Graduate Study

The Career Development Center can also help you with graduate school advising and the application process. Below are a list of graduate programs recommended by the department.

Ph.D. Programs - U.S.

• Arizona State University - Ph.D. in Gender Studies
• Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women's Studies in Religion
• Emory University, Atlanta, GA - Ph.D. in Women's Studies
• Indiana University, Bloomington - Ph.D. in Gender Studies
• Ohio State University - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women's Studies
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - Ph.D. in Women's Studies
• University of California, Los Angeles - Ph.D. in Women's Studies
• University of Iowa, Iowa City - Ph.D. in Women's Studies
• University of Maryland, College Park - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women's Studies
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis - Ph.D. in Women's Studies. Added bonus: Center for Advanced Feminist Studies

Ph.D. Programs - International

• Central European University, Budapest - M.A. and Ph.D. in Gender Studies (a Smith alum directs the Program!)
• Josai International University - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women's Studies
• London School of Economics and Political Science, Gender Institute, England - Ph.D. and M.Phil in Gender Studies
• Manchester University - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women's Studies
• Monash University, Melbourne, Australia - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women's Studies.
• The Netherlands Research School of Women's Studies (NOV) - Ph.D. in Women's Studies at six Dutch universities
• Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women's Studies
• University of Auckland, New Zealand - M.A. and Ph.D. in Women's Studies
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada - M.A. and Ph.D administered by Women's Studies and Gender Relations
• University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia - Ph.D. and M.A. in Gender Studies
• University of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - M.A. in Gender Studies and several Ph.D. options
• University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Ph.D. and M.A. (by research) in Women's Studies
• University of Warwick, England - Ph.D. programs in Women and Gender. Offers M.A. in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Gender and International Development, or Gender, Literature and Modernity
• York University, Ontario, Canada - Ph.D. and M.A. in Women Studies.
• University of York, York, England - D.Phil, M.A., and M.Phil programs in Women's Studies

Joint M.A. and Ph.D. Programs

• Brandeis University, Waltham, MA  - Graduate students can earn a joint M.A. between the Women's Studies Program and 10 different Ph.D. programs on campus
• Pennsylvania State, PA  - Graduate students can earn a joint M.A. and Ph.D. between the Women's Studies Program and 10 different programs on campus
• University of California, Davis  - Ph.D. and M.A. program in Cultural Studies with a concentration in Women and Gender Studies
• University of Cincinnati, OH - J.D./M.A. Joint Degree in Law and Women's Studies, M.A. in Women's Studies, and Graduate certificate in Women's Studies.
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Ph.D. programs in Women's Studies and one of the following: English, History, Psychology and Sociology
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Ph.D. in Women's Studies

M.A. Programs - U.S.

• Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA - Interdisciplinary M.A. program in Applied Women's Studies
• Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA - M.A. in Africana Women's Studies Programs
• DePaul University, Chicago, IL - MA in Women's and Gender Studies
• Drew University, Madison, NJ - M.A. in Women's Studies and a concentration for Ph.D.
• Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI - M.A. of Liberal Studies in Women's and Gender Studies (interdisciplinary)
• Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL - M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• George Washington University, Washington, DC - M.A. in Women's Studies; M.A. in Public Policy with a concentration in Women's Studies
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA - M.A. in Women's Studies
• Jewish Theological Seminary - M.A. in Jewish Gender and Women's Studies
• Loyola University, Chicago, IL - M.A. in Women's Studies, and a three-course graduate certificate; Mary Griffin Graduate Scholarship in WST available to one full-time graduate student in the program
• Minnesota State University - M.S. in Woman's Studies
• Ohio State, Columbus, OH - M.A. in Women's Studies
• Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL - M.A. and Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA - M.A. in Women's Studies
• Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY - M.A. in Women's History
• Simmons College, Boston, MA  - Interdisciplinary M.A. program in Gender/Cultural Studies
• Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT - M.A. in Women's Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• State University of New York, Albany, NY - M.A. in Women's Studies
• Texas Woman's University, TX - M.A. in Women's Studies
• Towson University, MD - M.S. in Women's Studies (see "Graduate Programs")
• United Theological Seminary, New Brighton, MN - M.A. in Women's Studies: Religion, Theology, and Ministry
• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL - M.A. in Women's Studies
• University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ - M.A. in Women's Studies
• University of Florida - M.A. and M.W.S. in Women's Studies
• University of Illinois, Springfield, IL - Self-designed, interdisciplinary M.A. in Women's Studies
• University of Louisville, KY - M.A. Degree in Women's and Gender Studies
• University of Memphis, TN - Interdisciplinary M.A. program in Women's Studies
• University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC - M.A. in Women’s and Gender Studies
• University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA - M.A. in Women's Studies
• University of South Florida, Tampa, FL - M.A. in Women's Studies
• University of Texas, Austin, TX - M.A. in Women's and Gender Studies
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA - M.A. in Women's Studies

