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PhD History at Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University, United States

Programme overview

Vanderbilt's History department offers a PhD only, with no free-standing terminal MA. About 50 graduate students are enrolled, with 8 to 10 admitted per year, in fields including Africa, Asia, Atlantic World, Early Modern, Islam, Legal History, Modern Europe, Science/Technology/Medicine and the United States.

Faculty: Graduate School  |  Department: Department of History  |  Intake: Fall  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nashville, TN, United States

What you will study

Students normally earn the MA after two years of coursework, a research paper requirement and language examinations; Atlantic World students develop a dissertation prospectus in their fifth and sixth semesters.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Applicants should have an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution, domestic or international. Apply Now Application Components As part of the online application, candidates will provide: Statement of Purpose (please be specific about your research goals and provide names of faculty members with whom you would like to work, and why. A minimum of three letters of recommendation (and no more than five).

Graduate School fall application deadlines differ by department and range from 1 December to 15 January. The Graduate School application fee is $95, paid online after submitting the application, and only one fee is charged for up to two programme applications per year.

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