Application Materials
Application Materials
The Program in Nutrition has two application deadlines each year: December 1st (priority deadline) and January 15th (final deadline).
To be considered for admission to the Program in Nutrition, applicants must submit the following through the Admissions application:
- Application document, including a $75 application fee
- Official undergraduate transcript
- Official transcripts that confirm completion of prerequisite courses*
- Two letters of recommendation
- Personal essay
- Resume
- Graduate Record Exam (GRE) scores are optional.
*You are eligible to apply after successfully completing at least four of the master’s prerequisite courses. If admitted to the Program in Nutrition, the outstanding master's prerequisites must be successfully completed prior to beginning the master’s program. Please note that the following master's prerequisites must be completed within roughly five years of beginning the master’s program: introductory nutrition, biochemistry, and human physiology with lab. Statistics, general chemistry with lab, organic chemistry with lab, and microbiology can be older than five years. For more information about prerequisites, click here.
Prospective students will receive notification of their admission status from the Office of Admission.
If you have questions about your submitted application, please contact the Office of Admission at 212-678-3710.