admissions

The Department of Art History considers applications for Fall Quarter admission only.

The next deadline is November 30, 2012.

ATTENTION:   NEW ONLINE UCLA APPLICATION FOR GRADUATE ADMISSION

The UCLA Graduate Division has converted to the new Hobson's/AY on-line application, with online letters of recommendation, statement of purpose and the capacity for the upload of other documents. The Graduate Division application, including supporting material, will ONLY be accepted electronically this year. If you do not submit all materials on-line, you will not be considered for admission.

There are two important qualifications to the new protocol:

1) Students should upload unofficial transcripts, but you will ALSO have to submit official transcripts by mail to the department address below.

2) While students must submit a writing sample online, the maximum length is 10 pages on the site. Please use the space provided for submission of supplemental material, which can accommodate more pages.

**Please note that letters of recommendation should be directly uploaded by your referees**

SUBMIT YOUR MATERIALS ON-LINE AT: http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gasaa/admissions/applicat.htm

Check-list of application materials:

Basic information, including your academic history and the program to which you wish to apply, as well as the $80 non-refundable application fee (for US citizens and permanent residents) or $100 for all other applicants.

Statement of Purpose, approximately 400 words

CV

Three Letters of Recommendation, preferably from Art Historians

Writing Sample, two 10 page or one 20 page research paper, or MA thesis (or sample chapter, if length is sufficient) if applying for the PhD program

Two official copies of transcripts, uploaded on-line AND delivered in sealed envelopes from each institution attended. Transcript Request Forms <http://www.gdnet.ucla.edu/gasaa/library/trnscrpt.pdf> are available to be printed and submitted to your college or university registrar(s). Hard copies of transcripts may be sent directly from the institution or may be mailed to the Department by the applicant.

Foreign Language Survey  

*Please fill out the Foreign Language Survey form using Adobe Acrobat Reader.   Using other programs, such as Preview on Mac OS X, can cause your form data to be corrupted.  Acorbat Reader can be downloaded at adobe.com .

GRE scores, (not older than 3 years) GRE Scores must be sent directly from ETS. The institutional code for UCLA is R4837. Use 2301 (Art History) as the Department/Major Field Code.

TOEFL scores (required of international applicants only whose first language is not English). Official Score Reports can be ordered from ETS. The institution code for UCLA is 4837. The department code is 26.

Send any non-electronic materials by the Nov 30 deadline to:

UCLA Art History Admissions
Attention: Student Affairs Officer
Dept. of Art History
100 Dodd Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417

Admission Eligibility & Requirements

In addition to the University minimum requirements, the student must have completed six courses in the history of art (with grade of B or better - and not including studio art courses), with at least two courses from Group A and one course from Group B noted below.

A minimum of two foreign languages are required for the doctorate in Art History, and sometimes more depending on the field of study. 

For more information on satisfying the language requirements, see Languages under Graduate Program information.

 

For questions about the admissions process, please contact the Student Affairs Officer, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .