As in other fields, scholars of art history must typically have a doctorate degree in order to receive a full professorship at a traditional college or university. In the United States a select number of universities offer doctorate programs in art history. These schools provide opportunities for students to attend classes and develop independent research in specific fields of the discipline, preparing them for careers as art-history academics.
University of Pittsburgh
Founded in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is a public college located one block from the city's Carnegie Museum of Art. The History of Art and Architecture Department at the university grants doctoral degrees in art history, allowing students to specialize in East Asian art, modernism, contemporary art, or European art prior to 1750. Nearly all of the doctoral students in residence at the university receive fellowships that allow them to teach or work an art gallery or slide library in exchange for free tuition and a monthly stipend.
University of Pittsburgh
4200 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
(412) 624-7488
haa.pitt.edu
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
A public college, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was founded in 1789 and is home to more than 8,100 graduate students. The Department of Art offers a doctoral program in areas of specialization such as European art from 1700 to 1960, critical art theory, women's studies, Islamic art, and African art.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
South Building
CB #9100
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-3621
unc.edu
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The main campus of the public university system, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has nearly 15,000 graduate students. The doctoral program at the university allows students to select from a wide range of concentrations, including African, American, ancient, Byzantine, baroque, British Byzantine, Chinese, French, Italian, Renaissance, medieval, modern, and contemporary art.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
855 South University Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
(734) 764-7433
umich.edu
University of California, Los Angeles
Established in 1919, the University of California at Los Angeles has nearly 13,000 undergraduate students and ranked twenty-fourth among all universities in the country in "U.S. News & World Report"'s Best Colleges of 2010. The doctoral program at the school's art history department offers specializations in American, ancient Latin American, medieval, Byzantine, modern, contemporary, Renaissance, baroque, African, Chinese, Indian, Islamic, Japanese, Korean, and pre-Columbian art.
University of California, Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 825-3101
ucla.edu
University of Kansas
Situated in Lawrence, the University of Kansas has a graduate enrollment of more than 7,600 students. The Kress Foundation Department of Art History works cooperatively with the Spencer Museum of Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum to encourage close-up study of famous works housed locally. Areas of specialty for doctoral students include European, American, Russian, East Asian, Latin American, and African art.
University of Kansas
1502 Iowa St.
Lawrence, KS 66045
(785) 864-3911
ku.edu
University of Oregon
Founded in 1876, the University of Oregon is a public college with more than 3,600 graduate students. The college's Department of Art History specializes in the arts of Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific throughout time, giving doctoral students a wide range of specialties to consider. The department provides teaching fellowships for many of its doctoral students.
University of Oregon
1226 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1226
(800) 232-3825
uoregon.edu
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