A completed application consists of the following
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Application Fee: Visit Graduate Admissions for the current year's application fee and information on the fee waiver process.
TIP: Please ensure your email address is current; you will be notified by email with the admissions decision. All correspondence regarding your application and the notification of all admissions decisions are via email.
TIP: Make sure your first and last name remains consistent throughout the application process and in your correspondence with the department.
Online Application
The online application opens in mid-September each year.
Tip: For technical application questions, use the “Contact Help” link on your application home page.
Tip: Do not mail a hard copy of the application form once you submit an online application.
*The materials you provide in your application are used for the review process until the official ones are received. It is not a problem if your official transcripts and test scores are received after the deadline.
Statement of Purpose
TIP: Do not submit a second hard copy of it along with your supporting documents.
Letters of Recommendation
TIP: Paper copies of recommendations cannot be accepted.
*Recommendation letters can be submitted up to one week after the application deadline.
Transcripts
Transcripts
*Transcripts are required from every college/university you have attended for at least one year as a full-time student.*
**Do not send your official transcripts until after you have submitted the application, and it is fine if the official transcripts are received after the application deadline.**
***Stanford University closes during the final weeks of December, do not have transcripts sent during that time.***
To submit your transcript(s), follow both of these steps:
Upload a scanned copy of your transcript (s) into the on-line application. See the transcript upload information in the File Upload Requirements section for specific instructions.
Arrange for your official transcripts to be sent by the institution(s) to ICME. An official transcript must be an original document bearing the institutional seal and official signature of the Registrar or copies verified by a school administrative officer and is one that is sent to Stanford in one of the following ways, ICME prefers the digital options over mailing transcripts:
- Electronic delivery: The use of secure electronically-delivered transcripts that are pass code protected is necessary. The document's certified digital signature embedded in the document PDF assures us that it has been prepared by the college/university and that the document is original and unaltered. Please check with the registrar's office of your college/university to see if they provide secure electronic certified transcript service. Note: Transcripts sent as email attachments are not accepted.
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Send secure electronically-delivered transcripts to: icme-admissions@stanford.edu
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- CollegeNET Document Service: Applicants from international institutions are encouraged to use the CollegeNET Document Service within the graduate application to request and submit authenticated transcript(s) and other academic documents. This service provides certified documents to the department to which you are applying.
- Other Document verification services:
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CHESICC, institutions in China: https://www.chsi.com.cn/en/
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Educational Perspectives, all other countries: https://www.edperspective.org/
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*These processes take some time to complete, and it is not a problem if they are completed after the application deadline as long as the process is started by the application deadline.
- eTranscript Service: Stanford students and alumni who have active SUNet IDs can use the eTranscript Service within the graduate application. See instructions in the application.
- Postal service: ICME prefers the above methods over paper transcripts, however if your only option is mailed transcripts, an official transcript is one that has been signed and sealed by the college/university registrar and is received by Stanford in its original, sealed envelope. Mail official transcripts to:
ICME Graduate Admissions
Huang Engineering Center, Suite 053B
475 Via Ortega Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-4042
Grade Point Averages (GPA) Calculations
Test Scores
TIP: Find information on GRE/TOEFL registration, test centers and dates on the ETS website.
GRE
What you need to know:
- Schedule to take the test at least three months before the application deadline--For applicants who have taken the GRE General test and are expecting the score reports after the deadline for submitting the application, please note that without the score report your application will be considered incomplete.
- The Stanford score recipient number (also called "Institution Code") is "4704." Department code is not necessary.
- Please be sure to list Stanford University as a Score Recipient in addition to listing it as your Graduate Institution (GI).
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Official scores take up to three weeks after the application is submitted to post, please continue to check your application status. Your self-reported scores will be used in the review process until official scores are received.
- Stanford retains score report information only for applicants. If you requested ETS to send your score report to Stanford and you have not followed up with an application to any program at Stanford (not necessarily ICME), you will have to request ETS to resend the scores. All score reports for non-applicants are purged from the system each year.
- It is highly recommended, although not required, for PhD applicants to take the GRE Subject Test in math, physics, or computer science.
- GMAT scores cannot be substituted for the GRE score requirement.
TOEFL
What you need to know:
- Scores must be submitted from a test taken within the last 18 months of the application deadline.
- TOEFL scores should be reported directly to Graduate Admissions from ETS.
- The Stanford score recipient number (also called "Institution Code") is "4704." Department code is not necessary.
- University minimum TOEFL score is 89. We recommend, 113 or higher.
- IELTS CANNOT BE TAKEN IN PLACE OF TOEFL
Reapplying
- Online Application
- Application Fee
- Statement of Purpose
- Three (3) new letters of recommendation
- GRE and TOEFL scores (if applicable)
- ONE (1) official transcript from any academic institution attended after the previous application was submitted
Application Status
Deferral Policy
In general, ICME does not allow admission to be deferred to a later quarter. The primary reason being that the core courses sequence begins in the autumn quarter. An admitted student may request special permission to start the program in the summer quarter. A yearlong deferral may be approved on a case-by-case review. A PhD student may get a deferral of a year, only if the student has an external fellowship whose sponsor has agreed to the deferral.
Knight-Hennessy Scholars
The Knight-Hennessy Scholars (KHS)program is designed to build a multidisciplinary community of Stanford graduate students dedicated to finding creative solutions to the world's greatest challenges. The program awards up to 100 high-achieving students every year with full funding to pursue a graduate education at Stanford, including the MS and PhD in ICME. To be considered, you must apply to the KHS program and separately apply to ICME by the deadlines listed on the KHS site.