PhD Communications & Media at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Programme overview

The PhD Communications & Media is offered at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Faculty: College of Media | Study mode: full-time | Location: Champaign, IL, United States

What you will study

Required courses listed include MDIA 571 Proseminar I; MDIA 572 Proseminar II; MDIA 599 Thesis Research (min/max applied toward degree).

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Application information

Entry requirements

Any student with a bachelor's or master's degree and with a substantial background in the humanities, social sciences, or physical sciences is eligible to apply to the doctoral program. It is suggested but not required that students have or will have a master's degree before starting the program. All candidates for admission must submit an application for admission along with the application fee, official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate courses taken and grades earned, and three letters of recommendation. Our application process is administered through the ApplyYourself system managed by the Graduate College at the Illinois. Applicants should consult the instructions on the Graduate College's website and the guidelines to applicants available on the ICR web page. Applicants from non-English-speaking countries are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign

Domestic applicants: USD 14,908 a year (2026-27). Illinois resident rate. Tuition only for new and continuing graduate students, Fall 2026-Spring 2027 at full-time (12 credit hours per term). Non-Illinois U.S. resident tuition for this programme: $32,204. Excludes campus and mandatory fees, health insura Source

International applicants: USD 32,204 a year (2026-27). International rate. Tuition only for new and continuing graduate students, Fall 2026-Spring 2027 at full-time (12 credit hours per term). Excludes campus and mandatory fees, health insurance, housing and other expenses as the source states them separately Source

Not all graduate programmes offer admission in all terms; term availability is set by each programme of study.

Graduate applicants apply online through the Graduate College application; deadlines and term availability are set by each programme. Medicine, law and veterinary medicine applicants apply directly to their colleges.

Apply through the official page: https://grad.illinois.edu/admissions/apply

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