PhD in Theatre at Columbia University

Columbia University

United States of America, New York City

University Rank:#38

Duration72 month(s)

Apply DateSeptember 8, 2026

Theatre

The Theatre is a PhD degree offered by Columbia University at its main campus in New York City, United States of America. The program is delivered on campus as a Full Time course in English and requires approximately 6 years to complete. Students study at the university's main campus while gaining the knowledge and practical experience expected for this area of study.

About Theatre

Overview Administered by the Department of English and Comparative Literature and the Theatre Program, the Columbia Ph.D. Program in Theatre encourages students to explore the reciprocal relationships between performance and scholarship, criticism and creation, theory and practice in one of the world's great centers of theatrical performance, New York City.Overseen by an interdepartmental committee – faculty are drawn from the Department of English and Comparative Literature, the Theatre Program of the School of the Arts, the Center for Comparative Literature and Society, Germanic Languages, Philosophy, Classics, and others – the program encourages students to pursue interdisciplinary research across the wide spectrum of theatre and performance studies. I want to find another Phd Course The relatively small size of the program at the Columbia University ensures a close working relationship with supervising faculty; doctoral students in Theatre also work with doctoral students in other humanities fields, as well as with Theatre Program MFA students in Directing, Dramaturgy, and Playwriting.Careers In the past decade, Ph.D. students from the program have been appointed to tenure-track positions in a range of fields at Stanford, Princeton, Boston University, Indiana University, King's College London, The University of Texas at Austin, to name a few.

The Ph.D. Program in Theatre at Columbia University is designed at once to provide the opportunity for students to familiarize themselves with the prevailing traditions of Western and non-Western drama, theatre, and performance scholarship, as well as to identify a specific trajectory of individual research.

Disciplines

Theatre & Dance

Requirements

English Requirements

PTEMin 67
IELTSMin 7.5
TOEFLMin 100

Other Requirements

1one transcript showing courses and grades per school attended a statement of academic purpose a writing sample (a course paper, term paper, etc.)three letters of evaluation from academic sources.

Fee Information

Theatre

Columbia University

United States of America, New York City