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PhD English at Tufts University

Tufts University, United States

Programme overview

The PhD in English at Tufts is a full-time, on-campus doctoral programme on the Medford/Somerville campus. Students take small graduate seminars across literary subjects and train to teach their own courses.

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences  |  Department: English  |  Duration: Varies (full-time, on campus)  |  Intake: Fall (December 1 final deadline)  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Medford, MA, United States

What you will study

Small graduate seminars on a range of literary subjects; after supervised training, students design and teach their own courses as Graduate Instructors in the First-Year Writing Program.

Career pathways

Graduates have won postdoctoral fellowships, including multi-year teaching fellowships, and recent PhDs hold tenure-track faculty positions and other academic roles in teaching, programme direction and administration.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application fee; Resume/CV; Personal statement; Writing sample; TOEFL, IELTS, or Duolingo English Test, if applicable; Transcripts; Three letters of recommendation

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.

Intake: Fall

Duration: Varies (full-time, on campus)

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