Directory of Graduate Programs

The AIA Committee on Archaeology in Higher Education has composed this directory of graduate programs in the United States and Canada for persons intending to apply for admission to a graduate-level program in Classical/Mediterranean archaeology and/or a related field, including Near Eastern and Egyptian archaeology, the study of Classical/ancient art, museum studies, and art conservation.

Listings are by state and then university.

We encourage members to submit corrections, additions, and comments to kalbert@archaeological.org.

USA

Arizona

Arizona State University
School of Art, Art History Program
http://art.asu.edu/arthistory/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Arizona
Department of Art History; Certificate Program in Museum Studies
http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/arh/
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics, M.A. with Emphasis in Classical Archaeology
http://www.classics.web.arizona.edu/ma_classical_archaeology
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Program in Heritage Conservation Science, MS & PhD in Conservation
http://www.mse.arizona.edu/heritage/programs.html
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

Concentration in Mediterranean Archaeology

School of Anthropology
https://anthropology.arizona.edu/mediterranean
MA and Ph.D. in Mediterranean Archaeology

California

California State University at Long Beach
Department of Art, Program in Art History
http://www.art.csulb.edu/index.php?section=academics-programs-AH
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

John F. Kennedy University
Program in Museum Studies; M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies
http://www.jfku.edu/programs/programs/museum_stud;
MA in Museum Studies

San Francisco State University
Department of Classics, M.A. in Classics with emphasis in Classical Archaeology
http://www.sfsu.edu/~clas/?q=node/66
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

San Jose State University
School of Art and Design
http://ad.sjsu.edu/programs.php?page=programs/graduate&style=css/programs/graduate
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Stanford University
Department of Classics, Track in Classical Archaeology
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/classics/cgi-bin/web/programs/graduate-program
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of California, Berkeley
Department of Classics, Program in Classical Archaeology
http://classics.berkeley.edu/programs/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of History of Art
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/arthistory/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/ahma/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of California, Irvine
Department of Art History, Ph.D. Program in Visual Studies
http://www.humanities.uci.edu/visualstudies/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Art History
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/arthist/the_program/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of California at Los Angeles
Getty Conservation Institute (Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials: M.A. in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials)
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/conservation-program
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

Department of Classics, Specialization in Archaeology
http://www.classics.ucla.edu/index.php/degreeprograms/grads
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

UCLA Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Archaeology
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/archaeology-program
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of California, San Diego
Visual Arts Department
http://visarts.ucsd.edu/about/general
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of History of Art and Architecture
http://www.arthistory.ucsb.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=4
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Southern California
Department of Art History
http://college.usc.edu/ahis/home/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Certificate in the History of Collecting and Display
http://college.usc.edu/ahis/programs/graduate_certificates.cfm
MA in Museum Studies

Colorado

University of Colorado at Boulder
Classics Department, M.A. with concentration in Classical Art and Archaeology
http://www.colorado.edu/Classics/grad/index.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Art and Art History
http://www.colorado.edu/FineArts/arthistory/graduate.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Connecticut

Yale University
Department of the History of Art
http://arthistory.yale.edu/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

The Council on Archaeological Studies at Yale
http://www.yale.edu/archaeology/
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Delaware

University of Delaware
Department of Art History
http://www.udel.edu/ArtHistory/grad.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Museum Studies Certificate Program
http://www.udel.edu/museumstudies/
MA in Museum Studies

Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
Department of Art Conservation; M.S. in Art Conservation and Certificate in Conservation;
Ph.D. in Preservation Studies
http://www.artcons.udel.edu/academic
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

Florida

Florida State University
Department of Art History, Ancient Field of Study
http://www.fsu.edu/~arh/pages/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of Classics, Program in Classical Archaeology
http://classics.fsu.edu/program/graduate_overview.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Interdepartmental Program in Museum Studies; Certificate in Museum Studies
http://www.fsu.edu/~ms/
MA in Museum Studies

University of Florida
Museum Studies Program; M.A. in Museum Studies
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/mstudies/
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art and Art History
http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/Programs/artHistory.asp
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Georgia

