Admissions Criteria and Decisions
Admissions Criteria
Specific admission criteria for schools and programs are listed in The George Washington University Graduate Programs Bulletin.
As the number of spaces available for new graduate students is limited, meeting minimum standards does not guarantee admission.
To be considered for admission, applicants should have academic backgrounds of excellence and must hold, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution of higher learning or an international institution that is accredited by the country’s ministry of education or comparable governmental agency. Specific criteria and standards for admission vary by school and program.
Please note that graduate courses taken prior to admission, either at The George Washington University or elsewhere, may not be used in assessing admissibility to degree or graduate certificate programs.
Decisions
To check the status of your application, please visit the Graduate Application Center. Most applications are processed as soon as they are complete, and decisions are generally made within six weeks from the time the application and all supporting materials are received. However, some programs review applications collectively and announce decisions on a single, specific date.
Admission decisions are based on an evaluation of all components of your application, although not all are given equal weight in the decision-making process.
The GW Experience
Students
GW student entrepreneurs may apply for spots in entrepreneurship incubator.
A Home Away from HomeTwins study medicine and public health at George Washington.
Student Co-Produces New AlbumGeorge Washington student José Curbelo helped produce an album of northern Uruguayan music for Smithsonian Folkways.
A Call to ServiceGW students traveled to Guatemala, Honduras, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico as part of the fourth annual Alternative Winter Break program.
Faculty
GSPM professors teach practical skills to emerging politicians in Egypt.
South African Youth Perform at GWLatest collaboration between Professor of Theatre Leslie Jacobson and the Bokamoso Youth Centre premieres Friday.
A Life-Changing CourseToday’s reading by Aryeh Lev Stollman, author of “The Far Euphrates,” is the first of six from visiting artists in this spring’s Jewish Literature Live course.
Alumni
New scholarship program enables graduates to put a face and name to donations.
Fifteen alumni and one doctoral student will conduct research around the globe with 2011-12 Fulbrights.
Furry Friend Gets Kids Excited About LearningGeorge Washington alumna helped create a curriculum for elementary school students centered on the dog who used to serve as the postal service’s mascot.
