Graduate Degree Programs

Applications and payment must be received on or before the admissions closed date of the intended program listed.

Important information about admissions application deadlines

Programs & Degrees admissions deadlines
Programs Offered (click on name to visit program, obtain address and view recommended departmental application due dates)	Degrees Offered	Major Code	Terms Offered	Admissions Closed Date subject to change without notification No application accepted after
Anthropology	PHD	ANTH	Fall admission only	December 1
Art
Art History	MA, PHD	ARTH	Fall admission only	January 1
Studio Art	MFA	ART	Fall admission only	January 1
Biology	MA, MS, PHD	BIOL	Fall admission only	March 11
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	PHD (MS in some programs)	BBSP	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with the director of graduate studies is admission for other semesters considered.	December 15
Biochemistry & Biophysics		BCBP	See BBSP above
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology		BCP	See BBSP above
Cell & Developmental Biology		CBIO	See BBSP above
Cell & Molecular Physiology		PHYI	See BBSP above
Genetics & Molecular Biology		GNET	See BBSP above
Microbiology & Immunology		MCRO	See BBSP above
Neurobiology		NEUR	See BBSP above
Pathology		PATH	See BBSP above
Pharmacology		PHCG	See BBSP above
Toxicology		TOXC	See BBSP above
Biomedical Engineering	MS, PHD	BMEJ	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with the director of graduate studies is admission for other semesters considered.	January 15
Biostatistics	MPH, MS, DRPH, PHD	BIOS	Fall admission only– in unusual circumstances and only after consultation with the department is admission for other semesters considered.	March 1
Business send GMAT scores to UNC Program Code D40-HL	PHD	BUSI	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	January 1
Chemistry	MS, PHD	CHEM	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	June 15
City & Regional Planning	MCRP, PHD	PLAN	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	April 4
Classics	MA, PHD	CLAS	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	January 1
Communication Studies	MA, PHD	COMM	Fall admission only	January 1
Comparative Literature	MA, PHD	CMPL	Fall admission only	January 1
Computer Science	MS, PHD	COMP	Fall admission only	June 15
Dentistry
Dental Hygiene	MS	DHED	Fall admission only	June 8
Endodontics	MS	ENDO	Fall admission only	June 8
Operative Dentistry	MS	DENG	Fall admission only	June 8
Oral Biology (see listing below)	MS, PHD	OBIO	*Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered (by written request directly to the program director stating the reasons why admission into the program in other than the fall semester is required).	June 15
Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology	MS	ORPA	Fall admission only	June 8
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	MS	ORSU	Fall admission only	June 8
Oral & Maxillofacial Radiology	MS	ORAD	Fall admission only	January 15
Orthodontics	MS	ORTH	Fall admission only	June 8
Pediatric Dentistry	MS	PEDO	Fall admission only	June 8
Periodontology	MS	PERI	Fall admission only	June 8
Prosthodontics	MS	PROS	Fall admission only	June 8
Dramatic Art	MFA	DRAM	May not be accepting applications for each interest area every year, please view program information before applying.	June 7
Ecology	MA, MS, PHD	ECOL	PhD Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	March 1
Economics	MS, PHD	ECON	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with the director of graduate studies is admission for other semesters considered.	April 1
Education
doctorate/master's in Education	MA, PHD	EDUC	Fall admission only	April 1
master of arts in Teaching	MAT	SESP	Second summer admission	March 1
School Counseling	MED	EDGC	First summer admission	January 15
School Psychology	MA, MED, PHD	EDSP	Fall admission only	January 1
To apply for other degrees visit School of Education website
English	MA, PHD	ENGL	Fall admission only	January 1
Environmental Sciences & Engineering	MPH, MS, MSPH, MSEE, PHD	ENVR	Spring and Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with the director of graduate studies is admission for either Summer Session I or II considered.	Oct. 15 (Spring) May 31 (Fall)
Exercise & Sport Science	MA	EXSS	Fall admission only	February 14
Epidemiology	MPH, PHD	EPID	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	January 15
Folklore	MA	FOLK	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	January 1
Geography	MA, PHD	GEOG	Fall admission only	March 1
Geological Sciences	MS, PHD	GEOL	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	April 15
Germanic Languages	MA, PHD	GERL	Fall admission only – contact department regarding possible Spring admission	June 15
Health Behavior/Health Education	MPH, PHD	HBHE	Fall admission only for Masters. In unusual circumstances and only after consultation with the department is admission for other semesters considered.	February 15
Health Policy & Administration
Doctoral Leadership (distance)	DRPH	HCLX	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is admission for other semesters considered.	January 1