M.A. Programs - International

• Manchester University, UK - M.A. in Women's Studies & Feminist Research, beginning in September, 2003, offering a new M.A. in Gender, Sexuality and Culture
• Massey University, New Zealand - M.A. in Women's Studies, M.Phil in Women's Studies, and Doctoral Studies in Women's Studies
• Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada - M.A. in Women's Studies
• Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - M.A. in Women's Studies offered jointly by Dalhousie, Mount Saint Vincent, and Saint Mary's universities
• Oxford University, England - One year interdisciplinary Master's degree
• Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada - M.A. in Women's Studies
• Trinity College at University of Dublin, Ireland - The Centre for Women's Studies offers the M.Phil in Women's Studies, also welcomes applications from those wishing to do the M.Litt. and Ph.D. degrees, which are by research alone
• University of Leeds - seven MA programs: M.A. Gender Studies; M.A. Gender Studies (Research); M.A. Global Genders; M.A. Gender, Sexuality & Queer Theory; M.A. Gender & Culture; M.A. Gender Studies & History and Philosophy of Science and M.A. Gender, Management & Organisation. Also offers supervision for the degrees of M.A. by Research, M.Phil and Ph.D.
• University of Nijmegen, Netherlands - Offers M.A. degree packages. Three M.A. specializations can be attended: Gender and Women's History, Women's Studies Philosophy and Feminist Theology and also has an annual postgraduate seminar for Ph.D. candidates in Women's Studies
• University of Ottawa, Canada - Collaborative Program in Women's Studies at the Master's level
• University of Sussex, Falmer, UK - Offers M.A. in Gender and Development through the Institute of Development Studies
• University of Toronto, Canada - Graduate Collaborative Program in Women's Studies, M.A. & Ph.D.
• University of Western Ontario, Canada - Women's Studies and Feminist Research, M.A.
• University of Wollongong, Australia  - M.A. in Women's Studies.
• University of York, York, England - Offers a stand-alone M.A. in Women's Studies; offers M.A. in Women's Studies by Research and an M.Sc in Women, Development and Administration

Certificates, Concentrations, Minors - U.S.

