The Master of Art History program at Texas Christian University (TCU) is accepting applications for fall 2025 admission, with a deadline of February 1, 2025. TCU, located in Fort Worth, is a private, secular university and a major higher education institution in Texas. The Art History graduate program is part of TCU’s School of the Arts, which offers programs in Art Education (BFA) and Studio Art (BFA/BA), as well as a fully funded M.A. in Studio Art.
Learn more about admissions information and application instructions.
About the Master of Art History
The MA in Art History is a two-year, full-time course. It emphasizes personalized academic training and mentoring, enrolls five students each year, and each student receives full tuition remission, competitive stipends, and 80% health insurance regardless of background or citizenship status. Seminar courses focus on the faculty’s areas of expertise: ancient American art, colonial Latin American art, early modern art, 18th- and 19th-century European and American art, and contemporary art.
Master’s students also have access to the Sankel Art History Endowment Fund, which supports graduate research. Sanker grants provide generous funding for domestic and international travel as well as summer stipends. Recent grants have supported graduate student travel to archives, collections, and museums in Budapest, Cuba, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Rome, and Paris.
Texas Christian University’s art history graduate program is particularly known for its integration with three of Fort Worth’s internationally renowned museums: the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art. Seminar courses in museums, direct contact with artworks and ongoing collaboration with museum professionals are an integral part of the Master’s program. In the summer after the first year, master’s students undertake an internship as part of their study programme. During the two years of the master’s degree, there are also opportunities for teaching apprenticeships and research apprenticeships with TCU faculty and art galleries.
Alumni of the master’s program join institutions across the country such as the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the High Museum of Art, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the McNay Museum of Art, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth. Other TCU graduates have received doctoral training at top programs such as UCLA, the University of Delaware and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
To learn more, visit finearts.tcu.edu.
