In The Department

French and Italian Graduate Studies

Why join the graduate program in French and Italian at UT-Austin?

Our current graduate students suggest that these are the top reasons to join our program:

Close interaction with the faculty:

We have a small student-to-faculty ratio where students work closely with faculty.

Excellent mentoring:

Our program is dedicated to professional development. With workshops on abstract writing, developing research materials, and job placement, our students are well rounded and well prepared for the job market.

Dynamism:

The variety of the faculty’s interests offers every student the possibility to develop a personal line of research.

Training for teaching:

Each graduate student is carefully trained and mentored in teaching within a program that places a serious emphasis on excellence in undergraduate teaching.

Intellectual exchanges:

Our program encourages students to take courses outside the department, fostering significant intellectual contacts with students and faculty in related disciplines.

FIGSO:

Our graduate student organization is an active organization that plans the film series and cinema festivals, produces the French play, sponsors distinguished speakers, and promotes collaboration and socialization.

Funding:

All graduate students admitted to the program are funded.

Research and travel funding:

The Department offers financial support for travel to conferences. Summer research funds are also available through the Walther Endowment, allowing students in French to develop their research into publications.

Austin!

Austin, “the live musical capital of the world”, is a young, dynamic and relatively inexpensive city.