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Admissions process for the history phd:.

Each year the department receives nearly 400 applications to the doctoral program and offers admission to about 6% of applicants . The typical incoming class size is 16 students.

The admissions process is extremely competitive , but if you are serious about pursuing a PhD in history, you are encouraged to apply.

Successful applications have shared many of the following characteristics:

Statement of purpose that makes clear why the applicant wants to study history in graduate school, and why the applicant wants to study at Harvard. This statement often illustrates the applicant’s research interests and notes potential advisors Three strong letters of reference from people who know the applicant’s writing Personal Statement that shares how the applicant’s experiences or activities will contribute to the school’s mission to attract a diverse and dynamic community. (Should not exceed 500 words.) Writing sample of remarkable quality that asks historical questions Fluent or nearly fluent in English Reading ability in two languages other than English Strong undergraduate , and, if applicable, graduate record , with excellent marks in history courses

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The Department of History’s doctoral degree program seeks to train talented historians for careers in scholarship, teaching, and beyond the academy. The department typically accepts 22 Ph.D. students per year. Additional students are enrolled through various combined programs and through HSHM.  All admitted Ph.D. students receive a  full  financial aid package  from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. 

History of Science and Medicine

The  Program in the History of Science and Medicine  (HSHM)  is a semi-autonomous graduate track within the Department of History. HSHM students receive degrees in History, with a concentration in the History of Science and Medicine.  There is a separate admissions process for students interested in the History of Science and Medicine. For more information, please see the  HSHM website . 

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Stanford Ph.D. Program in History aims to train world-class scholars.

Every year we admit 10-12 promising students  from a large pool of highly selective applicants. Our small cohort size allows more individual work with faculty than most graduate programs in the United States and also enables funding in one form or another available to members of each cohort.

Fields of Study

Our graduate students may specialize in 14 distinct subfields: Africa, Britain, Early Modern Europe, East Asia, Jewish History, Latin America, Medieval Europe, Modern Europe,  Ottoman Empire and Middle East, Russia/Eastern Europe, Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine, South Asia, Transnational, International, and Global History, and United States. Explore each field and their affiliates . 

The department expects most graduate students to spend no less than four and no more than six years completing the work for the Ph.D. degree. Individual students' time to degree will vary with the strength of their undergraduate preparation as well as with the particular language and research requirements of their respective Major fields.

Expectations and Degree Requirements

We expect that most graduate students will spend no less than four and no more than six years toward completing their Ph.D. Individual students' time-to-degree vary with the strength of their undergraduate preparation as well as with the particular language and research requirements of their respective subfield.

All History Ph.D. students are expected to satisfy the following degree requirements:

• Teaching: Students who enter on the Department Fellowship are required to complete 4 quarters of teaching experience by the end of their third year. Teaching experience includes teaching assistantships and teaching a Sources and Methods course on their own.
• Candidacy : Students apply for candidacy to the PhD program by the end of their second year in the program.
• Orals:  The University Orals Examination is typically taken at the beginning of the 3rd year in the program.
• Languages: Language requirements vary depending on the field of study.
• Residency Requirement : The University requi res  135 units of full-tuition residency  for PhD students. After that, students should have completed all course work and must request Terminal Graduate Registration (TGR) status. 

Browse the Ph.D. Handbook to learn more .

The History Department Fellowship offers 5 years of financial support to PhD students.  No funding is offered for the co-terminal and terminal M.A. programs. A sample Ph.D. funding package is as follows:  

• 1st year: 3 quarters fellowship stipend and 1 summer stipend 
• 2nd year: 2 quarters TAships, 1 quarter RAship (pre-doc affiliate), and 1 summer stipend 
• 3rd year: 2 quarters TAships, 1 quarter RAship (pre-doc affiliate), and 1 summer stipend 
• 4th year: 3 quarters of RAships (pre-doc affiliate) and 1 summer stipend 
• 5th year: 3 quarters of RAships (pre-doc affiliate) and 1 summer stipend

