Applicants must complete the Common Application for NYU and submit a creative portfolio for Dramatic Writing at Tisch:

1. Fill out Common Application.

2. Choose works for the creative portfolio

3. Upload your creative portfolio to the Dramatic Writing Slideroom account.

Applicants must complete the Tisch Graduate Admissions Application and submit a creative portfolio for Dramatic Writing at Tisch:

1. Fill out the NYU Graduate Application, which will be available on or after September 2017.

2. Resume:  Please list any published or produced work, and any work experience that is relevant to a writing career.

3. Personal Statement of Intent: In 750 words or less, describe your personal and professional interest in the program. What will you bring to the Dramatic Writing Department? How will you benefit from studying here? Please include what you are interested in writing, why you are interested in studying with us, and any writing aspirations you might have.

4. Two letters of recommendation.

5. Transcripts from the applicant’s undergraduate and graduate schools and letters of recommendation are seriously considered in the application process. Transcripts and letters of recommendation should be uploaded onto the graduate application in the specified place.

6. Upload your creative portfolio to the Dramatic Writing Slideroom account. 

Admission to the program depends primarily on the quality of the writing that an applicant submits – a full-length play or screenplay or 2 TV scripts (1 spec, 1 pilot, see below)*. All submitted work must be original and written solely by the applicant (ie., no co-writes or adaptations). Applicants should not send videotapes or audiotapes of their work.

*For television work, applicants should submit two scripts, a spec and a pilot.  It’s recommended for specs to choose series that are currently airing and well-known. Applicants should upload one PDF comprised of both scripts.

NOTE:  The GRE is not required for admission. Because this is a writing program operated in English, non-native English speakers must have excellent, nearly flawless English speaking and writing ability.

Visit Graduate Admissions for more information on the application process and to apply.

Applications due March 2018

All transfers must complete a minimum of 5 semesters of classes within the department before they can graduate.

The Department of Dramatic Writing can answer any questions about the process that the Internal Transfer site does not.

1. Visit the Internal Transfer site for full details.

2. Fill out the Internal Transfer application.

3. Choose works for the creative portfolio

4. Upload your creative portfolio.

All transfers must complete a minimum of 5 semesters of classes within the department before they can graduate.

Students must be enrolled in the department to which they were originally admitted for one full year before they may transfer to another department.

1. Download the Tisch Internal Transfer form

2. Choose works for the creative portfolio

3. Upload your creative portfolio.

There are VERY FEW openings for External Transfer students in the department.

1. All transfers must complete a minimum of 5 semesters of classes within the department before they can graduate.

2. Follow the directions on the External Transfer information page.

3. Choose works for the creative portfolio.

4. Upload your creative portfolio.

By successfully completing the requirements for a major in dramatic writing and a major in another department of the Tisch School of the Arts, the College of Arts and Science, or the School of Education, it may be possible for an undergraduate to complete a double major.

Students may declare their double major after one year of work in the program.

1.Meet with Ruma Uddin our program director to see if one is possible

2. Fill out the Double Major application form.

3. Choose works for the creative portfolio.

4. Upload your creative portfolio.