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At Illinois, we're training the next generation of historians who inspire us with their fascinating topics, innovative methodologies, and creative teaching styles.
Our goal is for every student in our doctoral program to build a research record, gain teaching experience, and engage in other professional experiences necessary to succeed in the academic job market and beyond.
Among our core educational priorities in preparing graduate students is strong engagement with methods and approaches in history and other disciplines, early and regular primary-source research and writing before the dissertation, inclusion of both geographic and comparative/thematic fields, sustained and broad mentoring, and flexible career development.
With an innovative, accomplished, and diverse faculty in a wide range of fields of study, an active and supportive intellectual community, significant student diversity, and the resources of one of the world’s great research libraries, the Department of History at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign offers an exceptional environment for graduate study.
