Prospective Graduate Students

Applications for admission to NYU are electronic (NYU will not accept paper applications). The basic application form can be found at: http://gsas.nyu.edu/object/grad.admissions.onlineapp. The Graduate School of Arts and Science has also an application resource center at http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.admissionsapplication, which provides a detailed description of the application requirements and procedures. A comprehensive program of financial aid is available for accepted graduate students working towards a Ph.D. degree. All new Ph.D. students are supported by MacCracken Fellowships as described in the Financial Aid section (http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.financialaid.html). Advanced students may be supported as research assistants or on special fellowships.

The deadline for graduate admission to the Fall 2022 incoming PhD class is December 12, 2021.

Students interested in applying for the Ph.D. degree should have an excellent undergraduate preparation in chemistry or related fields. The department does not require nor consider the general GRE. The department requires three letters of recommendation with each application for graduate school. In addition, an official transcript with GPA must be submitted with the application. NYU requires all international applicants to provide a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score. 

Prospective students are not required to contact individual faculty members as part of the application purposes. However, we strongly recommend that you familiarize yourself with the research interests of individual faculty members. If you are interested in particular research groups, we encourage you to list these groups in your application.

As part of the application to the Ph.D. or M.S. program in Chemistry, the department encourages you to submit a short video statement. This is an optional part of your application and is not required. Please read the detailed instructions on the GSAS Application Instructions - Video Requirements webpage.

An application fee waiver must be obtained prior to application submittal.  Without a waiver, the current application fee is $100 and must be submitted with the application.  You must apply for the fee waiver BEFORE submitting your application for admission. We are not able to refund the application fee if you choose to pay the fee before a waiver is approved. Apply for the fee waiver as early as possible, but no later than four weeks before the application deadline.  To apply for a fee waiver please visit the GSAS General Applications Policies page.