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The history graduate program emphasizes scholarship that balances specific focus with broad perspective. Faculty members inspire students to adopt wide-ranging historical viewpoints, fostering an expansive comprehension of past events. During their studies, learners acquire essential abilities to perform groundbreaking research in the field. Dynamic academic networks within the department and university promote cross-disciplinary dialogue among professors, peers, and guest researchers. Dedicated advisors monitor each student's advancement while providing hands-on guidance for dissertation work. The department's strong emphasis on career growth helps students evolve into skilled historians and proficient educators.
To be eligible for admission to the Graduate School applicants must, before they are enrolled, hold a bachelor’s degree or its foreign equivalent from an accredited college or university. (Foreign equivalents may in some cases have a normal program length that is shorter or longer than four years. No degree that has a normal program length shorter than three years will be considered equivalent to a bachelor's degree.)
Admitted students who score below an 8.0 on the speaking subsection of the IELTS will be required to take an English placement test at Princeton.
Masters applicants who are required to take the TOEFL must score a minimum of 28 on the spoken part of the TOEFL in order to be considered for the program.
Application Deadline: December 1.