2021 Fall Graduate Application Deadlines: A Complete Roundup for US, UK, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore

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The 2021 fall graduate application season is now in full swing. With varying deadlines across different schools and programs, and the trend of multi-country applications, many students and parents feel overwhelmed by the complex deadlines, making timeline planning a challenge. To help, CheersYou（清柚教育） has compiled a summary of fall application deadlines for popular universities and programs across the US, UK, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, and other regions, covering top schools like Princeton, Harvard, Columbia University, MIT, and more. This article aims to help families clearly grasp the application timeline, accurately hit key online application milestones, and calmly tackle the challenges of the application season.

The 2021 application season has kicked off, and graduate programs worldwide began opening their online application portals in September.

Unlike undergraduate admissions with unified deadlines, graduate applications—often at the school or even program level—each have their own requirements and deadlines.

With the trend of multi-country and multi-region applications this year, the number of deadlines to track is simply dizzying!

To help you better manage your application timeline, CheersYou（清柚教育） has compiled an incomplete but handy list of 21 Fall application deadlines for programs at universities around the world for your reference.

Princeton University

November 23, 2020: Neuroscience, Psychology

December 1, 2020: Art and Archaeology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, East Asian Studies, Economics, English, History, History of Science, Molecular Biology, Public and International Affairs, Quantitative and Computational Biology, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

December 15, 2020: Anthropology, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Politics, Spanish and Portuguese

December 31, 2020: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Comparative Literature, Finance, French and Italian, Music Composition, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Geosciences

January 4, 2021: Architecture, German

Harvard University

Graduate School of Design: January 4, 2021 (MDes: January 8, MDE: January 15)

Graduate School of Education: January 5, 2021

Kennedy School: Early December 2020

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: December 15, 2020

Law School: December 1, 2020

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: December 15, 2020

School of Public Health: December 1, 2020

Columbia University

Business School: January 7, 2021

School of Engineering: January 15, 2021 (Financial Engineering: January 5, 2021)

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Deadlines vary by program, between December 2020 and March 2021

Mailman School of Public Health: January 15, 2021

Teachers College: January 15, 2021 (Priority); April 15, 2021 (Final)

School of Professional Studies: January 15, 2021 (Priority); March 15, 2021 (Final)

School of Social Work: December 1, 2020 (Priority); February 15, 2021 (Final)

Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation: January 15, 2021; Architecture: January 3, 2021

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

School of Architecture and Planning: December 31, 2020

School of Engineering: December 1, 2020

School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences: December 15, 2020

Sloan School of Management: January 3, 2021

School of Science: December 1, 2020

Interdisciplinary Programs: December 1, 2020

Yale University

December 1, 2020: Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, Psychology, etc.

December 15, 2020: Physics, Economics, Engineering and Applied Science, Law, Management, Mathematics, Public Health, Statistics and Data Science, etc.

January 2, 2021: Applied Mathematics, Architecture, Computer Science, Philosophy, Sociology, etc.

Stanford University

December 1, 2020: Biology, Communication, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Statistics, etc.

December 8, 2020: Applied Physics, Environmental Engineering, Mathematics, etc.

University of Chicago

Harris School of Public Policy: October 27, 2020 (Priority); June 15, 2021 (Final)

Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering: January 18, 2021 (Priority); March 19, 2021 (Final)

Division of the Social Sciences: January 4, 2021 (Priority); April 30, 2021 (Final)

University of Pennsylvania

School of Arts and Sciences: December 15, 2020

School of Engineering and Applied Science: November 15, 2020 (Priority); February 1, 2021 (Regular)

California Institute of Technology

December 1, 2020: Biology, Bioengineering, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, etc.

December 15, 2020: Mathematics, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Applied Physics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Social Sciences, etc.

January 1, 2021: Environmental Science and Engineering, Geology, etc.

Johns Hopkins University

Carey Business School

Round 1: October 28, 2020; Round 2: January 6, 2021; Round 3: March 31, 2021

School of Advanced International Studies:

Early Action: November 1, 2020

Bloomberg School of Public Health:

Biostatistics: December 1, 2020; Public Health and Management: January 15, 2021; MPH: December 1, 2020

Northwestern University

McCormick School of Engineering: Analytics (December 1, Priority; January 15, Final), Computer Engineering (February 28, 2021), Electrical Engineering (February 28, 2021)

School of Professional Studies: July 15, 2021

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications:

Journalism: December 6, 2020 (Round 1), January 17, 2021 (Round 2), March 21, 2021 (Round 3)

Integrated Marketing Communications: October 18, 2020 (Round 1), January 3, 2021 (Round 2), February 28, 2021 (Round 3)

Duke University

Computer Science: January 31, 2021

Economics: January 15, 2021

Electrical and Computer Engineering: January 1, 2021

Statistics: January 1, 2021

Data Science: February 15, 2021

Dartmouth College

Thayer School of Engineering: January 1

Tuck School of Business: Round 1: September 28, 2020; Round 2: January 4, 2021; Round 3: March 29, 2021; Round 4: April 1 – June 1, 2021

Brown University

School of Engineering: February 1, 2021

School of Public Health: Priority: February 1, 2021; Final: May 1, 2021

Vanderbilt University

Applied Mathematics and Statistics: Rolling

Environmental Engineering: December 15, 2020 (Priority); May 31, 2021 (Final)

Civil Engineering: February 1, 2021

Computer Science and Engineering: January 15, 2021

Data Science: Rolling

Electrical Engineering: December 15, 2020

The international situation in 2020 has been one wave after another. This year, more and more international students are adopting a "multi-country/multi-region mixed application" strategy to ensure they have a place to study.

CheersYou（清柚教育） has also compiled application deadlines for prestigious graduate programs in the UK, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

University of Cambridge

Applied Mathematics: February 10, 2021

Economics: January 31, 2021

Education: February 28, 2021

Finance: May 31, 2021

University of Oxford

Education: January 22, 2021

Mathematical and Computational Finance: January 22, 2021

Economics for Development: January 22, 2021

Statistics: November 13, 2020 (Priority); March 2021 (Final)

University of British Columbia