Knight-Hennessy Scholars

Join dozens of  Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences students  who gain valuable leadership skills in a multidisciplinary, multicultural community as  Knight-Hennessy Scholars  (KHS). KHS admits up to 100 select applicants each year from across Stanford’s seven graduate schools, and delivers engaging experiences that prepare them to be visionary, courageous, and collaborative leaders ready to address complex global challenges. As a scholar, you join a distinguished cohort, participate in up to three years of leadership programming, and receive full funding for up to three years of your studies at Stanford. candidates of any country may apply. KHS applicants must have earned their first undergraduate degree within the last seven years, and must apply to both a Stanford graduate program and to KHS. Stanford PhD students may also apply to KHS during their first year of PhD enrollment. If you aspire to be a leader in your field, we invite you to apply. The KHS application deadline is October 11, 2023. Learn more about  KHS admission .

How to Apply

Admission to the History Graduate Programs are for Autumn quarter only.  Interested applicants can online at  https://gradadmissions.stanford.edu/apply/apply-now and submit the following documents: 

• Statement of Purpose (included in Application)
• 3 Letters of Recommendation
•  Transcripts are required from all prior college level schools attended for at least one year.  A scanned copy of the official transcript is submitted as part of the online application.  Please do not mail transcripts to the department.   We will ask only the admitted students to submit actual copies of official transcripts.
• 1 Writing Sample on a historic topic (10-25 pages; sent via  Stanford's online application system  only)
• The GRE exam is not required for the autumn 2024 admission cycle
• TOEFL for all international applicants (whose primary language is not English) sent via ETS. Our University code is 4704.
• TOEFL Exemptions and Waiver information
• Application Fee Waiver
• The department is not able to provide fee waivers. Please see the link above for the available fee waivers and how to submit a request. Requests are due 2 weeks before the application deadline.

The Department of History welcomes graduate applications from individuals with a broad range of life experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds who would contribute to our community of scholars. Review of applications is holistic and individualized, considering each applicant’s academic record and accomplishments, letters of recommendation, and admissions essays in order to understand how an applicant’s life experiences have shaped their past and potential contributions to their field.

The Department of History also recognizes that the Supreme Court issued a ruling in June 2023 about the consideration of certain types of demographic information as part of an admission review. All applications submitted during upcoming application cycles will be reviewed in conformance with that decision.

Application deadline for Autumn 2024-25 is Tuesday, December 5, 2023 at 11:59pm EST . This is a hard -not a postmark- deadline. 

All application material is available online. No information is sent via snail mail. Interested applicants are invited to view a Guide to Graduate Admissions at  https://gradadmissions.stanford.edu/ . 

Questions? 

Please contact  Arthur Palmon  (Assistant Director of Student Services).

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The PhD in History is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of a thesis and an oral viva voce examination. The primary purpose of the PhD is the preparation and presentation of a substantial piece of independent and original academic research, completed in three or four years if studying full-time and five years if studying part-time.

Every PhD student in the Faculty of History is supported by a supervisor (or in some cases, supervisors). Supervisors are experts in their field of study and support students throughout the PhD. Students will also benefit from the advice and support of other academic members of the Faculty who will be involved in progression through the various stages of the PhD, from the registration assessment exercise at the end of the first year through to the completion of the thesis.

Most of our PhD students study here full-time but each year we admit a number of students who wish to study on a part-time basis. Part-time study can be ideal for those who are looking to gain a postgraduate qualification without leaving employment and wish to develop their careers while they continue earning, or for those who are home-based for whatever reason and wish to develop their skills. However, it’s important to note that the part-time PhD at Cambridge is not a distance-learning course. Part-time students are expected to fully engage with the Faculty, to integrate into the research culture of the University and to attend the University on a regular basis for supervision, study, skills training, research seminars and workshops.

Throughout their time at the Faculty, PhD students are encouraged to attend one or more of the Faculty’s postgraduate workshops in their subject group or area of research. These workshops are spaces for PhD students to share their work and collaborate with visiting speakers, academic and peers. 

