The Ph.D. Program in English

Tuition is 46,800 USD per year.

Emory's doctoral program in English provides intensive training in literary and cultural studies, research methods, and pedagogy. Students work closely with faculty mentors and can access extensive archival collections, particularly in Irish and African American literature, and twentieth-century poetry. The program emphasizes interdisciplinary scholarship and offers strengths in areas like early modern literature, postcolonial studies, health humanities, and digital humanities.

Focus areas include early modern period, African-American literature, post/decolonial literature and theory, American literature, health humanities and disability studies, digital humanities.

For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 11% of applicants.

Emory’s academic structure brings together nine colleges and schools, giving students room to define a course of study across a range of fields. Critical thinking, evidence, and bold questions sit at the center of learning. Distinguished faculty and research form part of that academic environment, with research connected to lives improved, partnerships nurtured, and discoveries advanced. Health education has an immediate practical focus, with classrooms and clinics addressing pressing challenges affecting humanity. Students can connect study with service, inquiry, and applied work across Emory’s academic and health-focused settings.

Atlanta forms an important part of the Emory experience. Students can pursue medical breakthroughs, business ambitions connected with Fortune 500 companies, or creative work in the city. On campus, life includes opportunities to get involved, build friendships, express ideas, and find support. Athletics include varsity and intramural sports, while the Eagles offer a team to follow and Georgia’s outdoors provides space to get away. Art and culture are visible through public art and more than 300 events each year, including opportunities to write, produce, and perform. Students coming from outside the United States encounter a campus experience that combines academic, health, recreational, cultural, and city-based opportunities.