282 graduate admissions
Guided Campus Tours
Guided campus tours of the Brooklyn
campus are scheduled Monday and Friday
at 10 am, 12 pm, and 2 pm. Tuesday through
Thursday tours are scheduled at 10 am
and 2 pm. Schedule a campus tour online
at http://www.pratt.edu/visit, call the Office of
Admissions at 718-636-3779 or 800-331-
0834, or email us at [email protected].
Graduate Merit-Based Scholarships
Incoming students will be evaluated
by their academic department for
merit-based scholarships. There is no
application form. Assistantships are
awarded to some second-year students.
Graduate Admissions
All applicants to graduate programs at
Pratt must have received a bachelor’s
degree from an accredited institution in
the United States or have been awarded
the equivalent of the bachelor’s degree
from an international institution of
acceptable standards. International
students should see the international
student section for additional
requirements.
Deadline for Applications
Completed applications for most
programs (including letters of reference,
statement of purpose, transcripts,
and portfolio) should be submitted
by January 5 for fall entrance. Some
programs will accept applications after
the deadline if there is room. See the
department requirements section on
page 284 for specific deadline information
as well as for programs that accept
students in the spring. Applicants for
the spring semester must apply by
October 1 (September 1 for international
applicants). Applications received after
that time will be considered only if there
is room in a particular program.
General Credentials
Application Forms
Graduate applicants are required to
apply online at http://www.pratt.edu/apply.
We strongly suggest that you keep
photocopies of all completed forms for
your own records. Also, we ask that you
use your full name on all documents and
do not use nicknames or middle names.
Application Requirements
CollegeNET will host Pratt Institute’s
undergraduate applications for Spring
2013 and Fall 2013 admission. The
online application, as well as various
requirements, may be found at http://www.
pratt.edu/apply as of August 1. Please
note: Pratt’s new application enables
applicants to request recommendation
letters and transcript(s) online (for
all students who studied in the US).
Writing portfolios will be uploaded on
the new application. Visual portfolios
will continue to be submitted at https://
pratt.slideroom.com. See http://www.pratt.edu/
apply for instructions on submitting your
application and supporting documents.
Candidates for graduate admission
must submit the following:
- Online graduate application with
nonrefundable $50 application
fee at http://www.pratt.edu/apply.
(International students must pay
a $90 application fee.) Graduate
students are required to apply
online.
- Transcripts from all institutions
attended after graduation from
secondary school.
International students must have
all transcripts officially translated
into English. (Both the unofficial
original and the English translated
version must be submitted online
at our application site.) Students
who have studied outside the
U.S. in an educational structure