History (PhD)
Cornell University · Ithaca, United States
About this programme
To encourage flexibility, general requirements are kept to a minimum. These include: taking seven graduate-level seminars (of either three or four credits) including 7090, Introduction to the Graduate Study of History; demonstrate proficiency in one or two languages other than English (see below); completing the Graduate School’s residence requirement of six semesters of full-time study at a satisfactory level of accomplishment; teaching for at least one semester (normally as a teaching assistant); passing the Q examination in the second semester of study; completing one research paper by the end of the second year; the written and oral admission to candidacy examination after completion of formal study (the A exam); turn in an approved dissertation prospectus within three months of the A exam; and completing the doctoral dissertation and defending it in a final examination.
- Level
- Doctoral
- Field
- Arts
- Tuition
- $20,800 / year
- English
- IELTS 7
- Study mode
- Full-time
- Intake
- Fall
Entry requirements
all Graduate School requirements , including the English language proficiency requirement for all applicants three recommendations writing sample In addition to the materials required by the Graduate School, the field of history requires all applicants to submit a writing sample (an academic paper or essay — try to limit the length to around 50 pages). 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