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Requirements for Admission

In order to be considered for admission, all candidates need to submit:

  • Complete the online application
  • Pay the $60 application fee by credit card or e-check
  • Request official transcripts from all Colleges and Universities attended. These should be gathered and mailed in a single package to the Office of Graduate Admissions at the address below. Certain exceptions apply. Consult the section "transcripts" before requesting credentials.
  • Upload a personal statement (or statement of purpose as defined by some departments), a professional artistic résumé, and in some cases an academic writing sample.
  • Take and submit Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores if applying to the MA or Ph.D. programs in Cinema Studies or the MA program in Moving image Archiving and Preservation. No other department or program requires the GRE.
  • Ask two recommenders to submit letters of recommendation using the online letter of recommendation system. Three letters are required by the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing, the Performance Studies department, the Cinema Studies department, and the Moving image Archiving and Preservation Program.

Transcripts should be sent, preferably by the applicant, in one single package so that they are received on or before the admission application deadline to:

Office of Graduate Admissions
Tisch School of the Arts
New York University
721 Broadway, 8th Floor, Room 801
New York, NY 10003-6807

GRE scores will be sent electronically by the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Candidates for whom scores are required should take the GRE well in advance of the December 15th application deadline. The GRE school code for the Tisch School of the Arts is 2357. There is no department code. Sample questions can be viewed online at the GRE web site at http://www.gre.org.