Graduate Admissions

Admission to our graduate programs is open to students with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree or its equivalent in any field of engineering or in related areas (physics, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, and materials science).

Deadlines for submitting your application: 

Doctoral and Master’s Program:
January 2, for enrollment in the Fall (there is no Spring term admission). Look for application instructions at the Yale Graduate School website (Please note: Applications are accepted online only)

Non-Degree program (DSR): 
Applications accepted on a continuous basis.
Instructions and the application form can be found at the Yale Graduate School website

All applicants are required to have ETS provide official GRE General scores. Applicants to the Applied Physics department are encouraged, but not required, to also provide GRE Subject test results. When registering to take the GRE General or Subject test, please use institution code 3987. It is not necessary to include a departmental code.

Applicants whose native language is not English and whose undergraduate studies were done at a university where the language of instruction was other than English must provide the results of their Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Please use Institution code 3987. It is not necessary to include a departmental code.

Get the dates and locations of the test from: 

TOEFL, Educational Testing Service 
P.O. Box 6155 
Princeton, NJ 08541-6155, USA 

If for the previous two years applicants to Yale have successfully attended a university where the language of instruction was English, they do not need to provide TOEFL results.

You will find all Yale Graduate School policies, procedures, instructions, and answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions at the Yale Graduate School Admissions website