Academics & Admissions

Required application materials, application fees and deadlines vary by program. Please check with your admitting department of interest to you to confirm these requirements.

Arts & Sciences comprises the core disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. In addition to departments of international renown, our programs and research centers provide a platform for faculty and student collaboration across the traditional academic subject areas, creating new interdisciplinary studies.

The Brown School is a leader in social work and social policy, recognized for its commitment to equity and real-world impact. For more than a century, it has addressed society’s most urgent challenges through teaching, practice, and evidence-based research. Grounded in rigorous science and informed by community experience, the school advances solutions that shape policy, strengthen communities, and expand opportunity. Its collaborative environment supports work locally, nationally, and globally, fostering innovation that improves lives and drives meaningful change.

The Bursky School of Public Health was established to address the most pressing health challenges of our time through an interdisciplinary and data-driven approach. Grounded in a commitment to health equity, the school integrates rigorous research with community-based partnerships to eliminate health disparities in St. Louis and around the globe. By fostering collaboration across the university’s premier medical and social science programs, the school prepares a new generation of leaders to develop innovative, scalable solutions that improve well-being and protect the health of populations.

The School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) is the professional and continuing education division at WashU. CAPS values flexibility, offering a wide range of courses in both online and face-to-face formats with part-time and full-time study options in undergraduate degree programs, master’s degree programs, and certificate programs.

The McKelvey School of Engineering aims to promote independent inquiry in engineering research and education with an emphasis on scientific excellence, innovation, and collaboration without boundaries. WashU engineers produce new knowledge that changes the world, and faculty educate students to explore and create for a future we cannot yet imagine. Through research and education, they are making a positive impact on the local community, the country, and the world.

WashU School of Medicine is a world leader in health professions and science education, research and patient care. Its graduate and professional programs are considered to be among the nation’s best. Faculty lead a robust research enterprise and the school garners grants across funding agencies including being amongst the most highly funded in the U.S. by the National institutes of Health. The school’s physicians provide care in partnership with the nationally ranked Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

At Olin Business School, students learn to look beyond the bottom line and make thoughtful decisions that benefit business and society. Their global-mindedness — coupled with a values-based, data-driven approach to decision making — prepares students to tackle the greatest challenges of our day and to change the world, for good. As a leading research-oriented business school, Olin has a network of partners on campus, in the St. Louis community, and around the globe.

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is a unique collaboration in architecture, art, and design education that links professional studio programs with one of the country’s finest university art museums. Composed of the College of Architecture, the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, the College of Art, the Graduate School of Art, and the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, the Sam Fox School is an inspiring place for learning, making, and creative research. Its six-building complex features numerous exhibition and maker spaces, a dedicated art and architecture library, and a world-class art museum.

The WashU School of Law introduces students to all facets of the law while also empowering them to personalize their curriculum and further investigate their areas of interest. The program is designed to educate well-rounded, thoughtful attorneys. Students will be well prepared to make a difference for their clients, with a solid foundation in the history of the law and the skills needed to respond to new challenges.