Medieval Studies
On the Web
Medieval Institute Website
Ph.D. Program Information
Degree Offered
Application Requirements
- GRE General Test
- TOEFL or IELTS for non-native speakers of English
- A scholarly writing sample (no longer than 15 pages)
- Curriculum vitae
- Statement of intent
- Three letters of recommendation
Application Deadline
- Fall: January 4
The Medieval Studies program combines interdisciplinary coursework, training in the technical skills of medieval studies, and linguistic preparation. The Institute has strengths in philosophy, theology, history, manuscript studies, vernacular languages and literatures, Latin literature, Dante studies, musicology, liturgy, medieval Islam, Byzantine studies, and art history. Read more about graduate studies in Medieval Studies at Notre Dame.
Program Statistics
Facilities
- Byzantine Studies at Notre Dame
- The Library of the Medieval Institute
- Catalogue of Ambrosiana drawings
- The Dante collection
- The Inquisition digital library
- The Inquisition collection
- Medieval manuscript facsimiles at Notre Dame
- Microfilms of medieval manuscripts at Notre Dame
- Ambrosiana microfilm collection
Contact
Director of Graduate Studies
Maureen Boulton
Telephone: (574) 631-6603
Fax: (574) 631-8644
Email: medinst@nd.edu
Financial Support
Tuition Scholarships
Stipend Support
Health Insurance Subsidy
Professional Development
Cost of Living
The South Bend, Ind. area provides many amenities but one of the lowest cost-of-living rates of any major research university in the country. Learn more.
Featured Faculty
John Van Engen
A preeminent historian of the medieval church, and of medieval culture and society generally, Prof. Van Engen’s teaching and scholarship have dealt with monasticism, womenâs writing, schools and universities, inquisition, canon law, notions of reform, and medieval religious culture. Learn more.
Featured Student
Katie Bugyis
Katie Bugyis researches the promotion and contestation of female religious authority in high to late medieval England. She received the Notebaert Fellowship, the university’s top graduate fellowship. Learn More
Brandon Cook
A linguist and art historian, Brandon studies medieval Italy and the history of cultural exchange between Byzantium and the Latin West through the objects these societies produced. Read More.