PhD Program - Columbia School of the Arts.
Graduates of the M.A. program are welcome to apply to the Ph.D. program, but will be considered for admissions with all other applicants. Continuation into the Ph.D. program is not automatic. Students interested in the Ph.D. are encouraged to apply directly to that program.
International students who do not have a bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree from an institution in which all instruction is conducted in English must take either the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), the PTE (Pearson Test of English), or the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). You may be exempted if you have or are currently enrolled in a degree.
Consistently ranked among the top English departments in the world, ours is one of the largest, most diverse, and most vibrant departments at the University of British Columbia. The department is unique in Canada by offering two tiers of programs in English Literature and English Language and Linguistics at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
The UBC English Graduate Program, one of the most vibrant and wide-ranging in Canada, has been awarding the M.A. degree since 1919. Students may earn the degree in each of two areas: English Literature and English Language. Indeed, the UBC English Department is one of the few departments in North America to offer a language program in addition to its literary programs.
Thank you for your interest in our Ph.D. program, which offers an unparalleled combination of intellectual rigor and graduate support. We are dedicated to training the next generation of scholars, and to confronting the opportunities offered by a changing job market. We look for various qualities in our applicants, including a proven capacity for advanced critical thinking and independent.
This is a sequential program. In preparation of the PhD, the MA and MPhil degrees are obtained while fulfilling requirements for the concentration per the Institute of Comparative Literature and Society (ICLS). The PhD in French with a concentration in Comparative Literature trains scholars specializing in the literature, culture and history of France and the French-speaking world, with.
The Doctoral program is the opportunity to work closely with one of our world-renowned faculty on pushing forward the frontier of knowledge in EE, and is the introduction to a career of advanced research in either an academic or industrial setting. Our doctoral students are a small and highly selective group who will go on to be the leaders and innovators of tomorrow's Electrical Engineering.