Hispanic Languages and Literatures
(Spanish and Portuguese)
 

Major Code

0426

Program Name

 
Hispanic Languages and Literatures

Address

5310 Rolfe Hall
Box 951532
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1532 

Phone

(310) 825-1036 

Email

peinado@humnet.ucla.edu  

Website

www.spanport.ucla.edu 

Leading to the degree of

Ph.D. 

Admission Limited to

Fall 

Deadline to apply

December 31st 

GRE (General and/or Subject), TWE

GRE: General 

Letters of Recommendation

3, from professors familiar with the applicant's work as a graduate student, that address the applicant's capacity for research-oriented doctoral studies and possible entry into the profession 

 
Other Requirements

In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a statement of purpose and a writing sample.

A master's degree in Spanish or in Portuguese is required for admission to the Ph.D. program in Hispanic Languages and Literatures. Applicants holding master's degrees in Spanish or Portuguese linguistics who wish to pursue the Ph.D. in Spanish, Spanish American or Luso-Brazilian literature must take the master's comprehensive examination in literature. Aplplicants holding master's degrees in Spanish, Spanish American or Luso-Brazilian literature who wish to pursue the Ph.D. in Spanish or Portuguese linguistics must take the master's comprehensive examination in linguistics.

Applicants who hold the M.A. in Spanish or in Portuguese from UCLA must have the recommendation of the department to proceed toward the Ph.D. degree; they are notified of their eligibility to continue when they receive the M.A. degree.