Admissions to Graduate Study
The general requirements for admission to the Graduate School given in an earlier section of this Bulletin apply. Students with a sound preparation in history and who have demonstrated unusual imagination and critical insight will receive special consideration. Undergraduate majors in the other social sciences or in allied fields such as comparative literature may, however, apply. Applicants should submit a sample of written work, preferably in history.
Students may be admitted for full- or part-time work. Partial scholarship assistance is available for a limited number of exceptional candidates.
We ask every candidate to complete an application (Request an application from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) and to submit the usual array of transcripts and letters of recommendation. We also ask to see a writing sample--a paper or two, or a few chapters from a thesis--and weigh it more heavily in our admissions process than is the case in other programs. We encourage applicants to visit the campus and meet faculty and students before the admission deadline.
Every applicant is also asked to take the Graduate Record Examination and send us the result. Further information about the examination is available from the Educational Testing Service, P.O. Box 6000, Princeton, New Jersey, 08541-6000; phone, (609) 771-7670.
The deadline for a completed doctoral application to the comparative history program is January 15. The deadline for masters candidates to the comparative history program is April 30.
Brandeis University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or disability.