Program Name

Indo-European Studies

Indo-European Studies is an interdepartmental program.   Interdepartmental programs provide an integrated curriculum of several disciplines. 

 Major Code

0450 

 Address

100 Dodd Hall
Box 951417
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1417 

 Phone

(310) 206-1590 

 Email

dabugheida@humnet.ucla.edu  

 Website

www.pies.ucla.edu 

 Leading to the degree of

Ph.D. 

 Admission Limited to

Fall 

 Deadline to apply

January 15th  

 GRE (General and/or Subject)

GRE: Not required 

 Letters of Recommendation

2 (preferably 3 or 4) 

 
 Other Requirements

In addition to the University's minimum requirements and those listed above, all applicants are expected to submit a writing sample, normally consisting of a recent term paper (preferably on a linguistic topic) and a statement of purpose

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree with a major in an Indo-European language field (for example, German, Slavic, Celtic, Romance languages, Latin, Greek), linguistics (with concentration in historical and comparative linguistics), anthropology, or archaeology.

In addition, all applicants, including those who do not have a bachelor's degree in Classics or Latin, should be able to demonstrate competence in Classical Latin.

Should deficiencies exist in prerequisites to specific work at the graduate level, applicants may be granted provisional admission and directed to remove those deficiencies in the initial period of enrollment.