Application Deadlines
Application deadlines are listed below and are updated every year in July before the next application cycle begins in August.
APPLY EARLY! Although we only require that the application be submitted by the deadline, we strongly encourage you to apply early enough for your application to also be completed with supporting documents (all transcripts, credential evaluations, letters of recommendation, and test scores if applicable) by the deadline. All required supporting documents must be submitted and received to your application no later than two weeks after the deadline. Learn more about the application process.
Application Deadlines for the 2026-27 Academic Year
September 15, 2025
- MPH - Online/Part-Time (January 2026 start)
October 15, 2025
- Residency Programs
- The following programs offer a part-time format with a January start:
December 1, 2025
- MPH
- Online/Part-Time (June 2026 start)
- Full-Time/Onsite (late June/early July 2026 start)
- DrPH
- PhD - All programs except Graduate Training Programs in Clinical Investigation
- MSPH - International Health (Human Nutrition - Dietitian)
- ScM - Biostatistics
January 15, 2026
- MHA - Healthy Policy and Management
- MHS - Epidemiology
- MHS - Health Policy and Management (Health Economics and Outcomes Research)
- MSPH - Health Policy and Management (Health Policy)
- MSPH - International Health (Global Disease Epidemiology and Control; Health Systems; Human Nutrition; and Social and Behavioral Interventions)
- ScM - Epidemiology
March 1, 2026
- PhD - Graduate Training Programs in Clinical Investigation
- MBE
Deadline to be considered for particular merit-based scholarship. Please review program information for details. - MHS - Health, Behavior and Society
- MHS - Graduate Training Programs in Clinical Investigation
- MHS - Mental Health
Deadline to be considered for particular merit-based scholarship. Please review program information for details. - MHS - Population, Family and Reproductive Health
- MSPH - Health, Behavior and Society (Health Education and Health Communication)
The need-based MSPH scholarship has a priority deadline of March 1. Applicants should submit their CSS Profile and complete application for admission by March 1 to be considered. - MSPH - Population, Family and Reproductive Health
The need-based MSPH scholarship has a priority deadline of March 1. Applicants should submit their CSS Profile and complete application for admission by March 1 to be considered. - ScM - Biochemistry and Molecular Microbiology
May 1, 2026
- MA in Public Health Biology
- MHS - Biochemistry and Molecular Microbiology
- MHS - Environmental Health and Engineering (Environmental Health)
- MHS - International Health (Global Health Economics)
- MHS - Mental Health
- MHS - Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- MS in Toxicology for Human Risk Assessment
- ScM - Environmental Health and Engineering (Environmental Health)
- ScM - Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
June 1, 2026
July 1, 2026
- MPH - Online/Part-Time (November 2026 start and January 2027* start)
*Applicants to the January 2027 start who are unable to submit all supporting documents by July 15, should not submit their application. When the SOPHAS application opens again in August, applicants can again apply to the January 2027 start term. In the new cycle, the deadline will be September 15, 2026 to submit the application and September 29, 2026 to submit all supporting documents (transcripts, letters of recommendation, credential evaluations, and English language test scores if required).
September 15, 2026
- MPH - Online/Part-Time (January 2027 start)
Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Applicants
These programs are for Johns Hopkins University undergraduate students only.
- July 1 (between students' junior and senior years) = Application deadline for the Bachelor’s/MHA, Bachelor’s/MHS, or Bachelor’s/MSPH programs
- October 15 (during students' senior year) = Additional application deadline once the application reopens in mid-August for the bachelor's/master's programs in the following departments:
- Environmental Health and Engineering
- Health, Behavior and Society
- Mental Health
Next Steps
Please email Admissions Services if you have questions regarding the application deadlines.