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The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences invites applications
from students who have, or will have received by the time of enrollment, a
baccalaureate granted by a regionally accredited U.S. college or
university or an international university of recognized standing. Such
applications are examined with regard to the student’s breadth of general
education, preparation and fitness for graduate work in the proposed subject of
study, and expectation of scholarly attainment.
Applicants are normally
expected to have prepared for graduate study through undergraduate or previous
graduate work in the liberal arts, unless professional study is also accepted by
the department as suitable preparation. Applicants must also meet the specific
admission requirements of the department in which they intend to study. Those
who hold American doctorates or their international equivalents in the same or
similar fields as those to which they propose to apply or who have completed
most of the work required to earn the Ph.D. elsewhere are not eligible for
admission to the Graduate School. The decision to review any application from a
student who holds an American doctorate or its international equivalent or who
have completed most of the work required to earn the Ph.D. elsewhere in a
different field rests with the faculty in the department.
Only the Dean of the Graduate School has the authority to make an offer
of admission.
The preeminence of graduate studies at Columbia is reflected in the size and diversity of the
Graduate
School — one of the largest
private graduate schools in the country. A faculty of over 700 instructs some
3,400 students. Doctoral programs are offered in 31 arts and sciences
departments and in numerous interdepartmental and interschool programs that link
the Graduate
School with the
University’s major professional schools in architecture, the arts, business,
engineering, law, medicine and public health.
Study within the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences leads to the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of
Philosophy, Doctor of Musical Arts (in Composition) and Doctor of Philosophy, as
well as to certain certificates (see Regional
Institutes). Please look under Academics Programs
for an alphabetical listing of all departments and programs of study.
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