Admissions
The Yale School of Art requires for admission a high degree of capability and commitment. Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree accredited college or university or a diploma from a four year accredited professional art school.
In exceptional cases and most particularly in light of the differences among educational structures and opportunities in the international art world today, the admissions committee may waive these prerequisites if other proofs of preparation and accomplishment are deemed sufficient equivalents by the committee. In either case, admission to the School of Art is on a highly selective and competitive basis.
Deadlines & Notices
Online applications for programs beginning in the 2019–2020 academic year must be submitted no later than 11:59:59 PM – EST on Friday, January 4, 2019.
Please note that Yale School or Art practices need-blind admission, and does not waive admission application fees under any circumstances. The non-refundable fee to apply is $100.
Please also note that upon entering an individual as a reference in the application system, a reference request and URL to upload the recommendation letter is automatically sent to the recipient’s email. Applicants who decide to remove a specific reference from their application must notify that individual directly as the link will become inactive.
Application Status: Due to the high volume of incoming applications and processing currently underway, our office is unable to provide application status checks or confirm the receipt of items by phone or by email. Applicants should familiarize themselves with their Yale admission status page (accessed by logging into the application system) which will indicate outstanding items.
Receipt of items submitted by digital upload is updated in real time on the application status page checklist. Please allow one week for credentials received by postal mail to be reflected in the status page.
