Graduate General Admissions Requirements

Deadlines

Fall: Priority deadline was January 5 (all programs but Design Management*, Arts and Cultural Management* and MFA in Communications Design**).  Note: all graduate programs are still accepting applications as of January 26.  Most will accept applications up until March 1 with some even later, but we encourage all students to apply earlier since some programs will fill more quickly. Individual department deadlines are listed online.

*Applications for the Design Management and Arts and Cultural Management programs will be considered up until June 1, but we encourage students to apply earlier to ensure space.
**Applicants to the MFA Communications Design program are encouraged to submit their applications by December 1. Applications will continue to be accepted and reviewed after December 1 until final selections have been completed 

All programs will accept applications after the January 5 deadline if there are spaces available. See specific departmental information under Departmental Requirements

Summer: January 5. We recommend that MS Architecture and MS Architecture and Urban Design Post-Professional programs submit their applications and all documents by December 1 if possible to ensure enough time to receive I-20 if accepted and get visa appointments. Early applicants for these programs will receive their decisions earlier.

Spring: October 1; September 1 for international applicants is recommended but not required.

All materials should be received soon after the application is submitted. Pratt will notify you if items are missing in time to make the review process.

Application Checklist

Applicants to graduate programs at Pratt must have received a bachelor's degree from an institution in the US that is accredited by a recognized regional association or have been awarded the equivalent of the bachelor's degree from an international institution of acceptable standards.

All applicants for admission to graduate study at Pratt Institute are required to submit the following credentials in addition to the individual department requirements. Details on each requirement follow.

1. Application with fee
2. Transcripts
3. Three letters of recommendation.
4. Statement of purpose (essay on online application) The word limit is 500 words.
5. Department requirements including portfolio if required
6. GRE: Graduate Record Exam is  required for Art History, the combined Art History and Master of Library Science programs, and the Architecture (First Professional) program. Although Pratt Institute does not require the Graduate Record Examination for the other programs, students who already have taken this examination should have the results forwarded to the Office of Graduate Admissions.  Pratt's code for the GRE is 2669.
7. Envelope: If you are mailing items, please include the name of the program to which you are applying on the mailing envelope.

Important:  Post-professional architecture and urban design programs in particular must make sure the name of your program is on the envelope to assure early processing.

Application Requirements

(1) Online graduate application with non-refundable $50 application fee. (International students must pay a $90 application fee). Graduate students are required to apply online.  Only students who are unable to apply online may download the graduate application and submit the fee in the form of an international check or money order drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. dollars.  Please note that mailed applications will delay the processing of your application.  The online application will expedite the process.
International debit cards are not accepted for the online application.
(2) Official transcripts from all institutions attended after graduation from secondary school. Students who attended college in the US should use the National Clearinghouse if ossible to request a transcript.  The transcript will be sent electronically to Pratt immediately, which will expedite your application. Transcripts can also be mailed in a stamped and sealed envelope directly from the college.

(International students must have all transcripts officially translated into English. Both the official original and the English translated version must be submitted).  Only students with a three year Bachelors degree from  another country are required to submit a World Education Services (WES) evaluation to expedite their application processing. WES evaluations do not include translations. The documents must be officially translated into English before submitting to WES or any other reputable education evaluation service, e.g., your embassy. 

(3) Supporting Documents -The following documents can be submitted electronically as one packet to the Office of Graduate Admissions via the My Credentials Vault service. Please register for your account at My Credentials Vault. Please include the following:

• Three letters of recommendation from employers, professors, or others able to judge your potential for graduate study in the specific program. You should supply your references with copies of the reference form, though they may write letters if they prefer; they should not send both. The pdf version of the letter of recommendation form can be downloaded at link above.
• Additional writing sample (required by city and regional planning , environmental systems management, and theory, criticism and history of art, design and architecture only)
• Resume (required for design management; optional for all graduate programs)
• Statement of purpose (essay) giving your long range goals and interest in the chosen discipline and reason for applying to the program: may be uploaded here or you may provide it on the online application itself. This is also referred to as the essay and the maximum word limit is 500 words.

Please do not submit on MyCredentialsVault until you have all items uploaded.

You may use your account to submit your documents to other programs and institutions. For more information, please visit the main My Credentials Vault page.  

Please send your references a copy of the pdf form and let them know they have a choice as to how they upload their reference on MyCredentialsVault.

Letters of recommendation can be submitted by mail in sealed envelopes, signed across the flap of the envelope by the reference, and mailed to the applicant or mailed directly to Pratt if you choose not to use our online service above.

(4) Department requirements including portfolio if required.

(5) TOEFL score or IELTS score for international applicants whose native language is not English.  This may be waived for applicants who have attended a US college for four years.  Unless otherwise indicated under each department, the minimum required TOEFL score is 550 (paper) 213 (computer) 79 (internet) and the required IELTS score is 6.5. Please make sure that you register for a TOEFL or IELTS test that will enable you to submit your scores by the application deadline or soon after. It generally takes four to six weeks to receive the scores. Check http://www.toefl.org for information on testing sites.

Submit any print documents in one envelope if possible and mail to:
Pratt Institute Office of Graduate Admissions, Myrtle Hall 2nd floor, 200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Phone: 718 636-3514 Fax: 718 399-4242

If you plan to messenger your documents, please do so before December 24th or after January 2nd. Pratt closes for winter break during that time. You will receive an email about your status about four weeks after you submit your materials. Please do not call or email the office to find out if we received your materials. The volume of mail makes it impossible to look up individual records. We strongly suggest making photocopies of all forms that you complete for your own records.

Please use your full name on the application and on all documents and not nicknames or middle names so that we are able to match TOEFL scores, transcripts, etc. with your application.