General Requirements | YSOA | Yale School of Architecture

The admission process is designed to enroll students of the highest promise while assuring a wide diversity of backgrounds and aptitudes within the student body.

General Admission Requirements

Students may enter the School only at the beginning of the fall term each year. All students are expected to attend full time. There is no part-time program.

Notifications of admission and of financial aid award, if applicable, are sent no later than April 1. Acceptance of the offer of admission, including a nonrefundable deposit of $750, must be made electronically by April 15. This deposit will be credited toward tuition. Acceptances may not be deferred.

International students should refer here for information regarding additional admission requirements.

Send inquires to Yale School of Architecture, Office of Admissions, PO Box 208242, New Haven, CT 06520-8242, or telephone 203.432.2296; 203.432.2291 for financial aid information.

Open House

Prospective applicants are encouraged to visit the School during our Open House on Thursday, November 5, 2009. The day’s program offers opportunities for the applicant to visit classes and design studios, meet informally with faculty and students, tour the School and the University, and attend the School’s evening public lecture given by Lise Anne Couture, Davenport Visiting Professor. Interested applicants planning to attend the Open House should register online atApplicants planning to attend the Open House should register online by October 30, 2009.

GRE

All applicants, including international students, are required to take the General Test (verbal, quantitative, and analytical) of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Program of the Educational Testing Service. Although the test may be taken at any time, it should be taken no later than the preceding October so that scores will reach the School no later than January 5, 2010. Computer-based testing is available in many areas. Telephone 609.771.7670 for information. The Yale School of Architecture institution code number on the GRE form is 3985. Please note that this is different from other Yale University code numbers. Unless 3985 is used on the test form, scores may not reach the School. Information about times and places of test administration may be obtained directly from the Educational Testing Service, Box 955, Princeton NJ 08540, or Educational Testing Service, 1947 Center Street, Berkeley CA 94704.

TOEFL

In addition, all applicants whose native language is not English are required to take the Internet-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL iBT), a test that includes a section on spoken English. If the TOEFL iBT is not available in your area, you are required to complete the TOEFL that is available, and in addition you are required to take the Test of Spoken English (TSE). If you submitted an older TOEFL score and you are applying for the 2010–2011 academic year, you must supplement your score with the TSE. For further information regarding these tests and/or to arrange to take the test(s), visit www.toefl.org. The TOEFL must be taken by no later than November 16, 2009, to ensure results reach the School by the January deadline. The Yale School of Architecture institution code number is 3985. Please note that this is different from other Yale University code numbers. Unless 3985 is used on the test form, scores may not reach the School. Applicants whose native language is English are not required to take a TOEFL test.