Should I apply for admission to the Medieval Institute for a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies or to a department that permits me to focus my fields of study around the Middle Ages?
At Notre Dame, graduate students in both the Medieval Institute and traditional departments have access to the same courses and the same professors, and the Medieval Institute study spaces and library are available for all campus medievalists. However, specific program requirements differ. For example, while history department students are allowed to take non-history courses, Medieval Institute students on the history track are required to take non-history courses. There are also differences in the schedule for qualifying exams and dissertation proposals. For a full comparison, consult the graduate handbooks online for the Medieval Institute and for the department in your field. Medieval Institute students graduate with an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Medieval Studies, but almost all of our graduates get jobs in disciplinary departments such as History, English, or Philosophy (since there are very few departments of Medieval Studies). Medieval Studies Ph.D.’s from Notre Dame have had a g
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