Application Information
Applications for admission to the PhD in History, through the Division of Social Sciences, will be available online in September at:
https://grad-application.uchicago.edu.
All applications must include:
- Online application
- Application fee
- Official copy of your most up-to-date transcript from each institution you attended
- Three confidential letters of recommendation (instructions available in the application)
- Writing Sample. Please send your best complete writing sample, regardless of length. (Please ignore the 25-page limit.)
- Statement of Academic Purpose, discussing academic and career objectives
- GRE score report (please include photocopy in packet if scores being sent directly from ETS; test should be taken by October for scores to be received in time)
- TOEFL/IELTS score report for international applicants (please include photocopy in packet if scores being sent directly from ETS; test should be taken by October for scores to be received in time)
- Supplemental form (available as a PDF document in the application)
Supplementary required materials and questions regarding the application itself should be directed to:
University of Chicago
Division of Social Sciences
Office of Admissions
1130 E. 59th St., Room 105
Chicago, IL 60637Phone: (773) 702-8415
Email: admissions@ssd.uchicago.edu
(After you submit the electronic application, there will be a way to login to see if supplemental materials have arrived.)
Deadline: December 10
Frequently Asked Questions about Admissions
Please note: The History Department does not have an admissions brochure or paper applications to send. If the answer to your question cannot be found in our FAQs, please contact the department's Graduate Affairs Administrator, Kelly Pollock, at kpollock@uchicago.edu or at 773-702-3150. She will be happy to discuss any aspect of the admissions process.