Emory University
Art History Department; Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome field of study
http://www.arthistory.emory.edu/programs/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Georgia Southern University
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, interdisciplinary
http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/mass/
MA in Social Sciences (MASS) with archaeology concentration

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Department of History
http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/history/gradprogram/
MA in History and Graduate Certificate in Public History

University of Georgia
Lamar Dodd School of Art
http://art.uga.edu/index.php?cat=22
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Illinois

Illinois State University
School of Art, Program in Art History
http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/art/visual_culture/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Northern Illinois University
Museum Studies Program; Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies
http://www.niu.edu/mstudies/about/index.shtml
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art, Master of Arts in Art, Specialization in Art History
http://catalog.niu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1843
MA in Ancient Art

Northwestern University
Department of Art History
http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/arthistory/graduate/index.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

School of Continuing Studies, Museum Studies Professional Development Program;
Certificate in Museum Studies
http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/npdp/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

University of Chicago
Department of Art History
http://arthistory.uchicago.edu/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Art History
http://www.uic.edu/depts/arch/ah/graduate.shtml
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Certificate Program in Museum Studies
http://www.uic.edu/depts/arch/ah/museology.shtml
MA in Museum Studies

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Program in Museum Studies; Graduate Minor in Museum Studies
http://www.anthro.illinois.edu/programs/subfields/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art and Design, Program in Art History
http://www.art.uiuc.edu/content/graduate/programs
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Indiana

Indiana University, Bloomington
Department of History of Art
http://www.indiana.edu/~arthist/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Program in Museum Studies; M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies
http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/mstd/index.php/programs
MA in Museum Studies

Notre Dame University
Department of Art, Art History and Design
http://www.nd.edu/~art/degrees/ma-ah.htm
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Iowa

University of Iowa
Certificate Program in Museum Studies; Certificate in Museum Studies
http://provost.uiowa.edu/ucoll/museumstudies/
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art and Art History
http://www.art.uiowa.edu/art_history/art_history.html?nav=overview
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Kansas

University of Kansas
Dept. of Museum Studies
http://museumstudies.ku.edu
Graduate Certificate and MA in Museum Studies

Louisiana

Louisiana State University
School of Art, Art History Program
http://design.lsu.edu/artschool/arthistory/program.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Tulane University
Newcomb Art Department
http://pandora.tcs.tulane.edu/art/degree.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Massachusetts

Boston University
Archaeology Program
http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/graduate/
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Art History
http://www.bu.edu/ah/programs/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Brandeis University
Department of Classical Studies
http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/classics/masters
M.A. in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies

Harvard University
Department of History of Art and Architecture
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hoart/#
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of the Classics, Graduate Program in Classical Archaeology
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/programs/graduate.html#Classical_Archaeology
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Museum Studies
http://www.extension.harvard.edu/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

Tufts University
Department of Art and Art History
http://ase.tufts.edu/art/programsGraduate.asp
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

http://ase.tufts.edu/art/programsMuseumStudies.asp
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics
http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/graduate/page3.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Department of Art and Art History
http://www.umass.edu/arthist/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Maryland

Johns Hopkins University
Department of the History of Art
http://arthist.jhu.edu/grad-prog.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Interdepartmental PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology
http://classics.jhu.edu/archive_site_2009/phdprogartandarchaeo.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Maryland
Department of Art History and Archaeology
http://www.arthistory-archaeology.umd.edu/programs/grad.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Williams College
Department of Art/Clark Art Institute
http://www.williams.edu/gradart/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Michigan

University of Michigan
Department of History of Art
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/histart/grad
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology
http://www.umich.edu/~ipcaa/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Museum Studies Program; Certificate in Museum Studies
http://www.umich.edu/~ummsp/home.htm
MA in Museum Studies

Wayne State University
Department of Art and Art History
http://www.art.wayne.edu/art_history.php
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Minnesota

