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Application Timeline for Autumn 2024 Enrollment

  • Sept. 1, 2024: Application opens
  • Dec. 2, 2024: The Application for Graduate Study and all application materials must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. (PST). *
  • Early January 2025: Select applicants will be notified that they have been chosen to participate in an interview. Applicants not selected for an interview will receive a final decision letter.
  • January 2025: Interviews will be conducted via phone or private chat room with members of the Ph.D. admission committee.
  • Early February 2025: All decisions (admit, wait list, deny) will be conveyed via email. 
  • Mid-February 2025: Admitted applicants will receive their funding package. (All admitted applicants receive a funding offer.)
  • Early March 2025: Visit events for admitted students occur on the UW campus in Seattle.
  • April 15, 2025: Reply deadline for initial round of offers.

Deadline Policy

All application materials should be submitted by the Dec. 2 deadline. Review and/or consideration of incomplete applications or late materials is at the discretion of the Ph.D. admissions committee.

* 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 Dec. 3 at 2:59 a.m. Eastern Standard Time will be considered.

* Test scores and letters of recommendation have a two-day grace period beyond the application deadline for submission, Dec. 4 at 11:59 p.m. PST. Kindly urge your recommenders to submit the letters at their earliest convenience to ensure the completeness of your application for the given round.

Reapplication Procedures

Some individuals apply to the Ph.D. program more than once. These applicants will need to submit a complete application through the Application for Graduate Study just like any other first-time applicant. However official test scores submitted during the previous admissions cycle will be kept on record and will not need to be reported again. Applying to the program multiple times does not increase or decrease your chances of being admitted. Each application cycle is a fresh start.

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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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