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How to Apply for the PhD in English and Women's Studies

We will start accepting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year in September 2009. Applications and supplemental materials must be received by December 15, 2009 to meet our deadline.

Applicants with Master's degrees are given equal consideration for admission, but are not guaranteed advanced standing in the program.

 

An applicant must submit the following:

You must provide 2 sets of official records from each undergraduate or postgraduate institution you have attended. One set must be submitted to your program of study and the second set must be sent to Rackham Graduate School Admissions. It is your responsibility to request the release of any such records from the institutions involved.

A.
  1. The online application (both Rackham and the department will receive the entire application).
  2. One official copy of transcripts from each undergraduate and graduate school attended.
  3. Application fee.

To:
Rackham School of Graduate Studies
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1070
B.
  1. The online application (both Rackham and the department will receive the entire application).
  2. A statement of purpose explaining what the applicant wishes to accomplish in graduate school.
  3. One official copy of transcripts from each undergraduate and graduate school attended.
  4. Three letters of recommendation each accompanied by there respective recommendation form (see link below), from people qualified to judge the applicant's skills.
  5. Writing sample of no more than 25 pages. PhD applicants should submit a sample of critical or scholarly writing via mail (no fax, email, or attachment will be considered).

To:
Graduate Admissions
Department of Women's Studies
1122 Lane Hall
204 S. State Street
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290

 

To apply online:

  • Call with any questions 734.763.2047

Beginning Fall 2006, the University of Michigan will require certain entering international students to be screened for tuberculosis (TB). This new requirement is in response to recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Michigan Advisory Committee for Elimination of Tuberculosis to screen individuals from countries where TB is common. Screening will be offered free on campus and a TB infection would not jeopardize a student's visa status. Health care is completely confidential. For further information, see http://www.uhs.umich.edu/tbscreen.

For the academic year 2010-2011, students from the following countries (identified by the World Health Organization as together accounting for 80% of the world's TB cases) with an F-1 or J-1 visa type and a Form I-20 or DS-2019 issued by UM will be screened for TB: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, China (includes Hong Kong SAR), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

All materials must be received in our office by December 15. It is the applicant's responsibility to make sure that all materials have been received. The only exception will be November GRE Subject test scores, which will be accepted if they arrive after this deadline. The GRE English Subject test, however, is not required for joint applicants.

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