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WEATHER NOTICE: Harvard Extension School courses, sections, and events will not meet on campus on Monday, January 26. Please check your Canvas course website/email for further information. Web-conference courses with no on-campus component will meet online, as scheduled.

Special Student Status

Special Student status enables students to enroll, on campus, for either one or two courses (two is the maximum) in Harvard College, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, or another Harvard Graduate School (certain restrictions apply). The fee is approximately $6,500 per course.

If you are an ALB candidate at the time of application, you need to have completed 64 credits with 32 completed at Harvard, and a 3.5 GPA or higher.

If an ALM candidate, you need a 3.5 GPA or higher.

The deadlines are September 1 to enroll in the following spring term Harvard courses and February 1 for the following fall term courses.

Special Student is a part-time enrollment option, as a result, international students who need a student visa are ineligible as the I-20 certificate for the F-1 visa can only be issued for full-time enrollment.

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