Iowa City,
IA,
United States
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
PhD in English in Iowa City United States | University of Iowa
University of Iowa
|
Iowa City United States
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Qualification
Doctor of Philosophy
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
30,203
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
72 months
The Doctor of Philosophy in English program equips students for lifelong literary scholarship and diverse careers demanding advanced abilities in reading, research, writing, instruction, and administration. This program fosters independent thinking, thoughtful specialization, and innovative approaches. Participants can focus on multiple disciplines such as literary traditions, theoretical criticism, cultural analysis, digital humanities, and educational methods. The department provides a specialized PhD track integrating book studies with a certification from the UI Center for the Book, alongside a dual-degree option combining the PhD with a Master's in library and information science.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 8.0
Qualification Requirements
The Department recommends that:
Applicants to the MA and PhD programs have at least a 3.5 GPA,
Notice: Effective July 1, 2020, due to COVID-19, applicants are no longer requried to submit any GRE test scores, and
Applicants whose native language is not English, please see list below:
Paper-based (PBT) 637
Internet-based (iBt) 110
IELTS Overall scores of 8 with no subscore less than 7
Your unofficial academic records/transcripts from all post-secondary institutions. If you are formally admitted, you will need to submit official records/transcripts prior to entering the program.
Three letters of recommendation. You will be asked to provide the contact information of your recommenders on your Profile. The recommender will then receive an email from the Office of Admissions instructing them on how to upload a recommendation letter. Letters should be written by persons familiar enough with your intellectual attainments to evaluate your potential as a graduate student in English (preferably instructors of your college English courses or professionals familiar with your writing abilities and work habits). Letters of Recommendation may be submitted through a dossier service (such as Interfolio), please inform the service to submit the letters via email to [email protected].
A brief statement of purpose (1-2 pages) explaining your intellectual interests, qualifications, and reasons for choosing Iowa's MA or PhD program.
Official TOEFL scores for non-native speakers of English.*
A writing sample. The sample should be your best critical or scholarly writing, originally written for a class, with the original instructor's comments included (if available, not mandatory). Because of the number of applications we receive, we ask applicants to submit only one paper, of moderate length (10-25 pages).
CV/Resume
Applicants to the MA and PhD programs have at least a 3.5 GPA,
Notice: Effective July 1, 2020, due to COVID-19, applicants are no longer requried to submit any GRE test scores, and
Applicants whose native language is not English, please see list below:
Paper-based (PBT) 637
Internet-based (iBt) 110
IELTS Overall scores of 8 with no subscore less than 7
Your unofficial academic records/transcripts from all post-secondary institutions. If you are formally admitted, you will need to submit official records/transcripts prior to entering the program.
Three letters of recommendation. You will be asked to provide the contact information of your recommenders on your Profile. The recommender will then receive an email from the Office of Admissions instructing them on how to upload a recommendation letter. Letters should be written by persons familiar enough with your intellectual attainments to evaluate your potential as a graduate student in English (preferably instructors of your college English courses or professionals familiar with your writing abilities and work habits). Letters of Recommendation may be submitted through a dossier service (such as Interfolio), please inform the service to submit the letters via email to [email protected].
A brief statement of purpose (1-2 pages) explaining your intellectual interests, qualifications, and reasons for choosing Iowa's MA or PhD program.
Official TOEFL scores for non-native speakers of English.*
A writing sample. The sample should be your best critical or scholarly writing, originally written for a class, with the original instructor's comments included (if available, not mandatory). Because of the number of applications we receive, we ask applicants to submit only one paper, of moderate length (10-25 pages).
CV/Resume
Tuition
USD
30,203