Admissions, Applications and Fellowships
Admissions and Applications
The University sets minimum standards for graduate admissions, which the Department of History has amplified. Applicants must be admitted to the Department’s graduate program before they are accepted as Public History majors or minors. Acceptance to the Public History Program is at the discretion of the CPH Director, but admission into the graduate program normally assures acceptance.
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Fellowships
The CPH offers various fellowships in any given academic year. For more information on these fellowships, please contact Martin Melosi at mmelosi@uh.edu.
Jones Fellowship
The Jones Fellowship supports a graduate student working in the editing and production of Houston History, a magazine of popular history published by the Center for Public History at University of Houston. The fellowship includes tuition remission and a monthly stipend. The award is renewable. Learn more about the project »
King Fellowship
The King Fellowship supports a graduate student working on research projects in environmental and/or energy history. The fellowship includes tuition remission and a monthly stipend. The award is renewable.
Public History Fellowship
The Public History Fellowship supports a graduate student who assists CPH faculty with their research and events sponsored by the CPH. The fellowship includes tuition remission and a monthly stipend. The award is renewable.
HRA/Cullen Professor Fellowship
The HRA/Cullen Professor fellowship supports a graduate student who works on research projects in consultation with the Houston office of HRA (Historical Research Associates). The fellowship includes tuition remission and a monthly stipend. The award is renewable.
Students in the public history program also compete with other graduate students in history for the many other loans, tuition-remission scholarships, teaching and research assistantships, fellowships, and grants offered by the University of Houston and the Department of History.
Among other scholarships and fellowships, the Murray A. Miller Graduate Scholarships in History are competitive one- and two-year scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 to be awarded to superior incoming graduate students or to doctoral students conducting dissertation research. The Stella Ehhardt Memorial Fellowships and the Cullen Graduate Scholarships are available for outstanding students who will begin their graduate studies at UH in the fall term. Also, public history students have opportunities for financial support through internships.
Finally, over the course of its history, the CPH has provided employment opportunities for graduate students on contract research projects in public history or energy and environmental history, and may offer 3 or more such positions in any given semester. Please contact Martin Melosi at mmelosi@uh.edu.