University of Minnesota
Department of Art History
http://arthist.umn.edu/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of Classics and Near Eastern Studies, Degree track in Ancient and Medieval Art and Archaeology
http://cnes.cla.umn.edu/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of St. Thomas
Graduate Program in Art History
http://www.stthomas.edu/arthistory/graduate
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Missouri

University of Missouri – Columbia
Department of Art History and Archaeology
http://aha.missouri.edu/programs.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Washington University in Saint Louis
Department of Art History and Archaeology
http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~artarch/sections/graduate/graduate_main.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Nebraska

University of Nebraska
Department of Art and Art History
http://www.unl.edu/art/masters.shtml
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

New Jersey

Princeton University
Department of Art and Archaeology, Field of Classical Art and Archaeology
http://www.princeton.edu/artandarchaeology/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Rutgers University
Department of Art History
http://arthistory.rutgers.edu/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

http://arthistory.rutgers.edu/grad/gradCuratorial.php
MA in Museum Studies

New York

Buffalo State College, State University of New York
Art Conservation Department; M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Art Conservation
http://www.buffalostate.edu/depts/artconservation/Program.htm
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

City University of New York Graduate Center
Ph.D. Program in Art History
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/arthi/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Columbia University
Department of Art History and Archaeology
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/html/dept_grad.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

American Museum of Natural History
Program in Museum Anthropology; M.A. in Museum Anthropology
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/departments/museum-anthropology/bulletin.html
MA in Museum Studies

Cornell University
Archaeology Intercollege Program
http://www.archaeology.cornell.edu/grad.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Classics Department, Concentration in Classical Archaeology
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/classics/Classicarxeo.asp
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

New York University
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/graduateprogram.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Institute of Fine Arts, Conservation Center; M.A. in Art History and Advanced Certificate in Conservation
http://www.nyu.edu/fas/program/museumstudies/graduate/index.html
MA in Museum Studies

Program in Art History and Archaeology
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/academics/art_history.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Program in Museum Studies; M.A. in Museum Studies
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/conservation/index.htm
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

Syracuse University
Department of Art and Music Histories; Concurrent M.A. Degree Programs in Art History and Museum Studies
http://finearts.syr.edu/graduate_artHistoryMA.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

http://finearts.syr.edu/graduate_concurrent.html
MA in Museum Studies

University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Department of Classics, Track in Mediterranean Archaeology
http://www.classics.buffalo.edu/programs/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Visual Studies, Ancient Art http://visualstudies.buffalo.edu/graduate/maAHI.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Critical Museum Studies Advance Certificate
http://www.provost.buffalo.edu/grad/academics/academicprograms.asp?id=256
MA in Museum Studies

North Carolina

Duke University
Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
http://www.duke.edu/web/art/phdprog/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Art
https://www.webslingerz.com/depts/art/art_history/graduate/index
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of Classics, Classical Archaeology Program
http://classics.unc.edu/grad/grad_description.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Ohio

Case Western Reserve University
Department of Art History and Art
http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/arth/arth.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Ohio State University
Department of History of Art, Specialization in Greek and Roman art
http://history-of-art.osu.edu/2_academics/graduate.php
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
http://www.daap.uc.edu/art/marthistory/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

http://www.daap.uc.edu/art/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics, Graduate Program in Archaeology
http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/graduate/gradarchaeology
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Oklahoma

University of Tulsa
Department of Anthropology
http://www.utulsa.edu/Academics/Colleges/Henry-Kendall-College-of-Arts-and-Sciences/Departments-and-Schools/Anthropology.aspx/
MA in Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology & PhD in Archaeology

OREGON

University of Oregon
Department of Art History
http://arthistory.uoregon.edu/index.cfm?mode=grad
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Pennsylvania

Bryn Mawr College
Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art
http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/archaeology/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of History of Art
http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/historyofart/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Pennsylvania State University
Department of Art History
http://www.arthistory.psu.edu/?q=node/88
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Temple University
Art History Department
http://www.temple.edu/tyler/programs/graddegrees.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Pennsylvania
Department of the History of Art
http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/gradmain.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/aamw/program
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Pittsburgh
Department of History of Art and Architecture
http://www.haa.pitt.edu/graduate/index.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Rhode Island

