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PhD Spanish and Portuguese at University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania, United States

Programme overview

The Graduate Program in Spanish and Portuguese, a five-year Ph.D. program within the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, offers a rigorous professional formation in academic research, writing, and pedagogy. The program prepares students in a range of critical and methodological approaches to the study of literature, culture, and theory in Spain and Latin America.

Faculty: School of Arts and Sciences  |  Duration: 23 course units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Philadelphia, PA, United States

What you will study

Requires 23 course units in total. Listed required courses include COML 5010 Comparative Literature Proseminar; COML 6090 Global France; FREN 6050 Modern Literary Theory and Criticism; ITAL 6050 Modern Literary Theory and Criticism; SPAN 6060 Pedagogy Across the Spanish Curriculum; SPAN 8000 Field Exam.

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Application information

Entry requirements

include: A Qualifying Evaluation —In order to be admitted to candidacy for the Ph.D.

USD 46,540 a year (2026-27). Full tuition rate for PhD programs for 2026-2027 (Annenberg, Arts & Sciences, Design, Education, Social Policy & Practice, Engineering, Nursing, Wharton and Biomedical Sciences share this rate). Most PhD programs fully fund students for at least 4 years, Source

Each graduate and professional programme has its own admissions process and entry terms; applicants apply directly to the programme of interest.

Graduate and professional programmes are housed in 12 schools; each programme has a separate admissions process and applicants apply directly to the programme of interest.

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