Applying to Princeton's Ph. D. Program
The Information Sciences and Systems Group at the Department of Electrical Engineering
offers a highly selective Doctoral Program typically lasting four years.
All admitted graduate students are normally offered full financial support.
Many of our graduate students have gone on to leading positions in academia and industry,
and we continue to take pride on a highly qualified graduate student body with a very diverse background.
Admission decisions are made by the Graduate School of Princeton University
based upon the recommendation of a Faculty Committee in each Department.
In particular, individual faculty members do not make offers of financial support.
Furthermore, it is our longstanding policy to admit incoming students into the
Information Sciences and Systems Group, without preassignment of Research Advisors.
After an initial period of about one semester, assignment of Research Advisors
to students is made taking into account students preferences and match of research interests.
Undergraduate grades, GRE scores, letters of recommendation and statement of interest
play important roles in the competition for admission.
The Department of Electrical Engineering currently has the largest Graduate Program
in Princeton University. The Information Sciences and Sytems Group typically receives
the largest number of applications of any research group in the Department.
We regret we cannot offer an early evaluation of chances of admission before an application is received.