APPLICATION DEADLINES
Application deadlines vary by department (see below). Late applications may be accepted as space allows.
Caltech conducts admissions once each year and applicants are considered for admission starting in the fall
term only. All decisions will be posted no later than April 1.
Department (All degree programs)
Application Deadline
Aeronautics (AE)
December 15
Applied and Computational Mathematics (ACM)
December 15
Applied Mechanics (AM)
December 15
Applied Physics (APh)
December 15
Astrophysics (AY)
December 21
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (BMB)
December 1
Bioengineering (BE)
December 1
Biology (BI)
December 1
Chemical Engineering (ChE)
December 1
Chemistry (CH)
December 1
Civil Engineering (CE)
December 15
Computation and Neural Systems (CNS)
December 1
Computer Science (CS)
December 15
Computing and Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
December 15
Control and Dynamical Systems (CDS)
December 15
Electrical Engineering (EE)
December 15
Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
January 1
Geobiology (GeBi)
January 1
Geochemistry (GeCh)
January 1
Geology (GE)
January 1
Geophysics (GePh)
January 1
Materials Science (MS)
December 15
Mathematics (MA)
December 15
Mechanical Engineering (ME)
December 15
Medical Engineering (MedE)
December 15
Neurobiology (NB)
December 1
Physics (PH)
December 15
Planetary Science (PS)
January 1
Social and Decision Neuroscience (SDN)
December 15
Social Science (SS)
December 15
Space Engineering (SE)
December 15
