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  • Welcome to the website of the interdepartmental graduate Program in Indo-European Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
  • The “Announcements” page was last updated on March 1, 2008.
  • Information on the 20th Annual UCLA IE Conference is now available and was last updated on February 7, 2008.
  • The Call for Papers for the 20th Annual UCLA IE Conference went out on February 6, 2008.
  • This page was last modified on March 1, 2008.

GENERAL INFORMATION

UCLA offers an interdepartmental graduate program in Indo-European Studies, leading to the degree of Ph.D.

At present, the program focuses on Indo-European linguistics, and on specialized language study in individual languages and language areas; nevertheless, the program also aims to provide an integrated understanding of Indo-European culture, based on comparative linguistics, archaeology, social structure, religion, mythology, and poetics.

The program sponsors a lively series of visiting lectures, culminating in an international conference held on campus each fall, and partly organized by students in the program. The program maintains its own reading room, with reference materials and journal subscriptions covering all areas of Indo-European studies.

The basis for admission to the program is normally a B.A. degree with a major in an Indo-European language field (e.g., Classics [Greek and Latin], Germanic, Slavic, Romance languages) or in linguistics. GRE scores are not required for application to the program; applicants should provide at least three letters of recommendation, and should submit a sample of written work (such as a term paper, preferably on a linguistic topic). Applications are accepted for entrance to the Fall Quarter only.

Some financial support is available, in the form of fellowships and research assistantships.