Directory of Graduate Programs in the United States and Canada

The AIA Committee on Archaeology in Higher Education has composed this directory to for persons intending to apply for admission to a graduate-level program in Classical/Mediterranean archaeology and/or a related field, including Near Eastern and Egyptian archaeology, the study of Classical/ancient art, museum studies, and art conservation. 

Listings are by state and then university.

We encourage members to submit corrections, additions, and comments to bthomas@aia.bu.edu.

USA

ARIZONA

Arizona State University (School of Art, Art History Program): http://art.asu.edu/arthistory/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Arizona
Department of Art History; Certificate Program in Museum Studies: http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/arh/
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics, M.A. with Emphasis in Classical Archaeology: http://www.classics.web.arizona.edu/ma_classical_archaeology MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Program in Heritage Conservation Science, MS & PhD in Conservation: http://www.mse.arizona.edu/heritage/programs.html
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

CALIFORNIA

California State University at Long Beach (Department of Art, Program in Art History): http://www.art.csulb.edu/index.php?section=academics-programs-AH
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

John F. Kennedy University (Program in Museum Studies; M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies): http://www.jfku.edu/programs/programs/museum_stud;
MA in Museum Studies

San Francisco State University (Department of Classics, M.A. in Classics with emphasis in Classical Archaeology): http://www.sfsu.edu/~clas/?q=node/66
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

San Jose State University (School of Art and Design): http://ad.sjsu.edu/programs.php?page=programs/graduate&style=css/programs/graduate
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Stanford University (Department of Classics, Track in Classical Archaeology): http://www.stanford.edu/dept/classics/cgi-bin/web/programs/graduate-program
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of California, Berkeley
Department of Classics, Program in Classical Archaeology: http://classics.berkeley.edu/programs/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of History of Art: http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/arthistory/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Graduate Group in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology: http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/ahma/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of California, Irvine (Department of Art History, Ph.D. Program in Visual Studies): http://www.humanities.uci.edu/visualstudies/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of California, Los Angeles (Department of Art History): http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/arthist/the_program/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of California at Los Angeles
Getty Conservation Institute (Program in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials: M.A. in the Conservation of Archaeological and Ethnographic Materials): http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/conservation-program
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

Department of Classics, Specialization in Archaeology: http://www.classics.ucla.edu/index.php/degreeprograms/grads
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

UCLA Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Archaeology: http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/archaeology-program
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of California, San Diego (Visual Arts Department): http://visarts.ucsd.edu/about/general
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of California, Santa Barbara (Department of History of Art and Architecture): http://www.arthistory.ucsb.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2&Itemid=4
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Southern California
Department of Art History: http://college.usc.edu/ahis/home/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Certificate in the History of Collecting and Display): http://college.usc.edu/ahis/programs/graduate_certificates.cfm
MA in Museum Studies

COLORADO

University of Colorado at Boulder
Classics Department, M.A. with concentration in Classical Art and Archaeology: http://www.colorado.edu/Classics/grad/index.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Art and Art History): http://www.colorado.edu/FineArts/arthistory/graduate.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

CONNECTICUT

Yale University
Department of the History of Art: http://arthistory.yale.edu/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

The Council on Archaeological Studies at Yale: http://www.yale.edu/archaeology/
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

DELAWARE

University of Delaware
Department of Art History: http://www.udel.edu/ArtHistory/grad.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Museum Studies Certificate Program: http://www.udel.edu/museumstudies/
MA in Museum Studies

Winterthur Museum and Country Estate (Department of Art Conservation; M.S. in Art Conservation and Certificate in Conservation; Ph.D. in Preservation Studies): http://www.artcons.udel.edu/academic
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

FLORIDA

Florida State University
Department of Art History, Ancient Field of Study: http://www.fsu.edu/~arh/pages/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of Classics, Program in Classical Archaeology: http://classics.fsu.edu/program/graduate_overview.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Interdepartmental Program in Museum Studies; Certificate in Museum Studies: http://www.fsu.edu/~ms/
MA in Museum Studies

University of Florida
Museum Studies Program; M.A. in Museum Studies: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/mstudies/
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art and Art History: http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/Programs/artHistory.asp
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

GEORGIA

Emory University (Art History Department; Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome field of study): http://www.arthistory.emory.edu/programs/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Georgia (Lamar Dodd School of Art): http://art.uga.edu/index.php?cat=22
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