Learning Outcomes

The Cambridge PhD is designed as structured, flexible and individual preparation for becoming a professional researcher. It will help students develop the core skills needed by arts, humanities or social sciences professional researcher of the future, which are valued by both academic and non-academic employers.

The Faculty’s MPhil programmes provide excellent preparation for doctoral study and many of our MPhil students choose to stay at Cambridge to pursue a Cambridge PhD.

Students wishing to continue to the PhD are normally expected to achieve an overall average of 70 in their MPhil with a mark of at least 70 in their dissertation.

Admission to the PhD is always subject to the availability of a suitable supervisor.

The Postgraduate Virtual Open Day usually takes place at the end of October. It’s a great opportunity to ask questions to admissions staff and academics, explore the Colleges virtually, and to find out more about courses, the application process and funding opportunities. Visit the  Postgraduate Open Day  page for more details.

See further the  Postgraduate Admissions Events  pages for other events relating to Postgraduate study, including study fairs, visits and international events.

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Some courses can close early. See the Deadlines page for guidance on when to apply.

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These deadlines apply to applications for courses starting in Michaelmas 2024, Lent 2025 and Easter 2025.

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The Department of History is committed to a tradition of academic excellence. As noted in “ A Brief History of the History Department of The Ohio State University ,” our first Ph.D. was awarded in 1925 to John K. Warren, and our second Ph.D. was awarded soon after to Ruth Loving Higgins. Our large and distinguished faculty provides a notable diversity of historical fields. More than 80 graduate students from across the United States and around the world are currently pursuing a PhD within the Department. Many students and faculty members also participate in the programs and activities of other Departments and interdisciplinary Centers. The University is internationally renowned for its research facilities and its support services.

The department is known for outstanding teaching. Among other awards, the following faculty have won the  Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching .

2022 -- Theodora Dragostinova 2018 -- Greg Anderson 2018 -- Bart Elmore 2015 -- Robin Judd 2013 -- David Hoffmann 2012 -- Hasan Kwame Jeffries 2011 -- Nicholas B. Breyfogle 2011 -- Scott Levi 2009 -- Randolph Roth 2009 -- David H. Steigerwald 2006 -- Geoffrey Parker 2005 -- Mitchell Lerner 1998 -- Mark Grimsley 

Please see our Graduate Resource Page for current graduate students.

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Of those who have graduated from our program with their PhD within the last five years, 97.47% have found acceptable job placement, identified as a job where their doctoral degree is used and may be necessary. 74.68% have found ideal job placement, identified as a permanent job where their doctoral degree is required, such as a tenure-track faculty position or non-academic careers such as policy work, defense analysis, research professionals, scholarly editing, museum research/administration, etc.

In the following video, two recent Ph.D. history alumni, Prof. Ayşe Baltacıoğlu-Brammer (Ph.D. ’16), New York University and Prof. Michael Beshay (Ph.D. ’20), Pennsylvania State University, who landed tenure-track jobs speak on the successful navigation of the academic job market and the transition to a faculty member, with practical survival skills and tips!

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Thank you for your interest Rice University's PhD in History program.

Applications for fall 2024 are now open at this link: http://gradapply.rice.edu . The deadline is 11:59pm EST, December 1, 2023 .

Scroll down this page for information about obtaining a fee waiver during Rice University's Application Fee Waiver Weeks. Fee waiver requests must be received by 11:59pm EST on November 1, 2023 and applications must be submitted by 11:59pm on November 27 for the fee waiver to be applied.

For more information about graduate program qualifications, visit Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies .

Please pay particular attention to the application instructions, answers to frequent inquiries, and program eligibility and application requirements below. The Before You Apply webpage is a useful guide for applicants to the PhD program.

Candidates will be notified of admissions decisions in late January or early February; communications will be sent to the email address provided by the candidate on the application form. Application Instructions:

• Applicants will upload unofficial transcripts and supporting documents to the online application system. Hard copies of official transcripts are not required to apply.

