English Language and Literature (PhD)
Cornell University · Ithaca, United States
About this programme
The doctoral program in English language and literature enrolls about 10 new students each year in the Ph.D. program. Our small size allows us to offer a generous financial support package, details of which are outlined on our department website. At the same time, we have a large and diverse graduate faculty with competence in a wide range of literary, theoretical, and cultural fields. Students choose a special committee of three faculty members, from whom they receive a great deal of individual attention. Working with this committee, students design their own courses of study within the very broad framework laid down by the department. The program is extremely flexible in regard to such matters as course selection, the design of examinations, and the election of minor subjects of concentration outside the department. English Ph.D. students pursuing interdisciplinary research may include on their special committees faculty members from related fields such as comparative literature; romance studies; Germanic studies; history; classics; feminist, gender, and sexuality studies; linguistics; performing and media arts; government; and philosophy.
- Level
- Doctoral
- Field
- Arts
- Tuition
- $20,800 / year
- English
- IELTS 7
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Intake
- Fall
Entry requirements
The application must be submitted online. Detailed requirement summaries for applicants are available for download from the graduate pages of the English department website . All Graduate School requirements Application and fee Academic statement of purpose Personal statement Critical writing sample Three letters of recommendation Transcripts English Language Proficiency Requirement Note: GRE test scores are no longer required for application to this program. Admissions
Visa
- Visa required
- F-1 Academic Student
- Application fee
- USD 185 (MRV application fee)
- Processing time
- 4 weeks
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all — confirm your own case on the official visa page.
Scholarships available (4)
- AAUW International FellowshipsFully funded · Deadline November each year
- Cornell Graduate School FellowshipsFully funded · Varies by program
- Fulbright Foreign Student ProgramFully funded · Varies by country, typically February-October
- Smithsonian Institution FellowshipsFully funded · Varies: most November