Harvard University

Cambridge, MA, USA

Harvard University was founded on 28 October 1636 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as the first college in the American colonies. It has 15 schools and about 24,300 undergraduate and graduate students. Harvard College is its undergraduate school.

Tuition per year, from

$62,226

Intakes

Sep

Application deadline

Restrictive Early Action 1 November; Regular Decision 1 January

• Founded 1636, first college in the American colonies
• 15 schools
• 27 libraries including Widener, Houghton and Lamont
• Aid is need-based and the same for all applicants regardless of citizenship

Entry requirements

• Common Application plus Harvard supplement (five short-answer questions)
• SAT or ACT
• School report with counselor letter and transcript, plus two teacher recommendations
• Midyear school report; translations of non-English documents by a non-applicant

Bachelor's

IT & computer science

• Computer Science (A.B.) · 8 semesters · $62,226 · Application deadline 1 November (Restrictive Early Action); 1 January (Regular Decision)

Business & economics

• Economics (concentration) · 8 semesters · $62,226 · Application deadline 1 November (Restrictive Early Action); 1 January (Regular Decision)

Natural sciences

• Applied Mathematics (A.B.) · 8 semesters · $62,226 · Application deadline 1 November (Restrictive Early Action); 1 January (Regular Decision)

Health

• Molecular and Cellular Biology (concentration) · 8 semesters · $62,226 · Application deadline 1 November (Restrictive Early Action); 1 January (Regular Decision)

Social sciences

• Government (concentration) · 8 semesters · $62,226 · Application deadline 1 November (Restrictive Early Action); 1 January (Regular Decision)