The Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology (AHMA) offers a PhD program for students committed to the study of the greater Mediterranean world in antiquity, from the North Atlantic to Central Asia, and from southern Central Europe to northern Africa. AHMA students work...Read more about Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology (Ph.D.)
The Department of Art Practice at UC Berkeley offers a two-year Masters of Fine Arts Degree headed by our faculty of internationally-recognized artists, and enriched by a roster of affiliate faculty from multiple departments across campus. We offer professional art training in the context of a...Read more about Art Practice (M.F.A.)
The Berkeley Group in Buddhist Studies offers an interdisciplinary program of study and research leading to a Ph.D. degree in Buddhist Studies. The Group, which cooperates closely with the Departments of South and Southeast Asian Studies (SSEAS), and of East Asian Languages and...Read more about Buddhist Studies (Ph.D.)
Students advancing from the MA Program may count any coursework completed in this program toward the satisfaction of any of the course requirements in the PhD Program (including courses that may satisfy the ancient language requirements and the methodology requirement) except for the required...Read more about Classical Archaeology (Ph.D.)
The program of studies which leads to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Classics at Berkeley is designed to give a thorough preparation in the fundamentals of classical scholarship while encouraging the pursuit of intellectual enquiry and the development of original research according to the...Read more about Classics (Ph.D.)
Our graduate program is recognized as one of the leading Comparative Literature programs in the country. The Department is a vibrant place for the research and study of literatures and cultures in an interdisciplinary framework, from transnational and cross‐cultural perspectives. Our faculty and...Read more about Comparative Literature (Ph.D.)
The Program in Critical Theory’s three core-course requirements are intended to establish an historical and normative framework for understanding critical theory in its current breadth. DE students’ evaluations confirm that these courses have been overwhelmingly successful. This three core-...Read more about Critical Theory Designated Emphasis
In October 2012, the Graduate Council of University of California, Berkeley established the Designated Emphasis in...Read more about Dutch Studies Designated Emphasis
East Asian Languages and Cultures is the core department for East Asian Humanities on campus, and home to the Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and Tibetan language programs. As the campus center for teaching and research in the literatures and cultures of East Asia, our mission is to train...Read more about East Asian Languages and Cultures (Ph.D.)
The Berkeley English Department offers a wide-ranging Ph.D. program, engaging in all historical periods of British and American literature, Anglophone literature, and critical and cultural theory. The program aims to assure that students gain a broad knowledge of literature in English as well as...Read more about English (Ph.D.)
The Designated Emphasis (D.E.) in European Studies provides curricular and research resources for graduate students who want to concentrate on European Studies within their respective disciplines and have their work formally recognized in their degree
Students in the Film & Media Ph.D. are encouraged to situate moving images within the larger theoretical and analytical frameworks of a range of other disciplines. They integrate the traditions of History, Law, Literature, Religion and Political Theory to the newer disciplines of Film...Read more about Film & Media (Ph.D.)
The Designated Emphasis in Film & Media Studies provides curricular and research resources for students who want to concentrate on Film & Media within their respective disciplines and have their work formally recognized in their degree designation. Designed to bring together...Read more about Film & Media Studies Designated Emphasis
Students enrolled in any Ph.D. program in the humanities or social sciences at Berkeley are eligible to apply to the Designated Emphasis in Folklore, which provides a solid foundation in the field. Upon successful completion of the dissertation, the student's diploma and transcript will...Read more about Folklore Designated Emphasis
The French Department’s doctoral program reflects the interdisciplinary priorities that have long defined the pursuit of knowledge here at Berkeley. We are committed not only to providing students strong coverage of the field of French and francophone literature and culture, but also to...Read more about French (Ph.D.)
Our distinguished graduate program in German is both comprehensive and innovative, dedicated to German literature and linguistics, language and culture, but also to media, film, intellectual history, and theoretical approaches that reach beyond disciplinary boundaries.
We offer a broad...Read more about German (Ph.D.)
Across these and connections with other disciplines, our mission is to study the literary, cultural, and linguistic products of the Hispanic and Lusophone world in their diversity, and to legitimize, support, and empower the Hispanic and Lusophone-speaking and -studying students that we serve....Read more about Hispanic Languages and Literatures (Ph.D.)
The Department of History of Art offers a two-stage integrated master’s and doctoral program (MA/PhD) in preparation for college teaching, writing, and specialized curatorial careers. Students are not admitted to work for a terminal MA degree, though students may apply for the MA...Read more about History of Art (M.A./Ph.D.)
