Funding

Doctoral students in the Department of Art History who matriculate in Summer 2020 and after are awarded a funding package that includes full tuition coverage, an annual stipend, and fully paid individual annual premiums for UChicago’s student health insurance to support them in their scholarly and pedagogical/curatorial training. All students may also apply for additional research and travel funds.

Funding

All art history doctoral students are awarded a funding package as well as additional departmental resource to support them in their scholarly, pedagogical, and curatorial training.

Doctoral students in art history receive an annual stipend as well as full tuition and health insurance coverage. Funding is granted for students in good academic standing for the duration of the program, which is customized for each student based on factors such as language study needs and dissertation topic. Please see the Humanities Division website for more information on funding packages. 

In addition, the Department of Art History makes available for each student internally endowed fellowships to support students’ language study, dissertation research, and travel. Students enrolled in our program regularly win additional internal and external fellowships to enhance funding beyond the Divisional funding package.

Teaching

Pedagogical and curatorial training is a vital part of the education doctoral students receive at UChicago. Accordingly, the funding package includes required teaching components paired with faculty mentorship. Art history PhD students typically serve as teaching assistants for three faculty-taught courses with the opportunity subsequently to teach one to two courses on their own under the mentorship of a faculty member.

Additional Funding Sources

Research and conference travel grants are available at various stages of research and writing. The Department of Art History competitively awards many internally endowed fellowships to support students’ language study, dissertation research, and dissertation writing. Students enrolled in our program regularly win additional internal and external fellowships to enhance funding for dissertation research and writing beyond the Divisional funding package.