Thank you for your interest in Northwestern University's Chemical and Biological Engineering Graduate School Program.

To begin your work on the online application, click here.

Additional Instructions for the Online Application - see below

Applications for Fall 2008 will be accepted on line starting in October 2007 and ending December 31, 2007.

After you submit you online application, you need to send the following supplemental materials in hard copy to the department office, if you have not already submitted them online:

1. Statement of purpose (can be submitted online)
2. Two letters of recommendation, minimum (can be submitted online)
3. Transcripts from all undergraduate and graduate institutions attended
4. Copies of your GRE scores (institution code 1565, no department code necessary) - please order official score reports (do not send Xeroxed copies of your personal score report)
5. International students must send copies of TOEFL scores.* (institution code 1565, department 01 or 99) - please order official score reports (do not send Xeroxed copies of your personal score report)
6. Resume (optional)
7. Publications (optional)

To begin your work on the online application, click here.

* International students who have received, or will receive prior to admission at Northwestern, an undergraduate or graduate degree at an English speaking institution may waive the TOEFL requirement. Please contact the Graduate School admissions office if either of these conditions apply.

Additional Application Instructions

An application can be completed online and submitted electronically once you have answered all required questions. You do not have to complete the online application in one sitting--you may access your application and change your answers as many times as you like with your PIN and password from any computer with Internet access. To navigate through the system, please use the navigational bar located at the top of your screen on the online application. Once you have completed the application forms to your satisfaction, you should submit your application by accessing the "Check Application/Submit" section of your online application. This will electronically submit your application to the Graduate School. Please note that you can submit your application only once and that once submitted, you will not be able to make changes to your application information using the online application system. After you have completed all of the appropriate questions and you are ready to submit your application, click on the Submit Application button. You will be taken to the Payment screen where you will be given instructions for paying your application fee. Only after you have completed the payment screen will your application be submitted directly to the admissions office. If you find that you need to edit information you have submitted to the Graduate School, please call the admissions office so that they may update your file. If you are not ready to submit your application now, your information will be saved under your PIN and password for a period of twelve months. You may come back, edit and submit at any time during the twelve month period.

For additional questions, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page, or email Allison Sillers.