If you have any questions about the application process, please contact the Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Eliza Zingesser.
Graduate Programs
MA in French
This free-standing program on Columbia’s Morningside campus in New York City is a standalone master’s degree.
MA in History and Literature
This program, located in Paris at Columbia’s Global Center—Reid Hall—is managed in partnership with the Department of History. It is a standalone master’s degree program.
PhD in French
This is a sequential program. Along the way to the PhD, the MA and MPhil degrees are also obtained.
PhD in French with a Certificate in Comparative Literature
This is a sequential program. Along the way to the PhD, the MA and MPhil degrees are obtained. The student must also fulfill ICLS (Institute for Comparative Literature and Society) requirements.