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Graduate Application Deadline: January 1

All required application materials must be submitted by this date to ensure full consideration for admission and financial aid. While most financial aid decisions at Syracuse are not made until March, the process for nominating fellowship candidates and recipients of some other forms of assistance begins as early as January.

Students are admitted to the graduate program in the spring for study beginning in the fall semester. Students are not generally admitted for study beginning in the spring semester.

Graduate Application Materials

 The following materials must be submitted to the Graduate Enrollment Management Center (GEMC):

• Online application and $75 application fee**

• Unofficial transcripts from all post-secondary institutions attended (admitted students must have official transcripts submitted from their degree-granting institution(s))

• Three letters of recommendation
• Résumé or CV
• Personal statement:
  • M.A. applicants should address their background, history interests and reasons for applying to Syracuse University.

• Ph.D. applicants should address the fields of history to be studied, faculty members at Syracuse with whom they would like to work, and the applicant’s command of foreign languages appropriate to the fields in which they are interested.
  

• TOEFL English proficiency exam scores for students whose primary language is not English. This can be waived for those with a degree from an undergraduate or postgraduate educational institution that taught all classes in English.
• Writing sample (20 – 30 pages in length). Examples include a graded paper, published article, etc.

**Students facing financial hardship can request an application fee waiver.