If admitted, applicants will be required to send official transcripts to complete the admissions process.

Once a completed application is submitted, the applicant will be able to pay the application fee and monitor the status of their application on the Application Status page.

Application information and supporting documents cannot be edited after final submission. However, applicants are able to upload updated version of their CV and unofficial transcripts via the Application Status page.

• All application materials, including three letters of recommendation, must be received by the deadline to be considered for admission.

Incomplete applications will not be considered for admission.

Frequent Inquiries:

Applications are for the PhD program only; the Department of History does not accept students seeking a terminal Master’s degree.

Applications are accepted annually for Fall matriculation only; there is no Spring matriculation.

The PhD program in History is a full-time, funded program and does not offer online or distance courses.

• In general, applicants should have a minimum 3.0 (B) grade point average, or the equivalent, in their undergraduate work.
• A GRE score is not required. If you have a score, feel free to submit it, but it is not necessary.

Program Eligibility

Candidates who hold a Bachelor's degree, or who will complete a Bachelor's degree by the start of the admission term, are eligible to apply. Applicants of all academic backgrounds are considered for the PhD program. In general, a minimum of a 3.0 (B) GPA is required. A GRE score is not required.

Application Requirements

The following materials must be submitted by the application deadline to be considered for admission:

APPLICATION FORM & FEE The Fall 2024 application form will open here in early September 2023, with a deadline of 11:59pm EST, December 1, 2023. There is an $85 non-refundable application fee, payable online.

Application Fee Waiver Weeks October 18 - November 1, 2023. Rice University's Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will offer doctoral application fee waivers for the Fall 2024 admission term to all eligible domestic and international students. For eligibility requirements and to find a link to the application for a fee waiver, please visit: https://graduate.rice.edu/application-fee-waiver-weeks

NOTE: You must apply for the waiver between October 18-November 1, 2023. A completed application must be submitted by November. 27 at 11:59 p.m. EST; if an application is not submitted by this deadline, payment will be required.

UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS Unofficial transcripts from previous colleges and universities. The department will review unofficial transcripts during the admissions process; official transcripts will be required after acceptance into the graduate program.

OFFICIAL TEST SCORES A GRE score is not required. If you have a GRE score, feel free to submit it, but it is not necessary. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY (International applicants only) TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores should be directly from ETS to Rice (School Code: 6609). Please see the following webpage for additional information regarding IELTS and waiver options: https://graduate.rice.edu/qualifications.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE A statement describing the applicant’s educational objectives, professional goals, historical interests and intended area of study. Additionally, the statement should discuss any scholarly research, writing, or similar research currently being pursued. Statements should be no longer than three pages (double-spaced).

WRITING SAMPLE A sample of the applicant's academic writing, preferably one that uses primary sources. It should be no longer than 25 pages in length. If it is part of a longer essay, the applicant can submit the longer piece and specify which 25 pages should be read.

RECOMMENDATION LETTERS Three letters of recommendation by individuals best qualified to testify to the applicant’s capacity for graduate work in history are required. Academic references representing the applicant’s major field are preferred. If this is not possible, individuals who can comment on qualities relevant to the applicant’s academic goals and research will be accepted. Recommenders named in the application form will be sent an automated email requesting that they complete an online evaluation and upload the letter of recommendation. We advise applicants to make sure recommenders know to expect this email and to give them sufficient time to complete this task ahead of the application deadline.

Inquiries regarding the application process should be directed to Humanities Graduate Admissions: [email protected] .

Thank you for your interest Rice University's PhD in History. Please pay particular attention to the application instructions, answers to frequent inquiries, and program eligibility and application requirements below. Inquiries regarding the application process should be directed to Humanities Graduate Admissions at [email protected] .

Application Instructions:

Hard copies of official transcripts are not required to apply. Applicants should upload unofficial transcripts and supporting documents to the online application system.

All application materials, including official test scores and three letters of recommendation, must be received by the deadline to be considered for admission.

