Special Student and Visiting Fellow Programs

GSAS offers two options for study within a non-degree program, the Special Student status and the Visiting Fellow status.

Special Student status is available to individuals who have sound reasons for not wishing to enter a degree program, who hold the bachelor's degree or its equivalent, and are able to present evidence of fitness for admission at the graduate level. Get more information click here.

Persons holding the doctoral degree (or its equivalent), or those with comparable professional experience, may apply for Visiting Fellow status. This status is also open to advanced doctoral candidates who have completed all required coursework and would like to pursue dissertation research at Harvard. For more information click here.