The Woodrow Wilson School's undergraduate program is a departmental concentration for juniors and seniors enrolled at Princeton University, and is the University's only selective major. Princeton sophomores may apply for admission to the Woodrow Wilson School for the final two years of their undergraduate education. Students have the opportunity to study major problems of contemporary public policy by means of an interdisciplinary program rooted in the social sciences.

You can download the application by clicking on the link below.

Application to the WWS Undergraduate Program for the Class of 2014 will be posted February 10th.  

If you have any questions, please contact the WWS Undergraduate program office at  ugradwws@princeton.edu

Applications are reviewed and decisions made by a faculty committee. The curriculum and the procedure for admission are discussed with interested sophomores at a meeting held early in the spring term. The meeting time and place is advertised in the Daily Princetonian.

Each class is limited to 90 students. Applicants are accepted on the basis of their background and interests in public affairs, capacity to benefit from the School's program, and academic record.

There are no fixed course prerequisites for admission to the School. The Admissions Committee looks for candidates whose prior academic and nonacademic experience give evidence of interest in public affairs and the ability to do well in the courses and independent work comprising the School's curriculum. Before applying, a student should take social science, humanities, natural science, or engineering courses focusing on public concerns. Some knowledge of economics, and of the working of American political and social institutions, together with an acquaintance with the history of the United States and other nations, is strongly recommended. Applicants with interests in policy problems that demand technological expertise should demonstrate a strong background in science, engineering and mathematics. While a student must fulfill the normal language requirement for graduation from the university, there is no language requirement for admission to the School. The study of public and international affairs, however, will be more productive if a student has knowledge of at least one foreign language.

Beginning with the Class of 2015, any Princeton sophomore who has completed the prerequisites will be able to concentrate in the Woodrow Wilson School; there will be no application process as in prior years. 

There are four prerequisites for concentrating in the Woodrow Wilson School:1) a course in Statistics,2)a course in Microeconomics, 3)a course in History, and 4) a course in Politics, Sociology, or Psychology.  All Courses taken to meet these prerequisites must be taken on a graded basis (no pdf). A course used to meet one prerequisite cannot be used to meet another.

The Statistics prerequisite can be satisfied by one of the following courses: ECO 202, Statistics and Data Analysis for Economics; ORF 245, Fundamentals of Engineering Statistics; or, POL 345, Quantitative Analysis in Politics.

The Microeconomics prerequisite can be satisfied by ECO 100, Introduction to Microeconomics; ECO 300, Microeconomic Theory; or, ECO 310, Microeconomic Theory: A Mathematical Approach.

The History prerequisite can be met by an HIS course at any level. The Politics, Sociology or Psychology prerequisite can be met by a POL, SOC, or PSY course at any level. Cross-listed courses with these designations can also be used.

A grade of 5 on the AP Statistics exam can be used to meet the Statistics prerequisite. Advanced Placement courses cannot be used to meet any other prerequisite.

A summer course taken by a rising junior can be used to meet a WWS prerequisite if the course is substantially the same as one of the courses offered at Princeton that would meet the prerequisite. As is the usual practice, the determination on substantial similarity must first be made by the department offering the relevant Princeton course, and the course must then be approved by the WWS Undergraduate Program Office.  All requests for summer course approval must be submitted to the Program Office before the end of the reading period in the spring.