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General Information About Applying

General Information About Applying

Review the requirements as outlined below. Failure to follow these steps may delay or disqualify your application.

  1. Complete and submit your online application. Make sure you follow the instructions provided on the ApplyYourself® website. Print a copy of the completed application for your personal records.
  2. Anyone who wishes to apply to more than one degree program (for example, the MA and the PhD) should submit only one online application but include materials relevant to both degrees. Notify the department at engrad@pitt.edu if you are applying for more than one degree program.
  3. If you are submitting any materials that you are not able to submit online through ApplyYourself®, send these materials to Jesse Daugherty by email (engrad@pitt.edu) or by mail: University of Pittsburgh, Department of English - Graduate Office, 526 Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.
  4. Students apply for the Film & Media Studies PhD with English as the associated department through the Film and Media Studies program. Use the Arts and Sciences web site's ApplyYourself® service. Select "Film Studies-PHD" then choose English as your area of specialization on another pull-down menu. Contact Film and Media Studies with questions (filmst@pitt.edu or 412-624-6564), or for more information about the Interdisciplinary PhD in Film and Media Studies see: http://www.filmstudies.pitt.edu/graduate/interdisciplinary-phd.  
  5. All materials sent through regular mail must also be received by the due date, December 10, 2019 for all MA and PhD applicants or January 7, 2020 for all MFA applicants.