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.
| Winter Cycle 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Admit for: | Winter 2026 |
| Prerequisites completion deadline: | End of summer semester and quarter 2025 |
| Informatics application opens: | Sept. 1, 2025 |
| UW transfer application deadline (transfer applicants only): | Sept. 1, 2025 (transfer students will need to apply to UW Seattle as well as to the Informatics major) |
| Informatics application deadline: | Oct. 6, 2025, 5 p.m. PT |
| Informatics admissions decisions conveyed: | Nov. 7, 2025, around 3 p.m PT |
| Reply deadline: | Nov. 21, 2025, at noon PT |
