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The following information applies to admissions for the MSIM Early-Career, Early-Career Accelerated, and Mid-Career tracks offered in residential mode.

The residential application is available here: Application for Graduate Study.

Online applicants should consult the Admissions Information for Online Applicants.

Autumn 2025 Early-Career (EC) & Early-Career Accelerated (ECA) MSIM admissions timeline: residential applicants

 Application DeadlineDecision NotificationEligibility
Round 1Nov. 13, 2024, 11:59 p.m. PTJan. 17, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTAll applicants
Round 2Jan. 29, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PTApril 9, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTAll applicants
Round 3May 14, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PTJuly 7, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTU.S. citizens and permanent residents. No new F-1 Visa applicants.
Round 4June 11, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PTJuly 7, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTU.S. citizens and permanent residents. No new F-1 Visa applicants.

Autumn 2025 Mid-Career MSIM admissions timeline: residential applicants

 Application DeadlineDecision NotificationEligibility
Round 1Jan. 15, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PTFeb. 13, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTAll applicants
Round 2March 12, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PTApril 18, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTAll applicants
Round 3May 7, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PTJune 6, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTU.S. citizens and permanent residents
No new F-1 Visa applicants.
Round 4June 9, 2025, 11:59 p.m. PTJune 30, 2025, by 11:59 p.m. PTU.S. citizens and permanent residents
No new F-1 Visa applicants.
  • Please be aware that our application system operates on the U.S. Eastern Time Zone, which means the time displayed in your application may be three hours later than the current time in Seattle/Pacific Time. All applications submitted by the deadline and marked as received by the following day at 2:59 a.m. Eastern Time will be considered acceptable.
  • Test scores and letters of recommendation have a two-day grace period beyond the application deadline for submission. Kindly urge your recommenders to submit the letters at their earliest convenience to ensure the completeness of your application for the given round.

Admissions process and deadline policy

The MSIM programs will has a round-based admission process. Applications will be reviewed and decisions made for each round, according to the grid above. The following basic guidelines will be observed:

  • All applications submitted and marked completed during the application round will be reviewed after the stated deadline.
  • All application materials must arrive by the application round deadline. 
  • If an application is incomplete at a round deadline, the application will be reviewed once complete and with the next round of applications.
  • Applicants should only apply once per admissions season. Apply when you can present the best application of yourself possible. 

After a round of review, if no decision has been reached, the admissions committee may choose to put some applicants "on hold" and move them to the next round of review. Applicants with this status will be notified.

As cohorts approach maximum capacity in the later cycles, our admissions decisions necessarily become more selective. Additionally, funding opportunities decrease throughout the academic year, so applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early.

If application materials are missing due to circumstances beyond the applicant's control, the committee will take that into consideration and make its judgment based on the available information. Please email iask@uw.edu with any concerns regarding this issue. 

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News

Students (from left) Harman Zhang, Sara Duan, Justin Dong, Noa Avitan and David Pham

Informatics team helps music streamer earn money for artists

Thursday, May 22, 2025
For a music creator, getting paid by listeners around the world should be as simple as a fan clicking “subscribe.” But for many artists in less developed countries, existing streaming platforms make that difficult or out of reach.An...
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Alex Heller, Alina Weseloh and Ilias Bowen-Sicalides

MLIS team preserves a piece of radio history

Friday, May 16, 2025
From 1973 to 2011, the Evergreen Radio Reading Service served blind and print-disabled listeners across the state of Washington. Now, with its recordings stored in a fragile audio archive and at risk of permanent loss, a team of MLIS...
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Events

May 28
 
4:00-5:00PM

MLIS Law Librarianship Information Session

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May 29
 
5:30-6:30PM

iSchool Library Leadership Spotlight Series: Melody Sky Weaver

Virtual
May 30
 
11:30-1:15PM

Faculty Meeting

Bloedel Hall 070
Jun 2
 
12:00-1:00PM

MSIM Mid-Career Last Chance Q&A

Zoom / Online
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