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Admission
Degree and Non-degree Admission
Students who wish to undertake graduate work at Duke University,
whether for degree or non-degree purposes, must be formally admitted to the
Graduate School by the dean. Prerequisites for admission include a
bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent of a four-year U.S. bachelor’s degree)
from an accredited institution and, for almost all degree programs,
satisfactory scores on the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
International applicants (both degree and non-degree) are required to also
submit official scores for either the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).
Individual departments may specify additional prerequisites, which can be
found in the chapter on “Courses of Instruction.”
Students who do not intend to earn an advanced degree at Duke, but
who wish to take graduate courses, may apply for non-degree admission.
Such admission is granted in two different categories: (1) admission as a
non-degree student affiliating with a particular department; (2) admission
through the Office of Continuing Studies as a non-degree student without
departmental affiliation. Credits earned by non-degree students in graduate
courses taken at Duke before full admission to the Graduate School may be
carried over into a graduate degree program if (1) the action is recommended
by the student’s Director of Graduate Studies and approved by the dean, (2)
the coursework is not more than two years old, (3) the amount of such credit does not exceed one full-time semester,
and (4) the coursework received grades of B or better.
Students who have discontinued a program of degree work at Duke must apply for readmission to the Graduate
School. Those who discontinue study prior to completing a degree must request in writing permission from the dean
of the Graduate School to be readmitted to the degree program. Students who enter the Graduate School in a master’s
program must submit a new application to be considered for the doctoral program.
Application Procedures *
A student seeking admission to the Graduate School may access application and program information on the
Web at: http://gradschool.duke.edu/admissions/index.php. All parts of the application form must be filled out
completely and submitted to the Graduate School Admissions Office with the application fee. The necessary
supporting documents must also be included as part of the submission of the online application. The application fee is
$80. ** The required supporting documents are: (1) one copy of a transcript from each undergraduate or graduate
institution attended; (2) three letters of recommendation; (3) official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General
Test scores for applicants to all programs except the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies and the Master of Fine Arts in
Experimental and Documentary Arts; and (4) official scores on the GRE Subject Tests for applicants to certain
specified departments. Additional requirements for international applicants are described below.
If an applicant is recommended for admission, an official, confidential transcript must be sent to the Graduate
School for each institution listed on the application. The Graduate School reserves the right to revoke any offer of
admission where there is a discrepancy between the transcript uploaded into the application and the official transcript.
* This chapter is a brief summary of information available from the Graduate School Admissions Web page online at: http://gradschool.duke.edu/
admissions/index.php. This Web page should be consulted for more comprehensive information on all aspects of the application, admission, and
award process.
** All fees are based on current charges and are subject to change without notice.
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