Informatics Admissions Timeline
The Informatics program has two admissions cycles per year:
- The application to start the program in autumn has a deadline of April 5 each year.
- The application to start the program in winter has a deadline of Oct. 5 each year.
- If the application deadline falls on a weekend, the deadline to apply will be the following Monday at 5 p.m.
- Transfer students should also complete a UW transfer application for the quarter they wish to enter the program.
| Autumn Cycle 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Admit for: | Autumn 2025 |
| Prerequisites completion deadline: | End of winter quarter 2025 or end of autumn semester 2024 |
| Informatics application opens: | March 3, 2025 |
| UW transfer application deadline (transfer applicants only): | Feb. 15, 2025 (transfer students will need to apply to UW Seattle as well as to the Informatics major) |
| Informatics application deadline: | April 7, 2025, 5 p.m. PT |
| Informatics admissions decisions conveyed: | May 23, 2025, around 3 p.m PT |
| Reply deadline: | June 6, 2025, at noon PT |
Note: Office hours for the Information School are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time Monday-Friday. Staff from these offices will not be available outside of these times to answer questions.