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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. Due to issues surrounding COVID-19 some programs have decided to drop or allow flexibility with their GRE requirement.
    • You may self-report your GRE scores on your application or scan and upload a copy of your score report (if you have it available) while submitting your online application. These scores are not considered “official” and will only be used for preliminary review purposes, until your official scores have been received directly from ETS.  
  • If you are admitted, official scores must be submitted before registration. Your scores are considered valid only if earned within five years to the month 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.

*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
  • 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.