Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 84 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting August 2027
- Apply before Dec 2026

Language

English

TOEFL iBT: 90
IELTS: 7

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Berkeley, United States

Disciplines

Literature

Overview

The Comparative Literature degree from University of California, Berkeley provides students with tools for engaging, analyzing, and interpreting texts; and for writing, editing, translating, and thinking across disciplinary and national boundaries.

Features

Our graduates take up various literary traditions, historical periods and genres, modalities, forms, and contexts, from, for example, Latin American concrete poetry, to discourses of political and race theory, to Yiddish experimental fiction.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Comparative Literature
Historical coverage
Literature
Latin American Literature
Poetry

Admission requirements

Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

TOEFL iBT: 90
IELTS: 7

Other requirements

General requirements

Statement of Purpose
Personal Statement
The Writing Sample
Evidence of English Language Proficiency
Letters of Recommendation
Application Fee

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in AUD and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International (Non-residents): 18,452 AUD / year (≈ 13,140 USD / year)
Out-of-State: 18,452 AUD / year (≈ 13,140 USD / year)
Domestic (In-State): 18,452 AUD / year (≈ 13,140 USD / year)

Living costs

Berkeley, United States

2,457-3,960 AUD / month

Funding

Scholarship opportunities are available for PhD students for Comparative Literature. Available scholarships include the Belgian American Educational Foundation (BAEF), the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships For Overseas Studies, the Fulbright-Masaryk Award, the Study Abroad Graduate Scholarships Of Jeollanam, Next 100 (Kitas 100), the Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships, the Marietta Blau Grant, the Tatra Banka Scholarship, the International Peace Scholarship Fund, the OAS Academic Scholarship Program, and many others.

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