PhD Theatre and Performance at Columbia University

The doctoral programme in Theatre and Performance is administered by the Department of English and Comparative Literature and the Theatre Arts Program of the School of the Arts. It explores relationships between performance and scholarship, criticism and creation, theory and practice. The MA is a prerequisite to the MPhil and PhD and there is no free-standing MA.

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: Department of English and Comparative Literature / Theatre Arts Program  |  Intake: Fall  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: New York, NY, United States

What you will study

The MA requires eight courses, a master's thesis and language proficiency. The MPhil/PhD stage adds eight courses and an individually designed examination covering a major field and two minor fields, followed by a dissertation.

Career pathways

PhD graduates have taken tenure-track posts in English, theatre and performance studies at institutions including Stanford, Princeton, Boston University, Indiana University, King's College London and the University of Texas at Austin.

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