Admissions Information
Applicants for graduate study in History are strongly encouraged to start in the Fall Semester so that study begins with the Methodology course. Interested prospective students should review the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences admissions information at www.cas.neu.edu/graduate/admissions.html. Here students can also fill out the online application and find information on required materials and important deadlines. Applications and supporting materials should be sent to The Graduate School College of Arts and Sciences, 124 Meserve Hall, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, by February 1st.
Applications are first reviewed by the Department's Graduate Committee, and a recommendation is then made to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, who then makes the final decision.
Most students are admitted as full-time, but part-time status is also possible. Some students are accepted with "Special Student" status. These students take up to 12 semester hours worth of coursework (overall) and are considered non-matriculating.
Financial Aid
Information on tuition, fees, billing policies and procedures is provided by the Northeastern University Registrar's Office and can be found at www.northeastern.edu/registrar/billing.html
The Department of History provides a number of competitive financial awards to entering graduate students. Applicants should indicate if they are interested in departmental funding on Section II of the application. Qualified Ph.D. students may be granted a Stipended Graduate Assistantship (SGA). SGAs require full time study (8 semester hours per semester) and provide up to 12 credits of tuition waiver per semester in exchange for 20 hours per week of teaching assistance. Qualified doctoral students are also eligible for additional funding as University Excellence Fellows. Ph.D. students who have been advanced to doctoral candidacy are eligible to receive paid instructorships for up to two years.
Tuition waivers are also available to M.A. students enrolled in full time study (8 semester hours per semester) in exchange for 10 hours of teaching assistance per week.
Students of African-American origin may compete for Martin Luther King Jr. fellowships from the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute. For more information on this please see www.aai.neu.edu
Additional financial aid information is available from the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Northeastern University Student Financial Services Office at www.financialaid.neu.edu.
The Graduate Guide to Financing can be found here.