Graduate students in any Berkeley PhD program may apply to join the Designated Emphasis in Indigenous Language Revitalization, which is supervised by the Graduate Group in Indigenous Language Revitalization (and housed administratively in the Department of Linguistics). A...Read more about Indigenous Language Revitalization Designated Emphasis
The Department of Italian Studies is committed to the interdisciplinary study of Italian literature and culture, and its diverse faculty includes scholars of literature, history, music, anthropology, art history, architecture, and cinema. We are also fortunate to have frequent visiting faculty...Read more about Italian Studies (Ph.D.)
The DE in Jewish Studies provides curricular and research resources for students who want to concentrate on Jewish Studies within their respective disciplines and have their work formally recognized in their degree designation. Designed to bring together faculty and students from different...Read more about Jewish Studies Designated Emphasis
The Committee on Medieval Studies offers a Concurrent Ph.D. in which candidates belong to a home department while also receiving training in the core disciplines of Medieval Studies. Applicants should apply to their intended home department (e.g. English) for admission to graduate study. Once...Read more about Medieval Studies (Concurrent Ph.D.)
The graduate program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures offers advanced training in the languages, literatures, art, archaeology, and history of the Middle East from antiquity to modernity. Students choose from eight concentrations for the major and minor fields of study: Ancient Iranian...Read more about Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (Ph.D.)
The Department of Music at Berkeley is one of the oldest and most prominent in the country, bringing together a renowned group of composers, scholars, and performers. The graduate program is ranked among the top in the nation. The department offers the M.A./Ph.D. and the Ph.D. degrees (for...Read more about Music (Ph.D.)
The Berkeley Center for New Media is a cross-disciplinary research and teaching program that offers its own graduate courses, recommends related courses, and encourages research collaborations to enhance the intellectual community of UC Berkeley scholars interested in new media.
The graduate program in philosophy at Berkeley offers a first-rate faculty, a stimulating and friendly community of graduate students, and the resources of one of the world's finest research universities.
Two features distinguish our profile from that of other leading graduate programs in...Read more about Philosophy (Ph.D.)
The Designated Emphasis (DE) in Renaissance and Early Modern Studies offers students comprehensive training in a wide range of disciplines, fosters cutting-edge research, and provides opportunities for close collaboration with faculty across the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
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The PhD program in Rhetoric trains students in the skills of the academic profession and provides a framework to develop the expertise necessary to produce a doctoral dissertation that meets the highest standards of research excellence. Our diverse faculty investigate and teach a wide range of...Read more about Rhetoric (Ph.D.)
The Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL) is a doctorate in three Romance languages and literatures taught in the Departments of French, Italian Studies, and Spanish & Portuguese, prepared with emphasis in one of the languages (hereafter referred to as the “Primary” language)....Read more about Romance Languages and Literatures (Ph.D.)
The graduate program in Scandinavian is designed to train future scholars, teachers, translators, and other research professionals in the fields of Scandinavian language, literature, and cultural history. The department’s strengths lie in modern literatures (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish...Read more about Scandinavian (Ph.D.)
Our PhD graduate program is designed to train future scholars and teachers of Slavic languages and literatures. Students specialize either in literature or linguistics, combining a core curriculum with independent research early in their graduate career.
Students begin with courses...Read more about Slavic Languages & Literatures (Ph.D.)
This program is designed for students exclusively seeking a Master’s Degree in South and Southeast Asian Studies, as well as for those who would like to acquire the foundation necessary for applying to doctoral programs in their chosen fields. Emphases in the program include the languages and...Read more about South and Southeast Asian Studies (M.A.)
This program offers emphases in the following languages and literatures: Burmese, Thai, Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian, Sanskrit, Tamil, Tibetan, and Khmer. Literature is understood in the widest sense to include not only creative writing and cultural expression in the various genres but also...Read more about South and Southeast Asian Studies (Ph.D.)
The Designated Emphasis in the Study of Religion (DESR) supports graduate training in Religious Studies and in the Theory of the Study of Religion, promotes graduate research on topics related to religion, and brings together a cross-disciplinary faculty Group in the Study of Religion.
The Designated Emphasis program was developed to accommodate some of the many students who conduct graduate-level research in gender and/or sexuality related topics on the Berkeley campus. Administered by the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies and its affiliated faculty, the DEWGS...Read more about Women, Gender, and Sexuality Designated Emphasis