Are application deadlines university-wide?

[denjay]

Simple question, are applications deadlines usually university-wide or does it vary from department to department (or college to college)? Or does the system depend on the whole university you're looking at?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Seydlitz]

Normally it's university wide for undergraduate level, but you should check your desired university website for they will almost always have this essential information.

 

[Astrometry]

It usually always is university wide.

What's even weirder is that even some acceptance/decline letters are all distributed at once; for example, you wouldn't know if you've gotten into Purdue University until December 1 or not. I'm not sure why universities do this, but it can be extremely agitating to the students waiting go an acceptance letter.