To learn more about deadlines, auditions, and portfolio requirements, please select your area of interest below and then select your degree type:

• Art & Design
• Dance
• Filmmaking
• Music
• Theater

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Mason Gross provides in-depth information sessions, on-campus departmental tours, virtual tours, and a schoolwide open house in the fall. To register and learn more, check out our Visit Us page.

If you would like to explore Rutgers more broadly, please visit the official Rutgers Admissions Website.

Yes, there are two separate applications to fill out when applying to Mason Gross. The first step is applying to Rutgers; the second step is submitting a Talent Assessment.

To apply to Mason Gros,s you will need to complete two applications:

1. Rutgers University Application: On this application you will be asked which school(s) you are interested in applying within Rutgers University. Be sure to select “Mason Gross School of the Arts.”
2. Mason Gross Talent Assessment: After submitting the Rutgers University application, you must complete the Talent Assessment, which collects information on your background and interest in art. Filmmaking, Theater Design, Theater Production, and Art & Design applicants will be required to upload a portfolio. Dance, Music, and Theater Acting students will select to complete a live audition OR submit a recorded audition.

Depending on the program, there may be a transfer evaluation process. The transfer evaluation process for Mason Gross School of the Arts depends on both the credits completed elsewhere AND your current level measured by our faculty. Please note that all incoming Theater and Filmmaking students, regardless of the number of credits completed elsewhere, start the program as part of the first-year cohort.

As a current Rutgers student, you are considered a “school-to-school” transfer. If you are applying as a school-to-school transfer applicant, the first step is to complete the MGSA School to School Transfer/Re-Enrollment Interest Form.

The next step is to submit the Talent Assessment. One to three business days after submitting the form, you will be emailed a personalized link and PIN to access the Talent Assessment. This link is the only way to access the Talent Assessment. Find more information with specific program deadlines on our Transfer Applicants page.

After submitting your talent assessment, you will receive an artistic decision via email. If you are considered artistically admissible, we will complete an academic review after we receive your current semester grades (for Fall applicants, this will take place in June). After completing this academic review, a final decision will be sent to you via email.

If you took a leave of absence or deferred admission to Mason Gross, please email admissions@mgsa.rutgers.edu.

• Transfer students: transcripts@admissions.rutgers.edu
• Graduate students: e-transcripts@gradadm.rutgers.edu
• International students: transcripts@admissions.rutgers.edu
• First-year students: First-year students don’t submit transcripts at first, but submit the SRAR or self-reported academic record on the Rutgers University Application. If admitted, most high schools are part of an electronic mailing service, but if they are not, the transcript should be mailed the to the address below:

Undergraduate Admissions Operations Center
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Proctor Hall
65 Davidson Road, Suite 301
Piscataway, NJ 08854

All international applicants are required to submit an English Proficiency Exam. Review the exams accepted and required minimums at the Rutgers Admissions Website.

We are accepting the TOEFL at-home test. The at-home solution is only available in certain countries. For a full explanation of the registration process, visit www.ets.org/s/cv/toefl/at-home/ for the TOEFL iBT test. 

If you are an international student and have more specific questions about visas, auditions, application requirements, or deadlines, please visit the Rutgers Global Website or email us at admissions@mgsa.rutgers.edu.

If approved for a fee waiver on the Rutgers University application by Rutgers central admissions, your Talent Assessment fee will also be waived automatically. Please email us at admissions@mgsa.rutgers.edu if it is not automatically waived.

All applicants who submit their application for the fall semester by the posted deadlines should receive their decision no later than April 1.