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The Modern Middle Eastern Studies program offers an interdisciplinary approach, enabling students to focus on the Middle East as both a geographic region and a cultural sphere through blended social science and humanities coursework, supported by essential language training. Learners will collaborate with dedicated faculty who foster cross-disciplinary, practical, and research-focused advanced education. This major provides avenues to explore political systems, public policy, historical contexts, belief systems, societal philosophies, economic growth, and global affairs.
International applicant should have completed a program of secondary education that would enable you to enter a university in your own country (e.g., A-levels, Abitur).
A strong command of the English language is necessary for successful study at Penn. Applicants whose families do not speak English at home, or applicants who have not attended a high school or secondary school where the primary language of instruction is English, are asked to take the TOEFL, the Test of English as a Foreign Language, administered by the Educational Testing Service. In the event the TOEFL is not readily accessible, Penn will accept results from the IELTS, the International English Language Testing System.