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Graduate Program in History

Consistently ranked among the top ten programs in the United States, our program offers graduate training in a wide array of fields.  Please explore our web site for detailed information about our faculty and programs of study.  Also, please feel free to get in touch directly with faculty who teach in your areas of interest to find out more about individual programs.

The Graduate Program in History offers the Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in history as well as minor works for doctoral students in fields outside of history. The program is designed to meet the needs of the Ph.D. candidate and we only occasionally accept a student for terminal master's work.

The department anticipates that most of its students will accept positions as academic historians at the college and university level. To that end, the department seeks to train productive researchers, committed teachers, and engaged public intellectuals who recognize a responsibility to participate actively in the world beyond the university.

Your application will serve both for admission to our graduate program and for financial support. Most financial support is awarded on an annual or semi-annual basis in the form of fellowships, teaching assistantships, and project assistantships. While we can offer only a limited number of multi-year fellowship packages, most of our continuing students are funded, and we will work with you closely to help you find sources of support during your tenure here. We also encourage you to apply for national grants (e.g., Jacob Javits) and, if appropriate, for the Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships that are offered by many of the foreign area studies programs at UW-Madison.  These offer some of the best sources of support, and our students have been very successful in such competitions.  Most fellowships, teaching assistantships, and project assistantships include tuition, health insurance, and a monthly stipend.

 For detailed information about our graduate program, see the Graduate Handbook (pdf).

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