doctoral (residential)	PHD	HPAA	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is admission for other semesters considered.	January 1
master's (residential)	MHA, MPH, MSPH	HPAA	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is admission for other semesters considered.	March 1
executive master's	MHA, MPH	HPAX	Spring and Fall admission	Nov. 1 (Spring) June 1 (Fall)
History	MA, PHD	HIST	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is admission for other semesters considered.	January 1
Human Movement Science
doctoral program	PHD	HMSC	Fall admission only	May 4
Information & Library Science
doctoral program	PHD	INLS	Spring, Summer and Fall admission	Oct. 15 (Spr.) Mar. 15 (Sum.) May 1 (Fall)
master's programs	MSLS, MSIS	LIBS, INFS	Spring, Summer and Fall admission	Oct. 15 (Spr.) Mar. 15 (Sum.) May 1 (Fall)
certificate program	non degree	CILS	Spring, Summer and Fall admission	Oct. 15 (Spr.) Mar. 15 (Sum.) May 1 (Fall)
Journalism & Mass Communication	MA, PHD	MSCM	Fall admission only	January 1
Linguistics	MA, PHD	LING	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is admission for other semesters considered.	June 15
Marine Sciences	MS, PHD	MASC	Fall admission only	April 17
Materials Science	MS, PHD	MTSC	Fall and Spring admission	Feb. 27 (Fall) Oct. 15 (Spring)
Maternal & Child Health
doctoral programs	DRPH, PHD	MHCH	Fall admission only	January 15
master's programs	MPH, MSPH	MHCH	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	January 15
Mathematics	MA, MS, PHD	MATH	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with the director of graduate studies is admission for other semesters considered.	April 17
Music	MA, PHD	MUSI	Fall admission only	June 15
Nursing
master's program	MSN	NURS	Fall and Spring admission	March 31 (Fall) Oct. 1 (Spring)
doctoral program	PHD	NURS	Fall and Spring admission	Feb. 1 (Fall) Oct. 1 (Spring)
Nutrition	MS, MPH, DRPH, PHD	NUTR	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring or Summer admission considered	March 1
Occupational Therapy	MS	OCCT	Fall admission only	January 1
Occupational Science	PHD	OCSC	Fall and Spring admission	June 15 (Fall) Oct. 1 (Spring)
Oral Biology	MS, PHD	OBIO	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with dept. is Spring admission considered (by written request directly to the program director stating the reasons why admission into the program in other than the fall semester is required).	June 15
Pharmaceutical Sciences	MS, PHD	PHRS	Fall admission only	April 1
Philosophy	MA, PHD	PHIL	Fall admission only	January 1
Physics & Astronomy	MS, PHD	PHYS	Fall admission only - in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	June 15
Political Science - PHD program	PHD	POLI	Fall admission only	January 1
Political Science - Trans Atlantic Masters off campus program	MA	POLI	Fall admission only	February 2
Psychology	PHD	PSYC	Fall admission only	January 1
Public Administration	MPA	PADM	Fall admission only	February 1
Public Health Leadership
residential	MPH	PUBH	Spring, Summer II and Fall admission	Oct. 1 (Spring) Mar. 15 (Summer II) April 1 (Fall)
off-campus	MPH	PUBX	Fall admission only– after consultation with department is Spring admission considered	April 1
Public Health Nursing - residential	MS	PHNU	Spring and Fall admission	Oct. 1 (Spring) April 1 (Fall)
Public Health Nursing - off-campus	MPH	PHNX	Spring and Fall admission	Oct. 1 (Spring) April 1 (Fall)
Public Policy	PHD	PUPA	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is admission for other semesters considered.	February 15
Rehabilitation Counseling & Psychology	MS	RPSY	Fall admission only	March 1
Religious Studies	MA, PHD	RELI	Fall admission only	January 1
Romance Languages
masters or doctoral	MA, PHD	ROML	Fall admission only	March 1
non-degree program	Non Degree	ROML exchange	Fall admission only	March 1
Russian & East European Studies	MA	RUES	Fall and Spring admission	Oct. 15 (Spring) June 15 (Fall)
Slavic Languages & Literatures	MA, PHD	SLAV	Fall admission only	April 15
Social Work
doctoral residential	PHD	SOWO	Fall admission only	January 1
masters residential	MSW	SOWO	Fall admission only	January 16
off-campus programs	MSW	SWEX	Fall admission only	January 16
advanced standing programs	MSW	SOWA	Summer 1 admission	January 16
Sociology	PHD	SOCI	Fall admission only	December 31
Speech & Hearing Sciences, Pathology
master's program	MS	SPHS	Fall admission only	December 20
doctoral program	PHD	SPHS	Fall admission only	January 9
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Statistics & Operations Research	MS, PHD	STOR	Fall admission only – in unusual circumstances and after consultation with department is Spring admission considered.	June 15

The following UNC-Chapel Hill graduate degree programs are not administered by the Graduate School. To apply to these programs, please contact the admissions office for the associated school or department.

The following academic degree programs are not offered at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill but may be found at other schools within the 16-campus UNC system.

View details of all academic degrees offered by the UNC system (including online degree programs.)