University of Michigan

Program Information

Degree Offered

Ph.D.

Program Description:

The Joint Ph.D. Program in English and Education prepares students with prior teaching experience to assume positions as professors of English and/or professors of Education. The Program emphasizes research traditions and methods appropriate to study in the discipline of English as well as those customarily followed in the study of educational issues; because of this, the Program is interdisciplinary in character, and students have the opportunity to take a broad range of courses in English and education, and others outside those fields. Graduates typically take positions as specialists in rhetoric and composition or in English education.

Eligibility Requirements:

The general GRE is required. Scores should be submitted to the English and Education Program using 1839 as the institution number, and 3900 as the program code. The GRE test date must be within five years of the application deadline in order to be valid for admission.

International Student Requirements:

Applicants are required to provide an official score report from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).The minimum TOEFL score accepted is 620 on paper, 260 on the computer or 106 internet. The test date must be within 2 years of the application deadline.

Tuition & Financial Aid

Financial Aid Offered: No

Format: Campus

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Extensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Midsize City

Size & Settings: 20,000 and above