How to Apply

Because the academic program at Dartmouth is intensive, a student’s motivation, initiative, maturity, and ability to do graduate-level work are critical.

The MALS Admissions committee looks at your achievements, how a MALS at Dartmouth degree will help you achieve your goals for the future, and how you will contribute to the MALS community.

Please review our Application Process to begin your admissions application to MALS at Dartmouth!

• September 1, 2022 for winter term 2023 and spring term 2023 enrollment
• February 15, 2023 for summer term 2023 or fall term 2023 enrollment  

The MALS Application is now closed. The next application will open on August 1st, 2023. 

All applications will be reviewed after the application deadline. MALS at Dartmouth does not offer rolling admissions.

Students may matriculate into the program at the beginning of any of Dartmouth's four terms: summer, fall, winter, or spring. All terms are ten weeks long.

Students must enroll within the academic year of their admission, and all degree requirements must be satisfied within six academic years of entry into the program.

The program welcomes applications from international candidates. International students who did not graduate from an English-speaking institution must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the IELTS (International English Language Testing System).

Our acceptance rate varies with each admissions cycle based on the quality of the applicants. Because we are an Ivy League institution and we offer the only full-degree, graduate-level liberal arts program in the country, we often have more applicants than we can accommodate, but we will increase our class size on a term-by-term basis. On average, we accept 40-65%.