Graduate Programs

This partial list of graduate programs in study of world history provides links and contact persons for each institution listed:

University of California, Los Angeles, California - As the largest history department in the US, UCLA boasts over 70 highly acclaimed permanent faculty members, 1,500 undergraduate majors and almost 200 graduate students in residence. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs in history. Contact undergraduate counselors Paul Padilla or Eboni Shaw [here]. Contact graduate adviser Hadley Porter or graduate counselor Lindsay Kovner [here]. It is recommended that graduate students also begin a discourse with a faculty member of their choice prior to application.

University of California, Irvine, California - This department encourages interdisciplinary and forward-facing approaches to history, using its small department size to foster instructor-student collaboration and focus on individual efforts. UCI currently offers graduate and undergraduate programs. Contact Graduate Administrator Alicia Sanchez [here] or Director of Graduate Studies Touraj Daryaee [here]. Contact the undergraduate humanities advisors [here].

University of California, Santa Cruz, California - This university offers undergraduate and graduate programs, with several possible concentrations offered. Contact the undergraduate and graduate advisors by phone [here].

Columbia University, New York City - Offers graduate and undergraduate programs in history, taught by over fifty leaders of the field. Contact Richard Billows and Anders Stephanson, directors of undergraduate studies, and Mark Mazower and Pamela Smith, directors of graduate studies, as well as other department leaders, [here]. See a full list of faculty [here].

Georgia State University, Georgia - This department carries the focus of its university in its graduate and undergraduate programs, aiming to "create and disseminate knowledge and research methods that promote the intellectual development of the people of Georgia and the nation." Contact their graduate studies director, Dr. David McCreery, or one of their other department leaders, [here]. Contact their undergraduate director of advisement, Dr. Larry Youngs, or their other undergraduate advisors, [here].

University of Hawai'i, Hawai'i - At its Manoa campus, this university system, which puts strong importance on its ethnic and environmentally conscious identities, offers both undergraduate and graduate levels. At the Hilo campus, an undergraduate BA is offered. Contact the Manoa faculty [here] and the Hilo faculty [here].

The London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom - This university, which specializes its programs on teaching and research across the full range of the social, political and economic sciences, offers two undergraduate degrees, a BA and a BSc. Undergraduate admissions staff can be reached [here] and [here].

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia - Well-respected for its research in modern and ancient history, Macquarie offers a wide range of programs for both undergraduate and graduate studies [here]. Contact their faculty [here].

McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - This department offers an undergraduate program (with its own journal, Historical Discourses) and graduate degrees as well. Contact their administration and advisors [here], or their faculty [here], navigable by area of specialization.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina - The home of the much-lauded Tarheels has a robust history program which offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. Contact the history department staff [here] and the faculty [here].

Northeastern University, Massachusetts - Undergraduate, five-year BA/BS/MA, and graduate programs are offered at this well-established Boston university (1898). Contact the undergraduate advising staff [here], or the faculty [here].

Rice University, Texas - This program offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, directed toward placing graduates in the academic field. Contact the history department faculty [here] or the department main [here].

University of Rochester, New York - Offers graduate and undergraduate history programs leading to M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in three concentrations: European, American, and Global history. Contact undergraduate faculty based on area of specialization [here], undergraduate studies director William Hauser [here] and graduate studies director Joan Shelley Rubin [here].

Washington State University, Washington - This multi-campus university offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees at its Pullman campus; at its location in the Tri-Cities campus, an undergraduate degree is offered. Contact David Pietz, Ph.D., director of graduate studies, [here], or the undergraduate department of history [here].

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin - This program offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in History; contact the department [here] or the faculty [here].