Graduate Prospective Students
Graduate Prospective Students
Applications, Deadlines & Inquiries
Applications, Deadlines & Inquiries
All application are processed online through the Graduate Admissions Webpage
In addition to the completed form, applicants are required to submit:
- All relevant (undergraduate and graduate) transcripts;
- Three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant's academic work
- A writing sample.
Applicants with the M.A. from another university who wish to enter the Ph.D. program are required to solicit at least one of their letters of recommendation from a graduate instructor and to submit a writing sample demonstrating their critical thinking and scholarship in art history.
The deadline for applying to the Graduate Program is January 10.
If supporting materials cannot be uploaded, hard copies should be sent to:
Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions
Rutgers University
56 College Avenue
New Brunswick, N.J. 08901
Requests for further information should be addressed to the Graduate Program Director. Contact information is available at https://arthistory.rutgers.edu/contact-us
Interdisciplinary Programs
A joint program in art history and classical archaeology exists on a permanent basis at both the M.A. and Ph.D. levels (requiring language proficiency in French, German, Greek and Latin). Special interdisciplinary programs may be arranged in areas such as African-American studies, African studies, film studies, gender studies, Medieval studies, Renaissance studies, Russian and Slavic studies, Asian studies, and critical studies involving faculty in the appropriate graduate programs or undergraduate departments. Short of entering a full interdisciplinary program, students may take a limited number of courses in other disciplines as indicated in the Graduate School Catalog.
PhD Program
For more information on the graduate program. click here:
See also, Graduate > Program Information > PhD Degre
Master's Program
The M.A. degree is granted upon the successful completion of 10 graduate courses (30 credits), a Master's essay of approximately 20 pages, a written comprehensive examination, and a satisfactory foreign language examination score. After completion of 8 courses, each student will be evaluated by the faculty to determine if he/she should continue towards the Ph.D.
See also, Graduate > Program Information > Masters Degree
Prerequisites
Applicants should have a strong liberal arts background, with a minimum of six art history courses as prerequisite for admission. Students may be asked to make up deficiencies prior to or in the first year of the graduate curriculum by taking undergraduate courses for graduate credit, auditing undergraduate classes or through supervised readings. Although not a prerequisite, reading proficiency in one foreign language must be demonstrated within the first year of the program.