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PhD History at Purdue University

Purdue University, United States

Programme overview

Purdue's Department of History offers a PhD degree at West Lafayette.

Department: History  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: West Lafayette, IN, United States

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Entry requirements

Programme-specific requirements (Purdue Graduate School). Cumulative Grade Point Average from most recently conferred undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree: 3.0 or equivalent (A=4.0) Required supporting documents: Transcripts; Recommendation Letters; Academic Statement of Purpose; Personal History Statement; Writing Sample; The sample should be an academic paper written in English, at least 2500 words, single author; Resume.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Graduate entry sessions: Fall, Spring and Summer; each graduate programme sets its own application deadline.

Graduate application is online through the Purdue graduate application portal; the nonrefundable application fee is $60 for domestic applicants and $75 for international applicants. Each graduate programme sets its own deadline (submission and fee payment due 11:59:59 p.m. EST).

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