In general, applicants should have a 3.0 (B) grade point average, or the equivalent, in their undergraduate work.

Due to conditions related to COVID-19, GRE scores are optional for Fall 2021 applicants.

Candidates who hold a Bachelor's degree, or who will complete a Bachelor's degree by the start of the admission term, are eligible to apply. Applicants of all academic backgrounds are considered for the PhD program. There are no minimum requirements for GPA or GRE scores.

APPLICATION FORM & FEE

Applications for Fall 2020 will open September 1, 2019. Applications will be accepted until 11:59pm EST, December 15, 2019. There is an $85 non-refundable application fee, payable online.

Unofficial transcripts from previous colleges and universities. The department will review unofficial transcripts during the admissions process; official transcripts will be required after acceptance into the graduate program.

OFFICIAL TEST SCORES

TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) scores should be directly from ETS to Rice (School Code: 6609). Please see the following webpage for additional information regarding IELTS and waiver options: https://graduate.rice.edu/qualifications.

A statement describing the applicant’s educational objectives, professional goals, historical interests and intended area of study. Additionally, the statement should discuss any scholarly research, writing, or similar research currently being pursued. Statements should be no longer than three pages (double-spaced).

A sample of the applicant's academic writing, preferably one that uses primary sources. It should be no longer than 25 pages in length. If it is part of a longer essay, the applicant can submit the longer piece and specify which 25 pages should be read.

Three letters of recommendation by individuals best qualified to testify to the applicant’s capacity for graduate work in history. Academic references representing the applicant’s major field are preferred. If this is not possible, individuals who can comment on qualities relevant to the applicant’s academic goals and research will be accepted. Recommenders named in the application form will be sent an automated email requesting that they complete an online evaluation and upload the letter of recommendation. We advise applicants to make sure recommenders know to expect this email and to give them sufficient time to complete this task ahead of the application deadline.

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Established in 1922, the Department of History was one of the Founding Departments of the University of Delhi. It is the largest History Department in India with the richest spread of MA courses in South Asian and World History. Our M.Phil and Ph.D students are globally respected for their unique scholarship and have published widely. Our faculty consists of graduates from some of the finest institutions in the world and our alumni have made a name for themselves not only in academia, but in journalism, law and public service as well.

Over the years, its alumni have gone to become notable and renowned Intellectuals, Public Servants and Academics. The Department has long been at the forefront of Global and National Academia, with its faculty having been involved in the nurturing and running of prominent journals and institutions such as the Indian History Congress, one of the largest community of Historians in the world.

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All graduate students have an academic supervisor (or sometimes two or more co-supervisors) with expertise in relevant areas, to help you identify and acquire the knowledge and skills you need to complete your research. You don’t need to find your own supervisor before you apply.

We admit about 250 graduate students each year, with an overall equal gender balance. Approximately half of our graduate students are from beyond the UK, and about 20% of the annual intake receive university funding.

The Faculty offers a range of taught graduate courses (Masters) as well as three research-based DPhil options.

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Noida 01 Feb 2024 PET Dates 24 Jan & 05 Feb 2024 ( Last for Jan 2024 session): Only those who qualify for PET will be called for Interview.

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Raipur ---------- Last Date To Apply Is 19th Feb 2024

Kolkata 06 Jan 2024 Last date to apply

Ranchi 30 Dec 2023 Last Date To Apply Is 30th December 2023

Patna ---------- Last Date To Apply Is 30th December 2023

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This graduate certificate program is designed to help prepare students to teach undergraduate-level coursework in U.S. History. The required 18 graduate semester credit hours are offered through the history program and under the auspices of UHD’s Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), in the College of Public Service. Prior to selecting their courses, students enrolled in the program should confer with their credentialing institution to ensure that their degree plan contains the appropriate blend of history content courses to suit their institution’s standards.

Graduate Certificate in History Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for this certificate program map onto select MAT learning outcomes in the following fashion.

