Overview

Run by Fordham University’s renowned Center for Medieval Studies, our program offers courses designed especially for medieval studies as well as a broad spectrum of courses from the graduate wings of participating departments, including art and music history, classics, English, history, modern languages and literature, philosophy, political science, and theology.

With access to strong medieval collections at our university library and at major New York City museums, libraries, and archives, you’ll hone your research skills using a variety of methods and techniques. All students in the master’s program choose two areas of concentration. Popular concentrations include:

Medieval English, German, Latin, Norse, and romance literature
Medieval ecclesiastical and intellectual history
Medieval art history and architecture
Manuscript studies (paleography, codicology, and scholarly editing)
History of medieval England, France, Germany, Italy, and the Holy Land
Monasticism and scholasticism
Digital humanities
The French of England, Italy, or Outremer
Crusading and pilgrimage studies
Medieval Iberia
Medieval women and gender studies

Key Facts

About half of our graduates have been admitted to doctoral programs. Many continue at Fordham while others have gone on to Columbia University, UC Berkeley, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Yale, and others.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Byzantium, Islam and the West
The Divine Comedy: Poetry, Theology, and the Medieval Imagination
Manuscript Culture
Cultures of Music and Sound in the Medieval World
Medieval Monsters: Terrors, Aliens, Wonders
Chivalric Romance
Struggling Toward God: Meditation and Prayer in the 11th- and 12th-Century Monastery
Medieval Women and Family
Latin Palaeography

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-03 00:00:00
Starting 2027-08-27 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Manhattan, United States

Disciplines

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General requirements

Resume/CV: Up to two pages in length (submit via the online application).
Official transcripts
Statement of intent: (up to 500 words submitted electronically via the online application). Describe your interest in the program, what you hope to gain personally and professionally from the program, and your commitment to the field. Please highlight relevant professional, personal, and academic experience.
Writing Sample: (5 - 20 pages submitted electronically via the online application)
Three letters of recommendation: Submitted directly via the online application.
Official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Scores

Tuition Fees

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40512 USD / year

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40512 USD / year

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40512 USD / year

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Living costs

Manhattan

United States

2638 - 5751 USD / month

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