# Graduate Program

**Source**: https://history.fas.harvard.edu/graduate-programs
**Parent**: https://history.fas.harvard.edu/undergraduate-programs

### **Graduate Program Overview**

The goal of the doctoral program is to train students to become both skilled scholars and conscientious teachers. Throughout the program students work with **advisors** and other as they engage in **,** prepare for and take the , work as , and research and write the . On average it takes seven years to receive the doctoral degree\*. Most graduates have pursued academic careers at universities and colleges in the United States and abroad, while others have gone on to successful careers in law and in government.

As a large research university, Harvard offers many resources and opportunities for its students in the form of **lectures**, **conferences**, **research centers**, [fellowships, and grants](/graduate-program-financial-aid-fellowships). Students have access to the more than **80** and **15 million volumes** that comprise the Harvard University Library, the largest university library in the world.

Additionally, students may take courses offered by **other departments in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences,** or at **other Harvard schools**, such as [Harvard Divinity School](https://www.hds.harvard.edu/), [Harvard Law School](http://www.law.harvard.edu/), [Harvard Graduate School of Education](http://www.gse.harvard.edu/), and [Harvard Kennedy School](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/).

In coordination with Harvard Law School, students may pursue both a **PhD in history** and a **JD at the Law School**. To learn more about this course of study consult the [Coordinated JD/PhD program overview.](/file_url/2512)

*\* The History Department does not offer a terminal master's program.*

**[Graduate Student Resources](http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/graduate_resources)**

**[Academic Calendar (GSAS)](http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/academic_calendar/important-dates.php)**

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