Admissions

Information on how to apply for graduate study at Stanford is available on the university’s  Graduate Admissions opens in a new tab website. Application information specific to Philosophy can be found on https://philosophy.stanford.edu/ opens in a new tab.

All prospective master’s students, including those currently enrolled in other Stanford programs, must apply for admission. No fellowships are available.

Earning an MA in Philosophy while earning a BA or BS is possible. This can usually be done by the end of the fifth undergraduate year, although a student without a Philosophy degree may require an additional year. This program’s admission and completion standards are the same as for MA applicants with bachelor’s degrees when matriculating. However, applicants for the coterminal program are not required to take the Graduate Record Exam. 

Coterminal master’s degree candidates are expected to complete all master’s degree requirements as described in this Bulletin.

Coterminal applications are only accepted for a spring quarter start in winter quarter. The coterm deadline is the end of the second week of winter quarter.

Information on how to apply for graduate study at Stanford is available on the university’s  Graduate Admissions  opens in a new tabwebsite. Application information specific to Philosophy can be found on https://philosophy.stanford.edu/ opens in a new tab.

Information on how to apply for graduate study at Stanford as a current student is available on the university’s  Graduate Admissions  opens in a new tabwebsite. Application information specific to Philosophy can be found on https://philosophy.stanford.edu/ opens in a new tab.