History Doctoral Programs in the United States and Canada

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U. of

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Areas of Specialization:

U.S., Europe, Africa and Middle East, Asia and East Asia, Latin America

Program Description

The Department of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers a comprehensive program in all fields. The Department is especially strong in cultural history, the history of race and ethnicity, and the history of gender and has superlative programs in US history, African-American history, European history, Latin American history, African history, and East Asian history.

Special Programs or Resources

Special resources at Illinois include a variety of Title VI area-studies centers for Russia and Eastern Europe, for Latin America, and for Africa. Important cross-disciplinary programs have been established in Global Studies, Women's and Gender studies, African-American studies, Latino/a Studies, Jewish Studies, and Asian-American Studies. There is also a thriving humanities center, the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. The University of Illinois has the third largest university library in the country.

Financial Aid

Almost all students are provided with multi-year financial aid packages which consist of a mix of fellowships and teaching and research assistantships. Historically there has been a very good match between teaching assistantships and graduate students.

Degree Requirements

The requirements to advance to candidacy include 13 courses and the successful completion of three written qualifying examinations in each of the student's three fields plus an oral examination that focuses on the dissertation proposal.

University Information:

University Type: Public

Carnegie Institution Ranking: Doctoral/Research Universities—Extensive

Department Demographics:

First PhD conferred: 1906

History PhDs conferred to Date: 607

Relative Size Based on PhDs Conferred (2000–04): Large [Explain]

Faculty Mix:
	Full Professor	18
	Associate Professor	11
	Assistant Professor	7
	Instructor/Lecturer
	Joint Appointment	22
	Emeritus Faculty
	Part-time faculty	2

Relative Size based on Number of Full-time Faculty: Large [Explain]

Number of Graduate Students in Program (Fall 2005): 110
(Graduate student counts include those enrolled in terminal Master's degree program)

Proportion of Full-Time Graduate Students: 100%

New Graduate Students Entering Program, Fall 2004: 24

Relative Size Based on Graduate Student Enrollment (2002–04): Large [Explain]

 

Other Information

     Current Dissertations in Progress

     PhDs Conferred by Department