The annual admissions deadline is December 1. Complete applications must include:
- A Statement of Purpose (1200 words maximum) that describes your research interests and reasons for seeking a PhD. The Statement of Purpose should indicate how your proposed research correlates to our program's emphases and how you will benefit from working with specific core faculty. You can find information about faculty research interests here.
- A Personal History Statement (1200 word maximum) that describes your educational accomplishments and goals. It is important to communicate whether you have experienced unique or significant opportunities, challenges, and/or obstacles in your pursuit of an education. Please also describe the career paths you plan to pursue after graduation.
- A sample of academic writing that demonstrates original thinking, clear writing and your preparedness to do graduate-level work in film and media studies.
- A minimum of ten pages to a maximum of thirty pages. Any submission longer than the maximum will not be reviewed past the maximum page limit.
- You may submit two pieces of work as long as their combined length does not exceed the page limit.
- In the event you have a longer piece of work to submit, such as a Master's thesis or Undergraduate research paper, please submit a chapter or section of the work within the page restriction
- Three letters of recommendation, preferably from faculty with whom you have studied.
- Transcripts
- English Language Proficiency: All graduate applicants are required to demonstrate English proficiency for admissions consideration. For more information, please visit: https://grad.uci.edu/admissions/applying-to-uci/
All application materials must be submitted by the December 1 deadline.
For academic questions (questions about program requirements, the application review process, funding opportunities, etc.) please contact the Graduate Director, Professor Kristen Hatch (khatch@uci.edu).
For administrative questions (questions about how to apply, paying the application fee, application materials, etc.) please contact the Graduate Coordinator, Amy Fujitani (amy.fujitani@uci.edu).
For technical questions related to your online application, please contact gradapplicant@uci.edu.