein is made of two parts: one that binds to the human protein ACE2, which sits on the surface of many kinds of human cells and is the virus’s portal for infection, and another part that changes its shape to move the virus closer to the human cell once it is attached. Bringing the virus and cell very close together is necessary for infection, as the membranes of the virus and the cell need to fuse for the virus to enter the cell.

COVID-19 vaccines now on the market were designed to include the ACE2-binding portion of the spike protein, which is prone to pick up mutations as the virus evolves. Even with yearly updates to the vaccine, COVID vaccine designers won’t be able to keep up with mutations that have occurred in this part of the protein. But a different potential target of opportunity — the shape-changing part of the protein — is very unlikely to mutate, because its structure is so critical for narrowing the gap between virus and cell.

A video shows a SARS-CoV-2 spike protein refolding in the presence of an antibody

The stable structure in that area suggests future vaccines that target it might be universally effective against more dangerous SARS-CoV-2 variants, and could even work against other coronaviruses, such as the viruses that cause Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) or the original Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), said Mothes. Antibodies against this region are effective against a wide variety of SARS-CoV-2 variants, including so-called variants of concern, which are newly evolved variants that may be more infectious or more transmissible than the original virus.

To simulate binding between the proteins that is close to real-life conditions, the Yale scientists used virus-like particles coated with either the spike protein or ACE2. They imaged the interaction between the two proteins using a microscopy technique known as cryogenic electron tomography, or cryo-ET, which captures detailed 3D structures of molecules. Their collaborators at Northeastern and Rice then used the imaging data gathered by the Yale team to build computational simulations of the entire process.

The cutting-edge imaging technique combined with the computer models allowed the team to take images of the spike-ACE2 interaction and the following fusion intermediates that had not been seen before with that level of detail. For example, they were able to see new details of the spike protein’s dramatic shape change—it looks somewhat like a jackknife folding shut, as Grunst described it.

“This is the first time we’ve seen the structure of the intermediate stages of the spike during fusion,” said Wenwei Li, PhD , associate research scientist in the Mothes Laboratory, who led the study along with Mothes and Paul Whitford , PhD, associate professor of physics at Northeastern. “We found that this region is even more dynamic than what we thought before.”

Imaging to inform vaccine design

They also captured images of the two proteins together with antibodies that bind to the shape-changing region of the spike protein. With the computer simulations, the team was able to show that the antibody blocks the spike protein from folding in on itself, preventing it from pulling the virus and cell membranes close enough to fuse.

They also found that antibodies bind to a transient folded form of the spike protein, perhaps explaining why these antibodies are naturally relatively rare—our immune systems only have a short window of time of exposure to this particular shape of the protein. The details about the shapes the spike protein undergoes as it folds could help vaccine developers pick the ideal part of the virus to stimulate the production of more of these antibodies, Mothes said.

“COVID variants can escape our immune systems and vaccines by mutating, but these fusion machines have only one pattern of how to do their job,” he said. “It’s a hardwired, conserved machine; you can’t change them. So this is why understanding more about how that mechanism works means we can learn more about their vulnerability, to [use vaccines to] block this process with antibodies.”

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• Walther Mothes, PhD Paul B. Beeson Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis
• Wenwei Li Associate Research Scientist
• Mikey Grunst