Graduate Programs

Welcome and thank you for your interest in graduate studies in history at the University of Maryland, the flagship campus of the University System of Maryland celebrating its Sesquicentennial in 2006.

Numbering forty-eight permanent faculty members and approximately 145 active degree-seeking students, our graduate program was ranked twenty-fifth in the nation in the latest US News & World Report Guide to Graduate Schools. Our fields of noted excellence are U.S., African American, women and gender, Latin American, and Central/Eastern European/Russian history. Other areas of established strength are the history of Western Europe, the Ancient Mediterranean, and East Asia, as well as Jewish history and the history of science and technology. Working with partners in Europe, Latin America, and East Asia, we are developing exciting new programs in Atlantic history, the African diaspora, Middle Eastern/Islamic history, and international/transnational history.

The students in our three degree programs come from across the nation, from small liberal arts colleges and major research institutions, as well as from the Balkans, Canada, East Asia, Eurasia, the European Union, and Latin America. Our doctoral candidates are hard at work in libraries and archives, and our most recent graduates have started postdoctoral fellowships or tenure-track jobs at institutions that include the Albright Institute for Archeological Research, Arizona State University, Brigham Young University, King's College London, Morgan State University, the Smithsonian Institution, the State University of New York, and the University of South Florida. The members of our extended alumni community, numbering over three hundred master of arts and doctoral recipients, work as professional historians throughout the State of Maryland, in a number of United States Government agencies, and at institutions of higher education and historical research across the United States and the globe.

Information for Applicants and Visitors:
Admissions and Financial Support | Facts & Figures | Fields of Study | Graduate Catalog | Research@Maryland

Information for Students, Faculty, and Alumni:
Alumni Association | Comprehensive Examinations | Dissertation Directory | Funding
Graduate Handbook | Graduate Committee
HGSA and SAM | News & Notables | Ombuds Office for Graduate Students | Student Profiles

Forms and Records:
Graduate School Publications | Institutional Review Board | Maryland Electronic Graduate System [MEGS] | Testudo