MAT Learning Outcome #1: Be able to demonstrate competency in critical thinking and problem solving:

• Certificate Learning Outcome #1, HISTORIOGRAPHY: Students will be able to recount major historical works and historiographical debates in at least two content areas
• Certificate Learning Outcome #2, CRITICAL THINKING: Students will be able to generate explanations of the causes and consequences of historical events and place events into their proper historical context, based on their analysis of primary and secondary sources.
• Certificate Learning Outcome #3, RESEARCH: Students will be able to independently collect and organize both primary and secondary sources using both electronic and print materials.

MAT Learning Outcome #2: Be able to write effectively:

• Certificate Learning Outcome #4, WRITING: Students will be able to write clear and convincing essays, including formal research papers that follow standard academic convention within the field of history.

Admissions Criteria        

All applicants must have proficiency in English (if a graduate of a university in which English is not the native language) provided by an adequate TOEFL (IBT score of 81) or IELTS (6.5) score.

The recommended/preferred GPA for applicants is 2.5 or higher.

Applicants must either:

• Have both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from an accredited university
• Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university and gain admission to or be concurrently enrolled in the UHD MAT program

Admissions Materials

Applicants with a Master’s Degree

Applicants must complete and submit all of the following items in order to be considered for admission. Writing samples can be uploaded through the myUHD portal, emailed to [email protected] , or mailed to:

Office of Admissions - Graduate Admissions University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street, Suite GSB 308 Houston, TX 77002-1001

• Submit an application through the www.goapplytexas.org .
• Pay the $35 application fee.
• Request/submit to the email or mailing address above official transcripts from the institution where applicant received a bachelor’s degree as well as any graduate schools attended. (Community college coursework will not be considered in the admission process and need not be submitted.)
• Provide a 2,000-word writing sample . (We ask that you compose a single-authored, research oriented writing sample on a topic of general interest using a generally recognized academic style sheet for references (MLA, APA, or Chicago).
• Provide TOEFL/IELTS scores as outlined above (if a graduate of a university in which English is not the native language).

Applicants with no Master’s Degree

Students who do not have a master’s degree will need to apply to the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program provided by the UHD College of Public Service and select “History” as their “area of specialization” on the Apply Texas Application. They should then also select to pursue the Graduate Certificate in History. By doing so, they will be eligible to receive the Graduate Certificate in History when they complete the MAT and the required 18 semester credit hours in History.

Additional information regarding the application process for these students can be found on the College of Public Service website .

Admissions Process

Once an application is complete, the Admissions Committee will evaluate candidates using a matrix based on required application materials to determine if the applicant will be “admitted” or “denied admission” to the program. The committee may also ask for further information from the candidate before making a final admission decision. The Program Director or the Assistant Director of Graduate Studies will notify prospective students, in writing (via email), of the committee’s decision. This written notification will contain pertinent information and next steps for students, as applicable.

Admissions Appeals

Admissions decisions may be appealed through the process found in the CHSS Graduate Student Handbook linked from this page .

Requirements

Complete 18 SCHs from any 5XXX- or 6XXX-level history, including, but not limited to:

• HIST 5302 - Research Seminar in United States History
• HIST 5303 - U.S. Policy towards Latin America
• HIST 5304 - From Colonization to Revolution, 1607- ca. 1800
• HIST 5310 - Nazi Germany
• HIST 5311 - Studies in the History of American Education
• HIST 5321 - Studies in Mexican-American History
• HIST 5331 - Historians and the “Culture Wars”
• HIST 5332 - Seminar in United States Civil Rights History
• HIST 6301 - Seminar in Modern European History
• HIST 6302 - Seminar in US History
• HIST 6303 - Seminar in Texas History
• HIST 6304 - Slavery and Freedom in the United States

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Admission to the PhD Program in Art History

Application Deadline: January 3 (fall admission only)

Admission to the doctoral program presupposes a BA or MA degree in art history and reading knowledge of one approved modern language. Admission preference is given to students whose scholarly interests closely parallel those of a department faculty member, those who wish to focus on distinctive holdings in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and/or those planning to pursue topics in museum or collecting history or the history of the art market. Students with a BA degree only should indicate if they wish to be considered for one of our MA programs if they are not admitted to the doctoral program. Students whose MA was awarded more than five years prior to application for admission may be required to pass a qualifying examination and/or foreign language examination administered by the department before being admitted to full standing in the PhD program.

