Overview

About the program

We offer graduate training in socio-cultural, medical, evolutionary/biological, linguistic, and archaeological branches of the field.

Anthropology students at the University of Toronto can study human biology and evolution; human behaviour from its first appearance in the archaeological record to the first appearance of writing; language and society; anthropology of health, and the diversity of human culture in today’s world.

In that Anthropology concerns the diversity and commonality of humans over time and around the globe, faculty and graduate research is broadly international and varies in method and theoretical frame. It nonetheless coheres in the quest to understand past and present human experience in social, cultural, and evolutionary contexts.

Programme Structure

The Department of Anthropology offers research training and courses of instruction in five fields:

Archaeology
Evolutionary Anthropology
Linguistic and Semiotic Anthropology
Medical Anthropology
Sociocultural Anthropology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-09-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2024-12-05 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

93

Delivered

On Campus

Disciplines

Anthropology View 17 other PhDs in Anthropology in Canada

Academic requirements

GPA

A-

d_minus _{(recommended)}

English requirements

TOEFL^® IBT

93

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Other requirements

General requirements

Undergraduate students with strong backgrounds in anthropology or relevant disciplines and who have earned an appropriate bachelor’s degree with a concentration in anthropology or a cognate discipline may apply directly for admission to the PhD program.
All applicants are expected to have achieved grades averaging the equivalent of a University of Toronto A– or better in their last full year of study.
Applicants must satisfy the department that they have the appropriate background to enter a particular program of graduate study.
Two letters of reference.
A brief statement of interest (not exceeding 1,000 words).
Applicants are required to identify departmental members with whom they want to conduct PhD research.

Tuition Fee

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International

6390 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months.
National

6390 CAD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6390 CAD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Toronto

1502 - 2563 CAD /month

Living costs

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