• American University, Washington, DC - Graduate students can combine the study of women's and gender issues with core courses in a traditional discipline to earn an M.A. or Ph.D.
• California Institute of Integral Studies - M.A. or Ph.D. in Philosophy & Religion with a concentration in Women's Spirituality
• City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center - Graduate certificate in Women's Studies for Ph.D. programs
• Columbia University, New York City - Interdisciplinary graduate courses in feminist inquiry, and a range of activities bearing on feminist scholarship and teaching
• Concordia University's Simone de Beauvoir Institute of Women's Studies - Certificate and Specialization Programs at the Bachelors or Undergraduate level
• Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - Graduate Minor in Women's Studies
• DePaul University, Chicago, IL  - M.A. in Women's and Gender Studies
• Dominican University of California - M.A. Humanities focus in Women's Studies
• Duke University, Durham, NC - Certificate Program in Women's Studies for students pursuing Ph.D. and M.A. degrees
• Graduate Consortium in Women's Studies at M.I.T. - offers MIT graduate credit, for students enrolled at participating institutions: Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, M.I.T. , Northeastern University, Simmons College, Tufts University, UMass Boston
• Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA - Ph.D. and Th.D. program in Religion, Gender & Culture
• Indiana State University, Terra Haute, IN - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• Kansas State University - Graduate Certificate in WST for students in M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and professional programs
• Kent State University - Women's Studies minor
• Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI - Graduate students may choose graduate level courses
• New York University, New York City - M.A. Concentration in Women's History and Draper Interdisciplinary M.A. in the Humanities and Social Thought with a focus on Gender Politics
• North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND - Women's Studies graduate emphasis
• Northern Illinois University - At the graduate, master's and doctoral level, students may earn a graduate concentration in women's studies
• Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - Graduate certificate in women's studies
• Ohio University, Athens, OH - Graduate Certificate for M.A. and Ph.D. programs
• Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA - An Emphasis in Women's Studies for M.A. in Humanities degree; Graduate Certificate
• Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR - Women's Studies Specialization in M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies; Graduate Minor in Women's Studies
• Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA - Minor in Women's Studies for M.A. and Ph.d. programs
• University of Oregon, Eugene, OR - Graduate certificate in Women's Studies
• Princeton University, Princeton, NJ - No degree in Women's Studies at the graduate level; offers a weekly Graduate Colloquium in Women's Studies; a journal, Critical Matrix, is published twice annually and edited by graduate students
• Portland State University, OR - Post-Baccalaureate Certificate
• Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - Women's Studies Graduate Certificate.
• State University of New York at Brockport, NY - Women's Studies Concentration in M.A. in Liberal Studies
• State University of New York at Buffalo, NY - Women's Studies Emphasis in M.A. in American Studies
• Texas Tech University - Interdisciplinary M.A. with a concentration in Women's Studies
• Union Institute and University - Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences with a concentration in Women's Studies
• University of Akron, Ohio - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies.
• University of California, Berkeley - Designated emphasis program on Women, Gender, and Sexuality for Ph.D.
• University of California at Davis - Update: Designated Emphasis for Ph.D. in Feminist Theory and Research to students in any discipline doing gender-related research
• University of California, Irvine - Graduate Emphasis in Feminist Studies awarded in conjunction with the Ph.D. or M.F.A. degree
• University of California, Santa Barbara - Graduate Emphasis in Women's Studies in a Ph.D. degree
• University of California, Santa Cruz - Concentration in Women's Studies in a Ph.D. degree
• University of Chicago - Center for Gender Studies -- No grad degree, but offers some graduate courses
• University of Connecticut, Storrs - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Georgia, Athens - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Illinois at Chicago - Graduate Concentration in Gender and Women's Studies
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Minor in Women's Studies for M.A. or Ph.D. degrees
• University of Hawaii - Manoa - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Women's Studies
• University of Houston - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Kansas - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Maine - Interdisciplinary graduate certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Massachusetts, Amherst - Graduate certificate in Advanced Feminist Studies
• University of Massachusetts, Boston - Graduate certificate in Women in Politics and Public Policy and one-year online graduate certificate program in Women in Politics and Public Policy
• University of Missouri-Columbia - Graduate minor in Women's Studies
• University of Missouri, St. Louis - Interdisciplinary graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - No graduate degrees in Women's Studies but offers a Curriculum in Women's Studies for graduate-level courses in Women's Studies, conducting research and writing theses and dissertations on gender-related topics, and attending lectures and seminars
• University of North Texas, Denton, TX - M.A. and M.S. with a major in Interdisciplinary Studies. Provides a mentor-oriented foundation to Women's Studies students, including opportunities for internships and funded research
• University of Oklahoma, Norman - Interdisciplinary M.A. and Ph.D.
• University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia - Graduate certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - M.A. certificate and Ph.D. certificate in Women's Studies
• University of South Carolina, Columbia - Graduate certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Texas, Austin - Concentration in Women's Studies leads to a graduate portfolio in a specialization area of choice
• University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Graduate Certificate in Women Studies
• University of Wisconsin, Madison - Graduate Certificate and Ph.D. Minor in Women's Studies
• University of South Florida - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies
• University of Southern California - Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies in conjunction with other degrees
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Graduate certificate in Women's Studies
• Washington State University - Gender concentrations in graduate study in American Studies, History, Political Science and Sociology
• West Virginia University, Morgantown - Interdisciplinary M.A. in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Women's Studies
• Western Kentucky University - Graduate certificate both online and face-to-face

Certificates, Concentrations, Minors - International

• University of Helsinki, Christina Institute, Finland - Interdisciplinary graduate (Master's level) course offerings in Women's Studies