ILLINOIS

Illinois State University (School of Art, Program in Art History): http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/art/visual_culture/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Northern Illinois University
Museum Studies Program; Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies: http://www.niu.edu/mstudies/about/index.shtml
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art, Master of Arts in Art, Specialization in Art History: http://catalog.niu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=11&poid=1843
MA in Ancient Art

Northwestern University
Department of Art History: http://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/arthistory/graduate/index.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

School of Continuing Studies, Museum Studies Professional Development Program; Certificate in Museum Studies: http://www.scs.northwestern.edu/pdp/npdp/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

University of Chicago (Department of Art History): http://arthistory.uchicago.edu/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Art History: http://www.uic.edu/depts/arch/ah/graduate.shtml
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Certificate Program in Museum Studies: http://www.uic.edu/depts/arch/ah/museology.shtml
MA in Museum Studies

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Anthropology, Interdisciplinary Program in Museum Studies; Graduate Minor in Museum Studies: http://www.anthro.illinois.edu/programs/subfields/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art and Design, Program in Art History: http://www.art.uiuc.edu/content/graduate/programs
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

INDIANA

Indiana University, Bloomington (Department of History of Art): http://www.indiana.edu/~arthist/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (Program in Museum Studies; M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies): http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/mstd/index.php/programs
MA in Museum Studies

Notre Dame University (Department of Art, Art History and Design): http://www.nd.edu/~art/degrees/ma-ah.htm
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

IOWA

University of Iowa
Certificate Program in Museum Studies; Certificate in Museum Studies: http://provost.uiowa.edu/ucoll/museumstudies/
MA in Museum Studies

School of Art and Art History: http://www.art.uiowa.edu/art_history/art_history.html?nav=overview
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

LOUISIANA

Louisiana State University (School of Art, Art History Program): http://design.lsu.edu/artschool/arthistory/program.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Tulane University (Newcomb Art Department): http://pandora.tcs.tulane.edu/art/degree.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston University
Archaeology Department: http://www.bu.edu/archaeology/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Art History: http://www.bu.edu/ah/programs/graduate.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Brandeis University
Department of Classical Studies http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/classics/masters
M.A. in Ancient Greek and Roman Studies

Harvard University
Department of History of Art and Architecture: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hoart/#
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of the Classics, Graduate Program in Classical Archaeology: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~classics/programs/graduate.html#Classical_Archaeology
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Museum Studies: http://www.extension.harvard.edu/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

Tufts University
Department of Art and Art History: http://ase.tufts.edu/art/programsGraduate.asp
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

http://ase.tufts.edu/art/programsMuseumStudies.asp
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics: http://ase.tufts.edu/classics/graduate/page3.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Department of Art and Art History): http://www.umass.edu/arthist/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

MARYLAND

Johns Hopkins University
Department of the History of Art: http://arthist.jhu.edu/grad-prog.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Interdepartmental PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology: http://classics.jhu.edu/archive_site_2009/phdprogartandarchaeo.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Maryland (Department of Art History and Archaeology): http://www.arthistory-archaeology.umd.edu/programs/grad.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Williams College (Department of Art)/Clark Art Institute: http://www.williams.edu/gradart/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

MICHIGAN

University of Michigan
Department of History of Art: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/histart/grad
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology: http://www.umich.edu/~ipcaa/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Museum Studies Program; Certificate in Museum Studies: http://www.umich.edu/~ummsp/home.htm
MA in Museum Studies

Wayne State University (Department of Art and Art History): http://www.art.wayne.edu/art_history.php
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

MINNESOTA

University of Minnesota
Department of Art History: http://arthist.umn.edu/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of Classics and Near Eastern Studies, Degree track in Ancient and Medieval Art and Archaeology: http://cnes.cla.umn.edu/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

MISSOURI

University of Missouri – Columbia (Department of Art History and Archaeology): http://aha.missouri.edu/programs.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Washington University in Saint Louis (Department of Art History and Archaeology): http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~artarch/sections/graduate/graduate_main.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

NEBRASKA

University of Nebraska (Department of Art and Art History): http://www.unl.edu/art/masters.shtml
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

