While applicants seeking more interdisciplinary opportunities may choose the general studies program, Harvard Griffin GSAS reserves the right to send an application to a specific admissions committee if a candidate’s experience and interests are more suited to a particular department.
- African and African American Studies
- Anthropology
- Astronomy
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences*⌘
- Biological Sciences in Public Health**
- Biomedical Informatics*⌘
- Biophysics
- Biostatistics
- Business Administration*†
- Business Economics*†
- Celtic Languages and Literatures
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- The Classics
- Comparative Literature
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences*
- Earth and Planetary Sciences
- East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- Economics*
- English
- Film and Visual Studies
- Germanic Languages and Literatures
- Government‡
- Health Policy†
- History
- History of Art and Architecture
- History of Science*§
- Human Evolutionary Biology
- Immunology*⌘
- Linguistics
- Mathematics
- Middle Eastern Studies§
- Molecular and Cellular Biology*
- Music
- Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
- Neuroscience (PiN)*⌘
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
- Organizational Behavior*†
- Philosophy†
- Physics
- Psychology
- Public Policy*†‡
- Religion
- Romance Languages and Literatures
- Slavic Languages and Literatures
- Sociology*
- South Asian Studies
- Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology*⌘
- Statistics
- Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
- Virology*⌘
* Applicants must have the confirmed support of at least one faculty member to be considered.
**Special student applicants should contact the academic program before applying to discuss their proposed Plan of Study. Courses offered may have restrictions.
† Accepts applications for visiting fellow status only.
‡The Department of Government and the committee on public policy do not permit affiliation as a special student if you plan to apply for PhD study within 18 months.
§ Only special student applications are considered; research students should inquire directly with the department.
⌘ For Visiting Fellow applicants, a Harvard Faculty Mentor Support Letter is required. The faculty sponsor should provide a brief letter confirming their willingness to host the applicant as a Visiting Fellow in their laboratory at Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) for the specific terms listed in their application. They should describe the proposed research project, outline the supervision that will be provided, and detail the resources, facilities, and support the applicant will have access to in order to complete the research project.