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Diversity Programs: Prospective Graduate Students
There are many doors to open at Stanford – discovery, innovation, collaboration, and diversity of people and ideas. This spectrum is embodied by graduate students, professionals, and researchers. The journey toward academic achievement is shared by students in different disciplines, from a spectrum of cultures, races, ethnicities, work and life experiences, skills, interests, and perspectives. We want to assist you on your path to becoming the researchers and teachers who will contribute to scholarship. The door is open. We invite you to join us.
Join the Stanford Community
We encourage you to consider joining the graduate student community here at Stanford. The School of Humanities and Sciences is actively looking for outstanding diverse students to apply to our graduate departments and programs. If you have not yet considered pursuing a doctorate, we encourage you to find out more and determine whether a PhD would meet your personal and intellectual interests. Individuals with doctorates not only teach in colleges and universities, they also contribute actively in the corporate, government, academic, and non-profit arenas.
Funding
In the School of Humanities and Sciences, many of our doctoral programs offer four to five years of financial support and a plethora of resources to help you succeed. We also honor several types of application fee waivers, so you should not let finances prevent you from applying for admissions. For more information about fee waivers, please contact us.
Interdisciplinary Research
Stanford has a strong focus on collaborative, interdisciplinary research that crosses boundaries between departments.
- You should apply to the department most closely related to your field of study.
- If you do not find a particular department name, consider the type of research you are interested in, identify Stanford faculty doing similar research via the Stanford website, and apply to that faculty member's department.
- Then, when you arrive on campus, join one of the many interdisciplinary programs that include scholars from across the campus investigating related topics.
- For example, the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity includes scholars from History, Psychology, Law, Engineering and many other fields of study.
- The "thin walls" between academic disciplines encourages creativity and innovation.
Additional information about graduate studies
Additional information about Stanford graduate programs, the application process, and the locations where we will be recruiting are available through the following sections of this website:
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If you have any questions about our departments and programs, the application process, campus climate, living in California, or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact us.
