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Graduate Record Exam (GRE)

  • GRE Score (if required)
  • Submission of scores on the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required* as part of the application to the Graduate School. Your academic program may or may not require it. Please check your program’s website for details. Some programs have decided to drop or allow flexibility with their GRE requirement, so check below to see if the program you are applying to requires the GRE.
  • Scores are considered valid if earned within five years of your intended first term at Vanderbilt. (For example, no earlier than August 1 five years prior if applying for the fall term).
  • The Vanderbilt Institution Code is 1871. A department code is not necessary.
  • Visit http://www.ets.org/grefor information concerning the GRE and how to send your scores to Vanderbilt.
  • Each program sets its own test score requirements. Inquiries about test score requirements should be directed to your program of interest.
  • The Psychological Sciences graduate program may or may not require the GREs based on the specific sub-discipline of interest. Consult this page for details.

*GRE scores are NOT REQUIRED for applications to the following programs:

  • Anthropology
  • Astrophysics
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomedical Informatics
  • MS in Biomedical Sciences Program
  • Cancer Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Creative Writing (MFA)
  • Data Science
  • Earth and Environmental Science
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • English
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy
  • Hearing and Speech Sciences (PhD program only)
  • History
  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (IGP)
  • Interdisciplinary Materials Science
  • Latin American Studies
  • Master of Liberal Arts and Science Program (MLAS)
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medicine, Health, and Society (MHS)
  • Neuroscience
  • Nursing Science
  • Philosophy
  • Physics & Astronomy
  • Political Science 
  • Quantitative and Chemical Biology (QCB) 
  • Religion

 

List of GRE-exempt programs updated 9/6/22.