In addition to the standard CWRU graduate school application forms submitted online applicants to the graduate program in art history are required to submit a statement of purpose and two research papers in art history. Applicants who have an MA degree in art history should submit papers written during their enrollment in the MA program; if an MA thesis is complete by the time of application, it should be submitted as one of the two papers. Three letters of recommendation that highlight aspects of the student’s academic and scholarly potential are also required. Whenever possible, these letters should be written by art historians, working in academe of in museum professions.

During the application process, GRE scores (optional this year) should be uploaded to the Test Scores section of the application.

All applicants whose native language is not English, or who have not received a degree from an English-speaking university, must take either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); the required minimum score is 100, or the PTE-Academic; the required minimum score is 68, or the IELTS; the required minimum score is 7.0.

Click Here to Go to the Online Application System for the CWRU Graduate School Program.

CWRU students currently enrolled in the second year of one of the department’s MA programs or those who have graduated in the last year do not have to submit the CWRU online application or academic transcripts, or pay the application fee when applying to the PhD program. Otherwise the application requirements are consistent for both non-CWRU and CWRU applicants: a statement of purpose, three current letters of recommendation, and two research papers written while at CWRU. One letter of recommendation must be from a professor with whom you wish to continue working as a doctoral student.

All applicants whose native language is not English, or who have not received a degree from an English-speaking university, must take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); the required minimum score is 600 if paper-based, or 100 if Internet-based.

Application decisions for the doctoral program are made in several stages. Semi-finalists will be interviewed via Skype. A ranked short list, drawn up after the interviews, will be sent to the relevant Cleveland Museum of Art curators and to the Director of Education and Interpretation at the CMA. A student will only be offered admission to the doctoral program with the agreement of the proposed CWRU primary advisor and the proposed supervising CMA curator.

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Yale college admits 2,146 applicants from record applicant pool.

Yale’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions has completed its review of first-year applications and offered admission to 2,146 of the 57,465 students who applied to be part of Yale College’s Class of 2028. The newly admitted applicants will be joined by an additional 53 students who were admitted during the 2022-23 admissions cycle but opted to postpone their matriculation for one year.

The cohort of admitted students includes 709 applicants who were notified of their admission in December though the Early Action program and 72 more who were admitted through the QuestBridge National College Match program. Since 2007, Yale has admitted more than 2,000 applicants affiliated with QuestBridge , a nonprofit organization that connects high-achieving students from lower-income backgrounds with selective colleges and universities.

Students admitted to the Class of 2028 represent all 50 states, the District of Columbia, two U.S. territories, and 62 countries. They will graduate from more than 1,500 secondary schools, and their intended majors include 83 of Yale’s undergraduate academic programs. A detailed profile of the incoming class will be available when students arrive on campus in August.

This year’s pool of first-year applicants was the largest in the college’s history — 10% larger than the previous year, said Jeremiah Quinlan, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid. Since 2020, the first-year applicant pool has grown by 66%, a shift Quinlan attributed to Yale adopting a test-optional policy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In February, the admissions office announced a new policy that reinstates a testing requirement while expanding the list of qualifying exams. The new policy will go into effect for the upcoming admissions cycle.

“ The diverse range of strengths, ambitions, and lived experiences we saw in this year’s applicant pool was inspiring,” said Quinlan. “We gauge the success of our outreach efforts by these qualities, and not by the total number of applications. But it is heartening to see that Yale College continues to attract exceptionally promising students from all backgrounds.” 

