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The Fall 2025 Graduate Program Application is open! Apply by the final deadline on June 12, 2025.
We know you have anxiously been awaiting your admission decision from Harris, and please know we are as excited to release and share the good news as you are eager to hear from us.
We were so impressed by the applications we received, and we wanted to take a moment to share some of the incredible comments we received from recommenders:
Thanks to our Team Harris ambassador, Sally Park (MPP'18), for this post! Stay tuned on our website for Winter Quarter campus visits to sit in on classes like the ones below!
Hi everyone! As our autumn quarter wraps up, I’d like to talk about the courses I took!
Thanks to our Team Harris Student Ambassador, Sally Park (MPP'18), for this post!
Hi everyone! Are you looking for teaching assistant positions at Harris School of Public Policy?
I am currently a teaching assistant for Statistics for Data Analysis I class for the professor Dan Black, and wanted to share my TA experiences.
Check out all the events we're planning for the fourth week of November 27th! Thanks to our Team Harris Senior Ambassador, Tyler Barron (MPP'18) for this post!
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
2017 Paul Offner Lecture featuring Dean Katherine Baicker
Thanks to our Team Harris Ambassador, Tiffany Kwak (MPP'18), for this post!
In Chicago for the first time? Have family visiting for the weekend? Done with all your problem sets for the week and need to chill? Treat yourself by exploring the Windy City, Harris-style.
Check out all the events we're planning for the fourth week of November! Thanks to our Team Harris Senior Ambassador, Tyler Barron (MPP'18) for this post!
Diagnosing the American Healthcare System
Thanks to our Director of Recruitment, Jenny Erickson, for this post!
So, you are interested in two programs – and the application asks you to confirm if you want to be considered for more than one program – perfect, right? We think so, but we know from chatting with students that some think this is an “admissions trick”.
Students have shared with us their thought process when seeing the question about being considered for more than one program goes something like this:
Thanks to our Team Harris Student Ambassador, Tiffany Kwak (MPP'18), for this post!
Harris Public Policy Dean Katherine Baicker will be joining her UChicago colleagues at the Institute of Politics for a discussion on the American Healthcare System. One of the best ways to "get to know Harris" is to attend an event or lecture that features our faculty, and get a read on the conversations we are having around various policy movements.
Thanks to The Pearson Institute Assistant Director Alex Carr for this post!
As fall quarter kicks into full gear, we get a lot of questions from students about how they can get involved with The Pearson Institute.
Thanks to our Assistant Director of Recruitment, Alyssa Szynal, for giving us her application tips!
Hello! I am Xiaofan Liu, a second-year MPP student and member of Team Harris. I would love to share a little about my experience in one fantastic Core Course: Decisions and Organizations with Professor Wioletta Dziuda. It is offered every spring. MPP students usually take it during their 3rd quarter, after Analytical Politics I & II.
Check out all the events we're planning for the second week of November! Thanks to our Team Harris Senior Ambassador, Tyler Barron (MPP'18) for this post!
The Role of Women in International Politics and Policy Reform
Chicago is a world-class city that is made up of 77 (!) different neighborhoods. The University of Chicago has called the neighborhood of Hyde Park its home since 1890, and it’s safe to say a lot has changed in the area since then. As a love letter to Hyde Park, here are some of my favorite spots throughout the historical neighborhood:
Thanks to our Director of Recruitment, Jenny Erickson, for providing her application tips for this admissions cycle!
We frequently receive this question from eager students searching for opportunities to strengthen their application, as well as those who are concerned about specific aspects of their application. Actually, we probably receive this question in some way, shape, or form from almost all incoming students, with a slight turn on the phrasing:
With less than thirty (30!) days until our first Early Action deadline, the Recruitment Team is donning their superhero costumes to get ready to power through your carefully prepared applications.
For those of you who have questions regarding the application process, we have three upcoming webinars:
General Information Webinar
Hi everyone! My name is Estela and I work for the Admissions office at Harris. My husband Eduardo is a current second-year MPP student. I am going to share some of our journey with you! It has been an amazing and unforgettable experience – I can’t believe two years is almost over!
Check out all the events we're planning for the first week of November! Thanks to our Team Harris Senior Ambassador, Tyler Barron (MPP'18) for this post!
A Conversation with Arne Duncan
Thanks to our Team Harris student ambassador, Tiffany Kwak (MPP'18), for this post! Tiffany currently serves as the Director of Marketing for one of our student organizations. Read on to learn more!
As you move through the application process, be sure to check out the profiles of our current students and alumni. These pieces are a great way to hear from our Master's candidates- past and present - on how their degree helped to elevate their career, follow a passion for change, and why they chose Harris to continue their studies.