Graduate Applications and Funding

Students interested in applying for admission to any of the Department of History's graduate programs must request an application packet from the College of Graduate Studies, on which more information can be found here. Students applying to the Joint M.A./Ph.D. program must also submit an application for admission and funding, which can be downloaded below.

Graduate Applications

Applications for admission to the Traditional M.A. program are due by July 15 for Fall semester admission and November 1 for Spring semester admission.

Applications for admission and funding for the Joint M.A./Ph.D. program are due by January 3 for the following Fall semester admission.

***Please note: students applying to the Traditional M.A. program should include the following information in their statement of interest: specific areas or fields of interest (e.g., Renaissance Europe, colonial America, modern Middle East, etc.); foreign language preparation, if any; and information on any specific research projects previously completed.***

Graduate Funding

Joint M.A./Ph.D.

The history department provides all students admitted to to the Joint M.A./Ph.D. Program with funding for up to four years, for students holding a bachelor's degree upon entrance to the program.  For Joint Program students entering with a master's degree, the department provides funding for up to three years.  Funding will consist of various graduate assistantships and fellowships as determined by the department.  Guarantees of funding are contingent upon students making successful and satisfactory progress toward the completion of their degrees and on their successful performance as graduate or research assistants.  Applications for funding are due January 3, with decisions/notifications by March.

Traditional M.A.

For traditional M.A. students, the Department of History offers graduate assistantships requiring twenty hours or work in an assigned course for tuition and salary. In conjunction with the College of Graduate Studies. the Department also offers a Masters Research Fellowship, awarded on a competitive basis, for one M.A. student. Applications for funding are due January 3, with decisions/notifications by March.

Continuation of Funding

Currently funded graduate students must submit an Application for Continuation of Funding demonstrating their current progress in their program of study.  This form is due January 15.

King / Chávez / Parks Fellowships

For students in both the Traditional M.A. and the Joint M.A./Ph.D. programs, the College of Graduate Studies, in conjunction with the State of Michigan, also operates the Martin Luther King, Jr./César Chávez/Rosa Parks Future Faculty Program.  This program provides fellowship awards to select minority students (targeting primarily African-American, Latino, and Native-American students) enrolled in a graduate degree program at CMU.

Other Sources of Funding

Beyond assistantships and fellowships in the department of history, additional grants for research, publication, and presentation are available on a competitive basis from the College of Graduate Studies; forms available here. The following are of particular interest to graduate students in history:

Graduate students may also be eligible for several small grants and scholarships for research, presentation, and publication from the College of Humanities, Social, and Behavioral Sciences; forms and further information available here.