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PhD English at University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Programme overview

PhD English is a doctoral programme in English, College of Letters and Science at UCLA. Areas of study: Literatures in English. See under Course Requirements.

Faculty: College of Letters and Science  |  Department: English  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Fall  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

Areas of study: Literatures in English. See under Course Requirements. All graduate students in the program are required to take a minimum of 12 units or three courses per quarter. Though all students are admitted directly into the Ph.D. program, students may decide to leave the program with an M.A. degree if they complete degree requirements under the Thesis Plan or the Capstone Plan. Nine letter-graded English courses are required for the M.A. degree; these courses must be at the graduate level (200 series).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application deadline: December 07, 2026. GRE: Not required. Letters of recommendation: 3, attesting to the applicant's ability to succeed in graduate study. In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose and a writing sample. Care should be taken with the statement of purpose and the writing sample, since the quality of thought and argument these exhibit, as well as their style, weigh significantly in admissions decisions. Applicants are expected to meet the following requirements: an undergraduate major or program that prepares one for advanced study of literature; a grade-point average in English courses and in the junior and senior years of at least 3.5.

Most graduate departments and schools have deadlines in November and early December for the following fall term.

Graduate application fee: $135 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, $155 for all other applicants; deadlines are set by each programme, mostly in November and early December for the following fall.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.ucla.edu/admissions/steps-to-apply/

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