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Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, NJ, founded in 1746. Princeton is known for its undergraduate focus, generous financial aid, and strong mathematics + economics programs.
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Requirements differ by faculty / school — pick your faculty below. Each shows its own official admissions page.
1 Undergraduate College (Arts & Sciences + Engineering) 本科学院(文理 + 工程)
↗ Faculty page Language IELTS 7.5 overall TOEFL iBT 100 overall
Academic GPA No min; ~4.0 / SAT 1500+ A-Level A*A*A* IB 42+ with 7,7,6 HL AP 5–8 APs at 5 OSSD (Ontario) 95%+
Admissions tests SAT or ACT required
Requirements differ by faculty / school — pick your faculty below. Each shows its own official admissions page.
Language IELTS 7 overall TOEFL iBT 100 overall
Academic GPA PhD typically 3.85+ 1st-class honours equivalent ✓
Admissions tests GRE: optional/required by department
Academic 1st-class honours equivalent ✓
Admissions tests GRE required
Language IELTS 7 overall TOEFL iBT 108 overall
Academic GPA Admitted MFin: ~3.8+ with strong quant prep 1st-class honours equivalent ✓ Prior degree Bachelor's with calc, linear algebra, probability, programming
Admissions tests GRE required (median Q170)
6 High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) HMEI 环境研究所
↗ Faculty page Language IELTS 7 overall TOEFL iBT 108 overall
Academic GPA Joint PhD with home dept; admits typically 3.8+ 1st-class honours equivalent ✓ Prior degree Bachelor's in env. science / ecology / geosciences
Language IELTS 7 overall TOEFL iBT 108 overall
Academic GPA Portfolio-based; GPA 3.5+ typical Prior degree Bachelor's in arts / humanities; strong portfolio
Notes Undergrad-centric; limited MFA-style grad offerings.
Admitted cases
PhD Computer Science · 2025 accepted GPA 3.96 TOEFL iBT 113 Prior degree Princeton CS 3 first-author NeurIPS/ICML papers.
MSE EE · 2024 accepted GPA 3.85 TOEFL iBT 110 GRE V164 Q170 Prior degree Tsinghua EE Top 5% class.
MPA · 2025 accepted GPA 3.78 GRE V168 Q162 Prior degree Yale Political Science 4y at congressional staff.
MFin · 2025 accepted GPA 3.92 TOEFL iBT 112 GRE Q170 V164 Prior degree MIT Math Quant hedge-fund internship.
PhD Economics · 2025 accepted GPA 3.95 TOEFL iBT 113 GRE V170 Q170 Prior degree Harvard Econ NBER pre-doc.
MArch · 2024 accepted GPA 3.7 TOEFL iBT 108 Prior degree Cornell AAP Strong portfolio.
Cases are self-reported and may not reflect typical admits. Always defer to official requirements.
Sources Last verified: 2026-05-19