Graduate Program in Renaissance Art

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the City, Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Graduate Program Intro

Ph.D. and Career Possibilities
The unique qualities of this program—close contact with art and scholars, a collaborative atmosphere, advanced research on a focused topic, and an international setting—distinguish Syracuse graduates when they look for positions in an increasingly competitive art world.

Upon completion of the program, many graduates remain at Syracuse University in Florence to work as Teaching Assistants (for a maximum of three semesters) and as Field Study Instructors. Some obtain internships in local museums; others find positions soon after leaving the city at educational or arts organizations in Italy and in the US, such as “Save Venice” or the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

A high percentage of graduates have continued their education in Ph.D. programs, often at highly prestigious institutions. In the US, alumni over the last decade have gone on to Brown University, Cornell University, Harvard University, The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, Johns Hopkins University, Rutgers University, University of Chicago, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Texas at Austin, and Washington University.

Other graduates have decided to obtain their doctorates in Europe, at institutions such as the European University Institute (Florence), the Courtauld Institute (London), and Oxford University.