Start your process with Part 1 of our application. It’s easy to do and takes less than 1 minute. Once you submit Part 1, you are officially in our system as an applicant.
You will soon receive email instructions for creating an account and moving on to Part 2.
Before filling out Part 2 of the application, we recommend that applicants contact us to set up a conversation and/or a virtual visit. We’d love to introduce you a classroom experience and/or set you up for a chat with a student and/or professor. This will help you learn if the Zelikow School is a great match for you.
This is the bulk of your application, which includes in-depth questions about your desire to pursue this professional degree.
If you have already submitted Part 1, you should have received an email with login instructions for Part 2. You can return to edit this application at any time. Are you having issues accessing the application? Contact Melissa Garai at mgarai@huc.edu for help.
These two writing samples are your chance to share why the Zschool is the right place for you. You’ll upload these essays in the “Supplemental Materials” section of the application portal.
Students applying for a degree are required to submit 4 letters of recommendation (3 for applicants to the Certificate). Please include at least 1 letter from each category below.
There are four recommendations required: Jewish life, professional, academic, and one more of your choice.
You are encouraged to select a current or previous supervisor of paid or volunteer work (MSOLI applicants must submit a recommendation from a current supervisor unless otherwise approved.)
Jewish life can be a college professor or instructor with whom you have engaged in serious academic study. If you have been out of school for 5+ years, adult or informal education instructors work too.
This can be a college professor or instructor with whom you have engaged in serious academic study. If you have been out of school for 5+ years, adult or informal education instructors work too.
(Only required for candidates with GPA below a 3.0 from the previous degree-bearing academic institution)
(Only required for candidates with GPA below a 3.0 from the previous degree-bearing academic institution)
Interview over Zoom with a panel of Administrators, Faculty, Alumni and/or lay leaders from the Zelikow School. This helps us to assess who you are as a person and allows you to present yourself “off the page”. The interview is also a chance to ask questions of various Zelikow School stakeholders. There is space on the application to indicate your availability.
First Round Online Applications Due
First Round Interview Dates
Second Round Online Applications Due
Second Round Interview Dates
HUC Concurrent Student Round Application Due
HUC Concurrent Student Round Interview Dates
HUC Concurrent Student Round, First and Second Rounds Enrollment Deadline
Third Round Online Applications Due
Third Round Interview Dates
Third Round Enrollment Deadline
Mon, August 22: First Day of Classes
Mon, September 5: Labor Day (No Class)
Fri, September 23: High Holiday Recess (No Class)
Mon-Tues October 17-18: Shemini Atzeret / Simchat Torah Recess (No Class)
Tues, November 8: Election Day (No Class)
Thurs-Fri, November 24-25: Thanksgiving Break (No Class)
Tues, December 6: Last Day of Classes
Wed, December 7-8: Reading Period
Mon-Tues December 12-13: Final Exams
Mon, January 17: First Day of Classes
Mon, February 20: Presidents’ Day (No Classes)
Mon-Fri: April 3-14: Pesach Break (No Classes)
Monday, May 1: Last Day of Classes
Tues-Thu, May 2-4: Reading Period
Mon-Tues, May 8-9: Final Exams
Mon, May 15: HUC LA Graduation
Wed-Thurs, June 21: Innovation Bootcamp
Fri, June 22: Zschool Orientation
Mon, June 26: First Day of Classes
Tues, July 4: USA Independence Day (No Classes)
Thurs, Aug 3: Last Day of Classes and Zschool Culmination and MSOLI Graduation
