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PhD Indo-European Studies at University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Programme overview

PhD Indo-European Studies is a doctoral programme in Indo-European Studies, College of Letters and Science at UCLA. Areas of study: The program offers the M.A. degree in Indo-European Studies, with specialization in one language area, which will normally be Greek, Latin-Italic, Indo-Iranian, or Anatolian.

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

What you will study

Areas of study: The program offers the M.A. degree in Indo-European Studies, with specialization in one language area, which will normally be Greek, Latin-Italic, Indo-Iranian, or Anatolian. Nine graduate or upper division courses (36 units) are required, including the core sequence IES 205, 210, and 215; one additional 200-level IES seminar; the 2-unit Proseminar IES 200; and at least two units of a 500-level independent study. The remaining 16 units may be selected from offerings in IES and related departments (such as Classics, Asian Languages and Cultures, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and Linguistics);

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application deadline: January 5, 2027. GRE: Not required. Letters of recommendation: 3 (minimum). In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a writing sample, normally consisting of a recent term paper (preferably on a linguistic topic) and a statement of purpose Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree with a major in an Indo-European language field (for example, German, Slavic, Celtic, Romance languages, Latin, Greek), linguistics (with concentration in historical and comparative linguistics), or anthropology (especially linguistic anthropology).

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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