Brown University
Department of the History of Art and Architecture
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Art_Architecture/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Tennessee

University of Memphis
Department of Art
http://deptart.memphis.edu/details.php?nav_id=92
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Memphis
Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies; Certificate in Museum Studies
http://deptart.memphis.edu/details.php?nav_id=95
MA in Museum Studies

University of Tennessee
Department of Anthropology, M.A. in Mediterranean Archaeology
http://web.utk.edu/~classics/programs/ma_med.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Vanderbilt University
Department of History of Art(Ph.D. degree program pending as of 12/09)
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/historyart/acad_grad.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Texas

Rice University
Department of Art History
http://arthistory.rice.edu/content.aspx?id=370&linkidentifier=id&itemid=370
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Texas A&M University
Department of Anthropology, Program in Nautical Archaeology/Conservation Certificate
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/academic/conservationcert.shtml
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

M.A. and Ph.D.
http://nautarch.tamu.edu/academic/index.htm
MA & PhD in Nautical Archaeology

University of Texas – Austin
College of Fine Arts; Portfolio in Museum Studies
http://museumstudies.finearts.utexas.edu/
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics, Program in Classical Archaeology
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/classics/Graduate/About.php
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Art and Art History, Division of Art History
http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/art_history/graduate_program/index.cfm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Utah

Brigham Young University
Department of Visual Arts, MA in Art History and Curatorial Studies
http://www.byu.edu/gradstudies/catalog/department.php?program=58
MA in Classical/Ancient Art, MA in Museum Studies

University of Utah
Department of Art and Art History
http://www.arthistory.utah.edu/g_intro.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Virginia

University of Virginia
McIntire Department of Art, Graduate Program in the History of Art and Architecture
http://www.virginia.edu/art/artarch/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Washington

University of Washington
Museology Graduate Program; M.A. in Museology
http://www.museum.washington.edu/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

Division of Art History
http://art.washington.edu/index.php?id=388
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Art History
http://arthistory.wisc.edu/graduate/index.html
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/arthistory/grad.cfm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Certificate in Art Museum Studies
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/arthistory/grad.cfm
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Anthropology
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/museumstudies/
Museum Studies Certificate Program

Washington, DC

George Washington University
Museum Studies Program
http://www.gwu.edu/~mstd/programs.htm
MA in Museum Studies

Canada

Queen’s University
Department of Art; Masters in Art Conservation
http://www.queensu.ca/art/programs_artc.html
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

University of Alberta
Department of History and Classics; Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology
https://www.ualberta.ca/history-classics/graduate-programs/areas-of-study/classical-archaeology
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of British Columbia
Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies;
M.A. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
http://www.cnrs.ubc.ca/index.php?id=3745
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Waterloo
Department of Classical Studies
http://www.classics.uwaterloo.ca/MA.htm
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Wilfrid Laurier University
Department of Classics and Archaeology
http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=296&p=10366
M.A. in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures

Centers, Institutes, and Consortia of Interest

California

Stanford University Archaeology Center
https://www.stanford.edu/dept/archaeology/cgi-bin/drupal/

University of California, Berkeley, Archaeological Research Facility
http://arf.berkeley.edu/

University of California, Los Angeles, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/

New York

Columbia University Center for Archaeology
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/archaeology/

University at Buffalo Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology
http://www.iema.buffalo.edu/

North Carolina

Duke-UNC Consortium for Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology
http://www.aas.duke.edu/ccma/

Pennsylvania

Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute
http://mai.mercyhurst.edu/

Texas

University of Texas Institute of Classical Archaeology
http://www.utexas.edu/research/ica/

Canada, Ontario

The Archaeology Centre at the University of Toronto
http://www.archaeology.utoronto.ca/Home_.html

Brock University
Department of Classics; Masters in Art and Archaeology
http://www.brocku.ca/humanities/departments-and-centres/classics/graduate-program
MA in Art and Archaeology

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