Ph.D. in
Anthropology

CONSIDERING A GRADUATE DEGREE IN ANTHROPOLOGY? Consider UCI!
UCI's Department of Anthropology is known for its collegiality, creative teaching and research, and leading role developing new methods, theory and applications of anthropological knowledge.
Faculty and graduate students are known for their research in economic anthropology,
the anthropology of law, migration studies, urban and environmental studies, science
and technology studies, security studies, and data studies. UCI anthropology graduate
students move through a carefully designed series of courses that focus in the first
year on the field’s history and theory then in the second year on ethnographic methods
and research design. Graduate students also take a wide array of elective courses,
both in and outside the department. Many pursue concentrations in critical theory,
feminist studies, or medicine, science and technology studies.
QUICK FACTS
LOCATION
Campus is located less than 10 miles from Newport Beach.
FUNDING
Admitted students receive 6-7 years of guaranteed funding.
FOCUS
Research focuses on social and cultural anthropology.
DEGREE
Ph.D.; a master's degree may be earned while in pursuit of the Ph.D.
ENROLLMENT
Full-time, on-campus with housing.
FIELDWORK
Fieldwork - oftentimes outside of the U.S. - is a requirement for dissertation research.
RANKINGS
01
university committed to economic diversity and upward mobility
- New York Times College Access Index
01
"coolest school" for sustainability
- Sierra Magazine
06
best college in the nation
- Money Magazine
And UCI anthropology is widely recognized as the top department for experimental ethnography.
RECENT PLACEMENTS
- Cal State Long Beach
- Filene Research Institute
- Rice University
- Smith College
- Swiss Academy of Sciences
- Tufts University
- UNESCO
- UC Riverside
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Wisconsin
- U.S. National Parks Service
- Wellesley College
RESEARCH SPECIALITIES
- Modernity and development
- Environmental problems and politics
- Politics, law and economy
- Ethnographic research methods
- Science, technology and medicine

UCI anthropology offers admitted students 6-7 years of guaranteed funding. Faculty and students also have a very strong record earning competitive research funding from agencies like the National Science Foundation, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Social Science Research Council, Fulbright Foundation, and Ford Foundation. This past year, UCI anthropologists brought in $1 million in external grant funding.

UCI anthropologists publish widely, reaching anthropological, interdisciplinary and public audiences - through journal articles, books, films, digital exhibits, sound installations and other media. UCI anthropologists also have diverse career paths - in academia, business and the public sector.
WHAT MAKES THE PROGRAM UNIQUE?

UCI’s campus community is notably diverse, and is known for supporting first generation students. The New York Times ranked UCI as the #1 university doing the most for the American dream, Money Magazine ranked UCI the #6 best college in the nation, U.S. News & World Report has ranked UCI the #8 public university in the U.S.
UCI’s campus is beautiful, rotating around Aldrich Park, a 19-acre botanical garden.
The campus is also less than 10 miles from the Pacific Ocean and beaches.
"A top 10-ranked program with research
strengths in theory & methodology"

FURTHER PROGRAM INFORMATION
UCI anthropology is vibrant in many ways! Please contact us if you have questions about our application process.
DEPARTMENT WEBSITE
www.anthropology.uci.edu/
FACULTY
meet our exciting faculty
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Leo Chavez
lchavez@uci.edu
949.824.4054
GRADUATE DIRECTOR
Justin Richland
jbrich@uci.edu
ADMISSIONS DIRECTOR
Keith Murphy
kmmurphy@uci.edu
949.824.9234
GRADUATE ADVISOR
Jennifer Gerson
jennifer.gerson@uci.edu
949.824.4074