All applications and documentation must be provided in ENGLISH. If you are unable to secure translations, we recommend that you contact World Education Services.
Please use the Mailing Label and Cover Sheet to be sure that all pieces to the application are in place and mailed to the correct address. Please note, that only regular mail, certified mail, UPS, DHL, and Federal Express deliveries are accepted. Web-Based Application: APPLICATION, FEE, AND SIGNATURE PAGE STATEMENT OF PURPOSE WRITING SAMPLE THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION
Items to be mailed: The mailing address should read: Johns Hopkins University
Full-time Studies in Arts, Sciences and Engineering
Graduate Admissions Office
Shriver Hall, Room #28
3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Here is a bit more information on the contents of your application packet… STATEMENT OF PURPOSE - this will include specific interests that you wish to pursue at JHU. It is recommended to include primary and secondary interests in the following research areas: It is also recommended that you reference core faculty that you are particularly interested in studying under. Go to Faculty and Goals and Rationale to review the core faculty, the research methodologies offered, and to Ph.D. Requirements for more information on research papers required for primary and secondary specializations. The Statement of Purpose should also include your relevant background, previous experience and names of mentors. For example, candidates wishing to pursue computational approaches to cognition are encouraged to discuss their math background; cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and language processing candidates their laboratory experience; and linguistics candidates their background in generative linguistics. For candidates with no previous background in Cognitive Science, the statement should convey: Duo-degree candidates must explicitly mention the relevant disciplines. Applying to two separate departments at Johns Hopkins University - one application fee is paid, one application is done, but two application packets are required - one for each department for which you are applying. GRE/GRADUATE RECORD EXAMINATION should be taken early in the preceding fall. GRE scores need to reach us no later than January 31. Please reference the following codes: Institution code: #5332, Department code #2903) THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION - there are three required and they should be detailed, address the candidate's suitability for research in Cognitive Science and, if relevant, provide an evaluation of his or her previous research experience and future promise. Have the person writing your letters include CONTACT INFORMATION as we do contact the references (e-mail, telephone, and fax). SAMPLE OF WRITTEN WORK can be research papers, writing samples, thesis, conference posters, etc. The purpose of the writing sample is to see how the student puts their thoughts in writing and their thought processes. TOEFL or IELTS SCORES - For more detailed information regarding these two forms of testing, refer to the Graduate Admissions website at http://www.grad.jhu.edu/admissions/apply/index.php A completed application packet will be reviewed by the core faculty and ranked accordingly. Top applicants will be invited to visit JHU as a group, be interviewed by the faculty, meet the current graduate students, and tour our department facilities. The visit usually takes place in early March. Decisions concerning admission are made after the visit. Please visit http://www.grad.jhu.edu for general information on graduate admissions | 