NEW JERSEY

Princeton University (Department of Art and Archaeology, Field of Classical Art and Archaeology): http://www.princeton.edu/artandarchaeology/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Rutgers University
Department of Art History: http://arthistory.rutgers.edu/grad/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

http://arthistory.rutgers.edu/grad/gradCuratorial.php
MA in Museum Studies

NEW YORK

Buffalo State College, State University of New York (Art Conservation Department; M.A. and Certificate of Advanced Studies in Art Conservation): http://www.buffalostate.edu/depts/artconservation/Program.htm
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

City University of New York Graduate Center (Ph.D. Program in Art History): http://web.gc.cuny.edu/dept/arthi/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Columbia University (Department of Art History and Archaeology): http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/html/dept_grad.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

American Museum of Natural History (Program in Museum Anthropology; M.A. in Museum Anthropology): http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsas/departments/museum-anthropology/bulletin.html
MA in Museum Studies

Cornell University
Archaeology Intercollege Program: http://www.archaeology.cornell.edu/grad.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Classics Department, Concentration in Classical Archaeology: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/classics/Classicarxeo.asp
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

New York University
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World: http://www.nyu.edu/isaw/graduateprogram.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Institute of Fine Arts, Conservation Center; M.A. in Art History and Advanced Certificate in Conservation: http://www.nyu.edu/fas/program/museumstudies/graduate/index.html
MA in Museum Studies

Program in Art History and Archaeology: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/academics/art_history.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Program in Museum Studies; M.A. in Museum Studies: http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/fineart/conservation/index.htm
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

Syracuse University
Department of Art and Music Histories; Concurrent M.A. Degree Programs in Art History and Museum Studies: http://finearts.syr.edu/graduate_artHistoryMA.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

http://finearts.syr.edu/graduate_concurrent.html
MA in Museum Studies

University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Department of Classics, Track in Mediterranean Archaeology: http://www.classics.buffalo.edu/programs/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Visual Studies, Ancient Art: http://visualstudies.buffalo.edu/graduate/maAHI.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

Critical Museum Studies Advance Certificate: http://www.provost.buffalo.edu/grad/academics/academicprograms.asp?id=256
MA in Museum Studies

NORTH CAROLINA

Duke University (Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies):  http://www.duke.edu/web/art/phdprog/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Art: https://www.webslingerz.com/depts/art/art_history/graduate/index
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Department of Classics, Classical Archaeology Program: http://classics.unc.edu/grad/grad_description.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

OHIO

Case Western Reserve University (Department of Art History and Art): http://www.cwru.edu/artsci/arth/arth.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Ohio State University (Department of History of Art, Specialization in Greek and Roman art): http://history-of-art.osu.edu/2_academics/graduate.php
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning: http://www.daap.uc.edu/art/marthistory/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

http://www.daap.uc.edu/art/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics, Graduate Program in Archaeology: http://classics.uc.edu/index.php/graduate/gradarchaeology
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

OKLAHOMA

University of Tulsa (Department of Anthropology): http://www.utulsa.edu/Academics/Colleges/Henry-Kendall-College-of-Arts-and-Sciences/Departments-and-Schools/Anthropology.aspx/
MA in Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology & PhD in Archaeology

OREGON

University of Oregon (Department of Art History): http://arthistory.uoregon.edu/index.cfm?mode=grad
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

PENNSYLVANIA

Bryn Mawr College
Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Graduate Group in Archaeology, Classics and History of Art: http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/archaeology/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of History of Art: http://www.brynmawr.edu/gradgroup/historyofart/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Pennsylvania State University (Department of Art History): http://www.arthistory.psu.edu/?q=node/88
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Temple University (Art History Department): http://www.temple.edu/tyler/programs/graddegrees.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Pennsylvania
Department of the History of Art: http://www.arthistory.upenn.edu/gradmain.htm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Interdisciplinary Graduate Group in Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/aamw/program
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of Pittsburgh (Department of History of Art and Architecture): http://www.haa.pitt.edu/graduate/index.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

RHODE ISLAND

Brown University
Department of the History of Art and Architecture: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Art_Architecture/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World: http://brown.edu/Departments/Joukowsky_Institute/graduate/
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

TEXAS

Rice University (Department of Art History): http://arthistory.rice.edu/content.aspx?id=370&linkidentifier=id&itemid=370
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

