Important Deadlines

We accept PhD applications for the fall term only.* To receive full consideration, students must submit all application items by the following deadlines:

• International applicant deadline: December 1 by 10:00 p.m. MST
• Domestic applicant deadline: December 10 by 10:00 p.m. MST

*In extremely rare exceptions (~one or fewer applicant/year), PhD applications may be reviewed for a spring start. The research advisor must initiate this request, since they would be foregoing the first year of departmental funding for their incoming student by doing so. They can do so by emailing the graduate program at megrad@colorado.edu. Applicants in this scenario should plan to submit all required application documents as soon as possible and no later than three months prior to the anticipated semester of beginning their studies at CU Boulder.