Application Process

Admissions to the M.A.S. Program

Application Overview

The Master of Advanced Study (M.A.S.) at Jackson is a one-year program for professionals with extensive experience who are looking to further their understanding and application of multi-dimensional global affairs issues.

Small by design, only a few students are admitted to this program each year. M.A.S. applicants should have a minimum of seven years of global affairs related work experience showing superior professional qualifications and the ability to thrive in a rigorous academic program.

An application packet consists of a personal statement, three letters of recommendation, resume and transcripts from all prior institutions attended. GRE scores are optional for M.A.S. applicants. Students whose native language is not English will have to take the TOEFL, IELTS, or Cambridge English examination.

Students in the mid-career program are not eligible for financial aid from Jackson. Most of our M.A.S. students are externally funded.

View bios of our current graduate students.

 

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The application deadline for 2025 has passed.

 

Dates and Deadlines

Summer-Fall 2024: Applicants should schedule any necessary standardized tests no later than October, in order to allow time for official scores to reach us before the application deadline.

November 1, 2024: Final application deadline.
January 2025: Admissions decisions are released.
March 15, 2025: Reply deadline for offers of admission for Fall 2025 enrollment.

 

Required Application Materials

All applicants to the M.A.S. in Global Affairs must present the following:

  • A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) completed prior to matriculation at Yale.
  • A two- to four-page statement of purpose.
  • A one- to two-page resume.
  • Unofficial transcripts for each prior college or university attended (including non-degree programs not listed on your degree-granting transcripts, e.g. Study Abroad).
  • Applicants whose native language is not English will have to take the TOEFL, IELTS, or Cambridge English examination. See Standardized Testing Requirements for additional details and exceptions.
  • Three letters of recommendation (at least one professional and one academic preferred with the third being your choice).
  • The completed application form.

 

Required Examinations

Students whose native language is not English and who did not earn their undergraduate degree at a university where English is the language of instruction must also take the TOEFL, IELTS, or Cambridge English exam. The minimum score required for the TOEFL is 102 on the internet-based exam (iBT). A score of 7.5 – 8 on the IELTS is roughly the equivalent to the required minimum. Cambridge English C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency scores fulfill the minimum.

See Standardized Testing Requirements and our FAQs for additional information.

 

Application Fee

For details about application fees and forms of payment, please see Application Fees.

For more information, please contact the Admissions Office.

 

Yale University Nondiscrimination and Title IX Policy

The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives.  In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran.

Inquiries concerning this policy may be referred to the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility:

  • equity@yale.edu;
  • 203-432-0849; or
  • 100 Wall Street, William L. Harkness Hall, 3rd Floor.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from sex Discrimination in educational programs and activities at institutions that receive federal financial assistance.  Questions regarding sexual Harassment, sexual misconduct and Title IX may be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, Elizabeth Conklin:

Inquiries may also be made to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 8th Floor, 5 Post Office Square, Boston MA 02109-3921; telephone 617-289-0111, fax 617-289-0150, TDD 800-877-8339, or ocr.boston@ed.gov.