Texas A&M University
Department of Anthropology, Program in Nautical Archaeology
Conservation Certificate: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/academic/conservationcert.shtml
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

M.A. and Ph.D.: http://nautarch.tamu.edu/academic/index.htm
MA & PhD in Nautical Archaeology

University of Texas – Austin
College of Fine Arts; Portfolio in Museum Studies: http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Classics, Program in Classical Archaeology: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/classics/Graduate/About.php
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Department of Art and Art History, Division of Art History: http://www.finearts.utexas.edu/aah/art_history/graduate_program/index.cfm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

TENNESSEE

University of Memphis (Department of Art): http://deptart.memphis.edu/details.php?nav_id=92
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Memphis (Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program in Museum Studies; Certificate in Museum Studies): http://deptart.memphis.edu/details.php?nav_id=95
MA in Museum Studies

University of Tennessee (Department of Anthropology, M.A. in Mediterranean Archaeology): http://web.utk.edu/~classics/programs/ma_med.html
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

Vanderbilt University (Department of History of Art) (Ph.D. degree program pending as of 12/09): http://www.vanderbilt.edu/historyart/acad_grad.html
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

UTAH

Brigham Young University
Department of Visual Arts, MA in Art History and Curatorial Studies: http://www.byu.edu/gradstudies/catalog/department.php?program=58
MA in Classical/Ancient Art
MA in Museum Studies

University of Utah (Department of Art and Art History): http://www.arthistory.utah.edu/g_intro.html
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

VIRGINIA

University of Virginia (McIntire Department of Art, Graduate Program in the History of Art and Architecture): http://www.virginia.edu/art/artarch/
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

WASHINGTON

University of Washington
Museology Graduate Program; M.A. in Museology: http://www.museum.washington.edu/museum/
MA in Museum Studies

Division of Art History: http://art.washington.edu/index.php?id=388
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

WISCONSIN

University of Wisconsin, Madison 
Department of Art History: http://arthistory.wisc.edu/graduate/index.html, http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/arthistory/grad.cfm
MA & PhD in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Certificate in Art Museum Studies: http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/arthistory/grad.cfm
MA in Museum Studies

Department of Anthropology: http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/museumstudies/
Museum Studies Certificate Program

WASHINGTON DC

George Washington University (Museum Studies Program): http://www.gwu.edu/~mstd/programs.htm
MA in Museum Studies

CANADA

Queen’s University (Department of Art; Masters in Art Conservation): http://www.queensu.ca/art/programs_artc.html
MA/Certificate in Art Conservation

University of Alberta (Department of History and Classics; Ph.D. in Classical Archaeology): http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/historyandclassics/PhDClassicalArchaeology.cfm
MA & PhD in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of British Columbia (Department of Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies; M.A. in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology): http://www.cnrs.ubc.ca/index.php?id=3745
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

University of St. Thomas (Graduate Program in Art History): http://www.stthomas.edu/arthistory/graduate/
MA in Classical/Ancient Art

University of Waterloo (Department of Classical Studies)/Wilfrid Laurier University (Department of Classics and Archaeology) (M.A. in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures): http://www.classics.uwaterloo.ca/MA.htm; http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=296&p=10366
MA in Classical/Mediterranean Archaeology

CENTERS, INSTITUTES, AND CONSORTIA OF INTEREST

California

Stanford University Archaeology Center
https://www.stanford.edu/dept/archaeology/cgi-bin/drupal/

University of California, Berkeley, Archaeological Research Facility
http://arf.berkeley.edu/

University of California, Los Angeles, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
http://www.ioa.ucla.edu/

New York

Columbia University Center for Archaeology
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/archaeology/

University at Buffalo Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology
http://www.iema.buffalo.edu/

North Carolina

Duke-UNC Consortium for Classical and Mediterranean Archaeology
http://www.aas.duke.edu/ccma/

Pennsylvania

Mercyhurst Archaeological Institute
http://mai.mercyhurst.edu/

Texas

University of Texas Institute of Classical Archaeology
http://www.utexas.edu/research/ica/

Canada, Ontario

The Archaeology Centre at the University of Toronto
http://www.archaeology.utoronto.ca/Home_.html

Brock University (Department of Classics; Masters in Art and Archaeology): http://www.brocku.ca/humanities/departments-and-centres/classics/graduate-program
MA in Art and Archaeology