PhD Jewish Studies at Yale University

Programme overview

The Program in Jewish Studies offers a combined PhD in conjunction with several departments: Comparative Literature, French, History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies. To be considered for admission to this program, applicants may only apply for the PhD in Jewish Studies in conjunction with their application to one of these five partnering departments; applicants must thus indicate both the Jewish Studies Program and one of the participating departments listed above on their applications. Students already pursuing a PhD in one of the partnering departments may apply for transfer into the combined PhD in Jewish Studies in the first or second year of their degree study unless they have fulfilled all requirements, in which case they may apply for transfer into the combined PhD in Jewish Studies any time prior to completing their comprehensive exams.

Faculty: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | Department: Jewish Studies | Study mode: full-time | Location: New Haven, CT, United States

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Application information

Entry requirements

Standardized tests: GRE is required. A writing sample is required by this program. English language: TOEFL iBT or IELTS Academic is required of most applicants whose native language is not English. You may be exempt from this requirement if you have received (or will receive) an undergraduate degree from a college or university where English is the primary language of instruction, and if you have s Application deadline: December 1* (11:59pm ET). Combined PhD: applicants apply to a partner department together with this programme.

USD 52,400 a year (2026-27). Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 2026-2027 full-time tuition rate (applies to GSAS programmes). Excludes fees and living costs; PhD students typically receive funding, see the GSAS funding page. Source

PhD applicants at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences apply for fall 2027 entry; most offers of admission for fall 2027 have a reply deadline of April 15, 2027.

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences deadlines (all 11:59 pm Eastern) for fall 2027: December 1, 2026 (e.g. BBS, Chemistry, Economics, History, Linguistics, Psychology, Public Health, Statistics); December 15, 2026 (e.g. American Studies, Anthropology, Applied Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Law, Management, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Political Science, Sociology); January 2, 2027 (e.g. African Studies, Applied and Computational Mathematics, Architecture, Computer Science MS, Earth and Planetary Sciences, East Asian Studies, Nursing, Philosophy). Combined programs follow the earlier deadline or December 15.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences application fee for all degree-seeking applicants is US $105, non-refundable, payable by Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express; fee waivers can be requested until January 2.

GRE General Test requirements vary by GSAS program (required, optional or not accepted) for the 2026-2027 cycle.

Apply through the official page: https://gsas.yale.edu/admissions/phdmasters-application-process

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