Apply for Financial Aid

Prospective Students

The 2013-14 Application for HDS Financial Aid is available now. Prospective students who have submitted an application for admission will receive an email from the Office of Financial Aid with instructions and login information.

MDiv and MTS Programs

U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible for HDS institutional grant support and federal aid. Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), available after January 1, 2013, and the Application for HDS Financial Aid. Both applications are due by February 1, 2013. Students who have submitted an application for admission will be sent an email with instructions on how to submit the HDS Application for Financial Aid.

International students are eligible for HDS institutional grant support only. Complete the Application for HDS Financial Aid, due by February 1, 2013. Students who have submitted an application for admission will be sent an email with instructions on how to submit the HDS Application for Financial Aid.

ThM Program

U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible for federal aid only. Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), available after January 1, 2012, and due by February 1, 2013.

International students are not eligible for HDS institutional grant support or federal aid.

ThD Program

All students are eligible for institutional funding. Funding is merit based and no application is required.

Continuing Students

Please visit the Financial Aid page at my.hds (login required) to find the required forms and deadlines. If you are applying for HDS institutional aid, it is critical that the Office of Financial Aid receive the required financial aid documents by the appropriate deadlines. Failure to meet the deadlines may diminish your opportunity to receive institutional funding.

It is Harvard Divinity School policy that students currently in default on a previous Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), Stafford Loan, or Perkins Loan are ineligible to receive institutional or federal financial aid.