Graduate Studies in History

Why study history at FIU?

With research expertise and innovative teaching, our program gives doctoral students a strong foundation in the history of the Atlantic world from pre-colonial times to the modern era. Students achieve an average time-to-degree of 5.6 years—well below the national average of 8 years. 

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in History offers students opportunities to take courses and gain expertise on Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, the United States, Europe, and Asia. The program is the nation’s first and most experienced doctoral program centering Atlantic histories, offering innovative cross-regional and comparative perspectives and training from pre-colonial times to the modern era. It examines fundamental exchanges of peoples, technologies, and ideas that have defined and challenged communities across broad spans of time and space. The doctoral program emphasizes Comparative and Atlantic History and explores the many dimensions of these exchanges. The curriculum emphasizes comparative and Atlantic frameworks while reflecting the vitality of a cross-disciplinary approach.

Intellectual Environment 

The Department of History's graduate programs are firmly integrated into FIU's growing University Graduate School. Students in history benefit from the department's close affiliations with the African and African Diaspora Studies Program, the Latin American and Caribbean Center, the Institute for Cuban Studies, the European Center of Excellence, the Wolfsonian Museum, and a large number of other departments and divisions that make FIU one of the largest and most dynamic public research universities in the United States.

We are committed to providing our graduate students at both MA and PhD levels with the preparation and skills that will enable them to pursue successful careers either inside or outside of Academia. Your success is important to us!