Graduate Program Application Form

Streamline Your Graduate Admissions with Paperform

Finding the right graduate students is crucial for academic institutions—but traditional application processes involving PDFs, email chains, and scattered documents create unnecessary friction for both applicants and admissions teams.

This Graduate Program Application Form template gives universities and colleges a professional, on-brand way to collect everything needed for master's and doctoral applications in one seamless experience. Instead of asking candidates to navigate multiple portals or submit documents separately, you can gather personal details, academic history, research interests, thesis proposals, supervisor preferences, and reference information through a single, well-designed form.

Built with Paperform's doc-style editor, this template looks and feels like part of your institution's website—not a generic survey tool. You can customize the theme to match your university branding, add conditional logic to show different questions based on program type (master's vs. PhD), and even collect application fees securely through integrated Stripe or PayPal payments.

Once submitted, use Stepper to automate what happens next: route applications to the right department heads, notify potential supervisors when their name is mentioned, send confirmation emails with next steps, and push applicant data directly into your student information system or Airtable database. This eliminates manual data entry and ensures every application moves smoothly through your review workflow.

With AI Insights, admissions committees can quickly summarize hundreds of research interest statements, identify trending research areas, and spot standout candidates—all without reading every submission line by line.

Whether you're managing applications for graduate schools, research institutes, or specialized certification programs, this template helps you create a more professional, efficient, and applicant-friendly experience that reflects the quality of your institution.