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Graduate Admissions
Application Checklist
Application Checklist
The following supplements are required to submit your application:
Application fee ($75)
- Fees are payable by credit card or electronic-check issued from a United States banking institution.
- Application fee waiver may be requested by domestic applicants with financial need.
Download Application Fee Waiver Form (Word). - See some frequently asked questions about applying.
Unofficial copies of all transcripts
- Transcripts must list the applicant’s name, name of the institution, and all grades received, in English.
- Include full academic history – undergraduate and graduate transcripts
- See some frequently asked questions about transcripts.
Three letters of recommendation
- Input recommendation providers' names and email addresses. Recommendation providers are automatically sent an email requesting a recommendation.
- Paper and email recommendations will not be accepted.
- The recommendations must be posted by the published deadline for final application submission.
- See some frequently asked questions about letters of recommendation.
Statement of Purpose & resume/CV
- The Statement of Purpose should be a brief document explaining your goals and ambitions.
- Current Resume or Curriculum Vitae is to be uploaded in the section immediately following the Statement of Purpose.
- See some frequently asked questions about statements of purpose.
GRE scores
- Please reference the chart below for the individual program requirements.**
- GRE General Test and GRE General Test at Home are accepted.
- Applicants must report their official GRE scores via ETS to the WashU School Code 6929.
- See some frequently asked questions about GRE scores.
**Many programs have decided to make the GRE General Test optional for applicants. While optional, applicants are still encouraged to submit their GRE scores if a test has already been taken or can take the test and provide results by our application deadline, as it gives us additional information when evaluating an application.
All PhD programs | GRE optional for Fall 2024 (no spring intake) |
Full Time Master's programs | GRE required for Computer Science & Engineering Department programs for Spring 2024 and Fall 2024; all others are optional. |
Part Time Master's programs | Not Required |
English proficiency testing
- Official TOEFL/IELTS scores required for all international applicants. See waiver eligibility requirements below.
- TOEFL iBT Test, TOEFL iBT Home Edition, and TOEFL iBT Paper Edition are accepted.
- Official score reports are only available for scores that are less than two years old. We do not accept expired scores.
- We recommend a minimum TOEFL score of 90 or IELTS score of 6.5.
- Official TOEFL scores should be sent via ETS to the WashU School Code 6929.
- Official IELTS scores should be sent via IELTS electronically to Washington University in St. Louis Graduate Programs.
- See some frequently asked questions about application materials.
Waiver eligibility
The English proficiency testing requirement may be waived for applicants who meet any of the below criteria:- Is a citizen of Australia, Cameroon, Commonwealth Caribbean nations, Ghana, India, Ireland, Kenya, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Uganda, the United Kingdom, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- Has completed a minimum of three years of documented study in a university-level academic program in the United States or one of the countries listed above.
- Has completed a minimum of three years of documented study in an English-medium academic program in Canada, Hong Kong, or South Africa.