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Obtaining an application for admission
Applicants who are applying for admission to the Social Policy Ph.D. programs utilize the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) application for admission, not the Kennedy School of Government application. The GSAS application information should be obtained by consulting the following web links:
:: GSAS admissions information
All applicants should first read the GSAS admissions information for prospective graduate students, which carefully detail the requirements and procedures to file an application for admission.
:: GSAS on-line application
We strongly encourage online submission of all parts of the application, including letters of recommendation, samples of your academic work, and other optional materials (e.g., resumé). This will best ensure that the application is received in its entirety and will enable applicants to verify that their recommendation letters have been submitted.
To apply electronically, the applicant creates an online account, to which he or she may return to work periodically, and then submits the final application electronically to Harvard.
(If applying to more than one Harvard GSAS program, applicants will need to create separate login profiles for each application. Creating multiple profiles may require registering with distinct email addresses in the Embark system).
Applicants are welcome to use single-spacing for any application items should space constraints limit how much may be uploaded in the electronic application. Realistically, an article-length writing sample of 25-40 pages (20 pages single-spaced) will be most useful to an admissions committee. Students wishing to submit theses or longer works would be better advised to submit excerpts instead.
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:: Mailing application materials (postal service)
Although we strongly encourage online submission of applications, if you are filing a paper application, all materials related to your application (i.e., application for admission, application fee, transcript(s), recommendations, etc.) should be mailed in one envelope to:
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
Office of Admissions
P.O. Box 9129
Cambridge, MA 02238-9129
If you are submitting application materials (transcripts, letters of recommendations, etc.) supplementary to an online application, the mailing address is the same as the above.
:: If sending via an express mail service
Application materials sent via an express mail service should be addressed to:
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
Office of Admissions
Holyoke Center, 3rd Floor
1350 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
GSAS program description booklets
Applicants may view the Ph.D. program description booklet, which detail specific degree program requirements for Social Policy and other GSAS Ph.D. Programs. By their nature, the program description booklet tends to focus on rules and procedures, whereas the Social Policy brochure (described below) devotes additional space to the substantive content of the program. The formal program description booklets are available in two distinct formats:
:: Degree program web pages
GSAS maintains an alphabetical list of degree program descriptions. Readers may select the Social Policy program description or browse other Harvard GSAS Ph.D. programs.
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:: View/print program booklets in PDF format
Alternatively, the GSAS program description catalog may be viewed or downloaded in PDF format.
Brochure for the Ph.D. Programs in Social Policy
A PDF version of the Social Policy brochure will be available shortly for those who wish to have a printable version of the information on this web site. In contrast to the GSAS program description booklet, which enumerate degree program rules and requirements, the brochure is designed to give prospective applicants more of an overall feel for the program.
Applicants will note that the brochure essentially duplicates key sections of our web site. The brochure is designed to summarize key points about the Social Policy curriculum and nature of graduate student life in the program that prospective students would want to know. It will not contain new information that is not already available elsewhere on this site.
Please check back soon for Social Policy PDF brochure.
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