Overview
The History graduate program at Stanford University trains students for careers as scholars, teachers, and a variety of rewarding careers in law, government, diplomacy, business, the arts, and administration.
Research
Faculty and lecturers in the Department are among the leaders in their fields of scholarship, publishing numerous books each year, winning prestigious fellowships and awards, and shaping the public conversation with op-eds, media interviews, and public-facing events.
Their approaches to history and fields of chronological and geographical expertise range widely, from Africa and Asia to the United States, from intellectual history to social and transnational approaches, and from gender to digital history.
Programme Structure
Our graduate students work closely with faculty members in several distinct subfields:
- Africa
- Britain
- Early Modern Europe
- East Asia
- Jewish History
- Latin America
- Medieval Europe
- Modern Europe
- Ottoman Empire and Middle East
- Russia/Eastern Europe
- Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine
- South Asia
- Transnational, International and Global History
- United States
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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History View 154 other PhDs in History in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
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General requirements
- Statement of Purpose (included in Application)
- 3 Letters of Recommendation
- 2 Copies of Official Transcripts from each University/College attended
- 1 Writing Sample on a historic topic (10-25 pages; sent via Stanford's online application system only)
- Official GRE scores sent via ETS
- TOEFL for all international applicants (whose primary language is not English) sent via ETS
- Application fee $125 (subject to change)
Tuition Fee
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25440 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12720 USD per semester during 60 months. -
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25440 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12720 USD per semester during 60 months. -
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25440 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 12720 USD per semester during 60 months.
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