Application Requirements
What are the application requirements?
Please see the requirements on this page.
Applicants who wish to be Visiting Scholars at the Columbia Law School (CLS) or at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) must also submit a separate application to CLS or GSAS. Please refer to this page. Make sure to apply for your desired semester of stay. If you apply for Fall and decide to come in Spring instead (or vice versa), you will need to check in with the school (copying Alliance [email protected]) to ensure you comply with their requirements for the change of dates.
Applications for GSAS and CLS
1. Columbia Law School (CLS)
In addition to required application documents by Alliance, all prospective Visiting Scholars must submit an application form and the supporting materials following instructions on the link below:
https://www.law.columbia.edu/academics/international-programs/visiting-scholars-program
The Law School may request any Alliance Ph.D. Mobility program applicants who fail to conform to the deadlines listed on the Columbia Law School website listed above to explain any emergency or unforeseen circumstances that have prevented them from doing so.
For any questions about the process, please contact Nancy Elsamanoudi [email protected]
2. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)
- In addition to the application documents required by Alliance, all prospective students applying to come as International Exchange Scholars to the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences must apply to Columbia University GSAS. PhD programs offered through GSAS can be found here.
- For Fall and Spring semesters, please follow the instructions for incoming International Exchange Scholars here.
- If you decide to do research during the summer, you will need to apply to the Visiting PhD Scholar program instead.
Please note that being accepted by GSAS as a Visiting Scholar does not automatically entitle you to an Alliance Grant and vice-versa.