项目介绍

2022年10月10日

The PhD program in this department is considered one of the foremost in the country. The doctoral degree is offered in a wide range of fields from Ancient West Asian (Near Eastern) art and archaeology to contemporary art and critical theory, with most of the major fields in between strongly represented: Greek and Roman; western Medieval and Byzantine; Italian, French, and British Renaissance and Baroque; eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth- and twenty-first-century European art; and the history of photography.

There is considerable strength in the history of architecture, as befits a university with the foremost architectural library in the country. The Department is also proud of its strengths in art outside of Europe and offers degrees in art and architecture of the Americas until 1550 (“Pre-Columbian”), American art, and in the arts of China, Japan, India, the Lands of Islam, and sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, courses are regularly taught in Native American art.

All admitted students receive full funding from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, including tuition and stipend. Standard fellowships are for five years and involve teaching or other types of department service during at least three of the five years. In addition, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers summer stipend support available for up to five years to students who maintain good academic standing.Students are often very successful in obtaining further support from competitive fellowships offered by Columbia, as well as from the various external fellowship competitions.  

Students intending to study for the doctoral degree should apply directly to the PhD program. The MA and MPhil degrees are awarded en route.