Overview

The Department of Philosophy at University of Michigan offers one of the leading philosophy graduate programs in the world. The department emphasizes broad and intensive training in the analytic tradition across the main areas of the discipline. Graduate students and faculty alike benefit from a highly collegial philosophical community.

Key Facts

If you had to describe philosophy in one word, you might use questions. Philosophy addresses a range of inquiries, some quite familiar (Why should I be moral? What creates a just society?) and others less so (What is time? Is it rational to rely on past experience as a guide to the future?).

To engage in philosophy is to critically examine our methods of reasoning and our assumptions in ways that help us both better understand ourselves and the world around us.

In studying philosophy, students develop the skills necessary to analyze and clarify ideas and arguments, orally and in writing. Philosophy encourages the pursuit a wide range of intellectual interests, as almost any subject—mathematics, political theory, theology, law, cognitive science, linguistics, art—can be reviewed under a philosophical lens.

Those who study philosophy frequently find it enjoyable and beneficial and go on to do exceptionally well at graduate and profesional skills, in a wide range of careers (e.g. public service, journalism, business, computer science and medicine).

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Formal Philosophical Methods

Philosophy and Linguistic Theory

Social Philosophy

Interpreting the Zhuangzi

Topics in the History of Philosophy

Philosophy of Religion

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-05 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Ann Arbor, United States

Disciplines

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60634 USD / year

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60634 USD / year

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30314 USD / year

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Living costs

Ann Arbor

United States

1025 - 1870 USD / month

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