Graduate

The American Indian and Indigenous Studies PhD (AIIS PhD) is a new doctoral program that will admit its first cohort for Fall 2025.

We are currently accepting applications for Fall 2025 admissions. The deadline to apply is 11:59 pm EST on January 2, 2025. Applications are submitted using the UMN Graduate School’s admissions portal.

We are currently developing our program’s web presence for applicants on the department’s website. In the interim, we welcome you to review the following:

• Curriculum Overview
• Admissions Overview

Come back in the coming weeks for the launch of the AIIS PhD program website. In the meanwhile, you can submit questions via email at amingrad@umn.edu.

American Indian Studies faculty members have long been active in advising, teaching, and mentoring graduate students across the disciplines, including American Studies, Anthropology, History, Linguistics, Political Science, Geography, and English.

There is an active graduate student community on campus, many of whom participate in the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Workshop (AIISW). The AIISW provides a place for graduate students and faculty members from all disciplines to come together and share their research.

The University of Minnesota is also a charter member of the Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies (NCAIS). Consisting of twenty member institutions across the US and Canada, the NCAIS features a robust set of programming for graduate students, including an annual workshop, summer seminar (both led by NCAIS faculty), a graduate student conference, and graduate research fellowships.