In September, Quinlan and Yale College Dean Pericles Lewis wrote to the Yale College community to outline the college’s response to the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on race and admissions; they shared another message in February with updates on nearly a dozen new initiatives. “Despite the changed legal landscape,” the deans wrote on Feb. 8, “our community’s values remain as firm as ever, and our shared goal of building and supporting a community whose excellence is strengthened by its diversity remains unchanged.”

Yale College’s extraordinary investment in need-based financial aid is a pillar of these efforts to promote diversity, said Kari DiFonzo, director of undergraduate financial aid. For all admitted students, Yale College meets 100% of demonstrated financial need, regardless of citizenship or immigration status, and financial aid offers are based entirely on a family’s demonstrated financial need.

Yale College does not expect parents earning less than $75,000 annually — with typical assets — to make any contribution toward the cost of their child’s education, DiFonzo said. The financial aid offers for these families, which are known as “zero parent share” offers, cover the full cost of all billed expenses — tuition, housing, the meal plan, and hospitalization insurance — as well as travel to and from New Haven.

DiFonzo explained that financial aid offers for admitted students will not be delayed due to processing challenges associated with the Free Application for Federal Student AID (FAFSA).

“ Yale uses its own methodology to assess a family’s financial need, using a process that is more comprehensive and more sensitive to distinctive financial challenges than what the FAFSA provides alone,” said DiFonzo. “Thankfully, financial aid officers can understand a family’s demonstrated financial need using information from other documents. Most admitted students who applied for aid will receive their financial aid offer at the same time they receive their admissions decision.”

All newly admitted students will be invited to visit campus in April 2024 for Bulldog Days, a three-day immersive experience of life at Yale, or Bulldog Saturday, a one-day program offering campus tours, panels, academic forums, and activities with student groups. The admissions office will also host virtual events and sponsor online communities to help admitted students connect with each other and with other members of the Yale community prior to Bulldog Days.

Quinlan credited last year’s  record-setting Bulldog Days program , which welcomed more than 1,400 students and 800 parents and family members, for  an historically high “yield rate” on students admitted to the Class of 2027.

“ Every spring, countless Yale students, faculty, staff, and alumni provide a warm welcome to our newest Yalies” said Mark Dunn, admissions office’s senior associate director for outreach and recruitment. “I believe the college’s greatest asset is its people, and my top priority each April is connecting admitted students with the people who make Yale so special.”

Dunn expressed gratitude to the student volunteers who will open their residential college suites to visiting admitted students and host special events, the faculty who will participate in the academic fair and lead master classes, and the staff who will help more than 1,200 admitted students get a taste of life at Yale during Bulldog Days and Bulldog Saturday. 

The admissions office makes a special effort to provide travel funding to students from lower-income families to enable them to visit campus before finalizing their college decision. Last year more than 500 admitted students received grants to travel to campus for Bulldog Days. 

Newly admitted students will have until May 1 to reply to their offer of admission.

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UGC amends rules for PhD admissions

I n a landmark decision made by the University Grants Commission (UGC), aspirants for PhD admission will not be required to take university entrance exams.

The UGC has declared that beginning with the academic year 2024-25, PhD students will be given admission based on their National Eligibility Test (NET) scores.

The UGC Council approved new guidelines for PhD admissions under the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. According to these guidelines, NET qualifiers will be eligible for three categories. Students with the highest NET scores will be placed in Category 1.

They will also be eligible for the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), an assistant professorship, and PhD admission and fellowship.

They would have to give an interview for PhD admission, which will be based on UGC regulations 2022.

Following that, students with the highest percentage will be placed in the second group. These students will be considered for assistant professorship and PhD admissions.

Students who pass the exam but with a lower percentage will be placed in category 3. The candidate’s rank will be included in the final result certificate.

“For PhD admission, the net percentage of candidates in categories 2 and 3 will be considered for 70% weightage, while the interview will be weighted at 30%. The NET score in both categories will be valid for one year only, and if they do not participate in the PhD programme within that time frame, they will be ineligible for it. According to the circular released by UGC on Thursday, the candidate would have to retake the NET examination.

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