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TO PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS:

Thank you for your interest in our Ph.D. program in philosophy here at Yale University.

Applying

To access online applications, see the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences admissions page.

Completed applications, including all supporting materials, must be received by the Graduate School by 2 January. The application fee is $85.00.

The GRE General Test is required of all applicants to the Department of Philosophy. In order for the office to receive scores on time, the GRE should be taken by October.

Financial Aid

Students are normally given at least five years of full support -- tuition, plus stipend, plus health care -- in the form of non-teaching fellowships for the first two years and the fifth (or sixth) year, and teaching fellowships for the third and fourth year. For 2007-08, the stipend is $20,000 for both teaching and non-teaching fellowships. In the past five years, the stipends have increased every year for both incoming and current students. This great mix of teaching and non-teaching fellowships allows students to get the teaching experience they need to prepare them for teaching careers, while also providing for much time where the student is not teaching, and so can devote herself more completely to her own research. All students will also receive a stipend of $3,700 in three out of five summers for summer study (providing they have a legitimate request for this funding), with additional funding available on a competitive basis after the third year.

Information about the PhD program

For information about our faculty, their recent publications, and their areas of interest, please see "About the Faculty".

For information about the graduate program, including degree requirements, see the Program Description page of this site.

For the recent placement record of the graduate program, please see the Placement Record page.

If you have further questions about the department or our graduate program, please e-mail (linda.ceneri@yale.edu) or call (203) 432-1682.

Prospective students are welcome to visit Connecticut Hall, talk with our current students, and, when possible, sit it on classes. (See the Yale Academic Calendar for when we are in session.) However, to promote fairness and objectivity in admissions decisions, the Department Chair and the Director of Graduate Studies will not schedule meetings with prospective graduate students before admissions decisions have been made.

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