Overview

About the program

The graduate faculty’s scholarly expertise allows students to develop a foundation in Russian with special emphasis on culture and cinema from the Enlightenment to the present.

The Slavic Languages and Literatures curriculum at the University of Pittsburgh challenges students to develop their own research questions informed by theoretical paradigms that have emerged over recent years across the humanities and social sciences.

Together with the curriculum, the scholarly profile of the department provides a framework to develop a solid knowledge of the cultural trajectory of the Russian-speaking world; analytic-conceptual skills for critical engagement with formalist, structuralist, and postmodern theoretical models; and writing skills necessary in the field of Russian cultural studies.

Programme Structure

Recent literature seminars have included the following topics:

Russian Journals
Folklore
Silver Age
Symbolist Prose
Formalism and Structuralism
20th Century Drama
Literature and Society in the 19th Century
Autobiography and Memoirs
Russian Women's Culture
Solzhenitsyn
Pushkin
Russian Narrative Poem
Bakhtin and the Novel

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-24 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

72 SCH

72 graduate credits (36 beyond the M.A.)

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Pittsburgh, United States

Disciplines

Area & Cultural Studies Language Studies Literature View 210 other PhDs in Language Studies in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed application form.
Statement of Purpose. Approximately 2 pages, double-spaced, this statement describes the applicant’s academic training and research interests.
Personal statement (including a statement about diversity). Approximately 2 pages, double-spaced.
Transcript copies uploaded online. All undergraduate and graduate transcripts are required.
Three letters of recommendation. Typically, letters come from faculty or other persons who are able to speak about the applicant’s capacity for graduate work in the discipline.
Writing sample in English. This should be the applicant’s most mature work of scholarship to date. Typical length: approximately 20-25 pages, double-spaced. An optional (second) writing sample in Russian may also be submitted.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

47378 USD / year

≈ 47378 USD / year
Out-of-State

47378 USD / year

≈ 47378 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

26876 USD / year

≈ 26876 USD / year

Living costs

Pittsburgh

United States

1148 - 1944 USD / month

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Overview

About the program

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Pittsburgh

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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