Application Information
Congratulations on your decision to apply to Paris! Please select your school above to begin the application process. If you are not a student at Columbia, Barnard or University of Pennsylvania, please select Visiting Students.
The Office of Global Programs prefers that you complete on online application.
Applications are not considered complete until all components have been received.
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT PASSPORTS: If you do not have a passport, or your passport will expire within the next year, please apply for one now. Currently it is taking up to four months to get a new or renewed passport. Even if you request that the passport be expedited, it can take several weeks.
Columbia University/Barnard College
Application Deadline
Spring term: October 1
Fall term/Academic year: March 1
How to Apply
Application materials, except for transcripts, are part of the online application. Complete applications are due by the deadline. A complete application consists of the following:
- Completed online application form.
- Statement of purpose (500 word statement about personal and academic goals and how you intend to achieve them). This may be uploaded into the online application.
- Completed online study abroad approval form:
- Barnard students: Dean Hilary Lieberman Link should complete this form for you.
- Columbia College students: Do not complete this form. Please see Dean to be cleared for study abroad.
- General Studies students: Do not complete this form. Please see Dean to be cleared for study abroad.
- Completed online faculty recommendation form.
- Completed online language recommendation form.
- Official transcript(s) in envelopes sealed by the issuing institutions. Please submit this to the application contact below by the stated deadline.
You may access the online application by clicking here.
Submitting the Application
Once you have completed and submitted the online application, please make sure to submit your transcript(s) to:
Columbia University in Paris
Office of Global Programs
Columbia University
204 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4111
2970 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
212-854-2559
Fax: 212-854-5164
If you need to apply by paper, you may use the PDF version (internal PDF link) of the application. Columbia prefers that you complete the application online.
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University of Pennsylvania
Application Deadline
Spring term: October 15
Fall term/Academic year: February 15
How to Apply
Application materials except for transcripts are part of the online application. Complete applications are due by the deadline. A complete application consists of the following:
- Completed online application form
- Statement of purpose (500 word statement about personal and academic goals and how you intend to achieve them). This may be uploaded into the online application.
- Completed online faculty recommendation form.
- Completed online language recommendation form.
- Official transcript(s) in envelopes sealed by the issuing institutions. Please submit this to the application contact below by the stated deadline.
You may access the online application by clicking here.
Submitting the Application
Once you have completed and submitted the online application, please make sure to submit your transcript(s) to:
University of Pennsylvania
Representative for Reid Hall Programs
Office of International Programs
3701 Chestnut Street, Suite 1W
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6275
If you need to apply by paper, you may use the PDF version (internal PDF link) of the application. Columbia prefers that you complete the application online.
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Visiting Students
Application Deadline
Spring term: October 1
Fall term/Academic year: March 1
How to Apply
Application materials except for transcripts are part of the online application. Complete applications are due by the deadline. A complete application consists of the following:
- Completed online application form.
- $50 application fee. Credit card information must be provided on the application before it can be submitted.
- Statement of purpose (500 word statement about personal and academic goals and how you intend to achieve them). This may be uploaded into the online application.
- Completed online study abroad approval form.
- Completed online faculty recommendation form.
- Completed online language recommendation form.
- Official transcript(s) in envelopes sealed by the issuing institutions. Please submit this to the application contact below by the stated deadline.
You may access the online application by clicking here.
Submitting the Application
Once you have completed and submitted the online application, please make sure to submit your transcript(s) to:
Columbia University in Paris
Office of Global Programs
Columbia University
204 Lewisohn Hall, Mail Code 4111
2970 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
212-854-2559
Fax: 212-854-5164
If you need to apply by paper, you may use the PDF version (internal PDF link) of the application. Columbia prefers that you complete the application online.