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Admissions

APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR FALL 2025 MATRICULATION:

The following are admissions requirements to the graduate program:

B.A. degree or equivalent; at the very least intermediate knowledge of Russian

No one factor is considered exclusively in determining graduate admissions, but the admissions committee pays particular attention to the quality of the writing sample.

Many successful applicants have spent some period of time in Russia or present other evidence of an excellent command of Russian.

See The Graduate School (TGS) Admissions resource online:

  http://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/admission/