Application Process

General Information and Requirements

Students who wish to apply to the Institute of Sacred Music must submit the online application found at www.yale.edu/ism/apply/.

That application also serves as an application to the relevant professional school for the program selected. 

Divinity applicants who wish to apply to the Divinity School for consideration there independently of their Institute application must also fill out the Divinity School application. Music applicants need to file only one application.

Online applications are to be submitted, and all supporting materials are to be sent directly to the Institute of Sacred Music, to arrive no later than

   •    February 1 for students applying to the Institute of Sacred Music jointly with Yale Divinity School and

   •    December 1 for students applying to the Institute of Sacred Music jointly with Yale School of Music.

The Institute’s Admissions Committee will consider applications for all degree programs, invite music applicants for auditions and interviews, and then make its recommendations to the appropriate admissions committee of either the School of Music or the Divinity School. Letters of acceptance will be sent to successful candidates on or around April 1. There is no early decision process, nor is there a summer program. For Divinity applicants, there is a priority application deadline of January 15, which carries a reduced application fee. Divinity School students must obtain the ISM Director's approval to complete a degree on a part-time basis. School of Music students must be enrolled full-time and in consecutive years.

Letters of recommendation and transcripts will be kept on file for one year. Students who are not admitted may reapply the following year without resubmitting these materials, although they may send new ones if they choose. All other application materials and the application fee must be submitted, as for first-time applicants, by the deadline.

(Updated June 2009)

APPLY ONLINE

Degree applicants

click here to apply for

YDS and YSM
degree programs at the
Institute

ISM Fellows applicants

click here to apply for

ISM Fellowships in Sacred Music,

Worship and the Arts

Admissions Contact

(203) 432-9753
ism.admissions@yale.edu

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