Overview

Key facts

The Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton University invites students to approach literature from a broad, cross-cultural perspective.

The curriculum encompasses literatures, languages, and cultures from around the world--including those of Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East--as well as interdisciplinary work of many types. While each student in the department is expected to focus his or her studies on a particular foreign language and literature, an interest in the way different literatures illuminate one another, or enter into dialogue with other disciplines, media, or forms of art, is fundamental to our work.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

East Asian Humanities II: Traditions and Transformations

Problems in Literary Study: The Postcolonial Family Romance

Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace: Writing as Fighting

Manga: Visual Culture in Modern Japan

Cybernetics, Literary Ghosts and the Italian Way

Imaginary Worlds: Early Modern Science Fiction

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-01-01 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Princeton, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

A Completed Application. You must submit your application online through the Coalition Application or Common Application.

Application Fee or Fee Waiver.

Transcript. An official transcript must be sent by a school counselor or school official.

School Report (SR). The SR form is available from the Coalition Application or Common Application website. Please ask your school counselor or other school official to complete and submit the SR form.

Counselor Recommendation. Please note that the SR and the Counselor Recommendation are separate items. Be sure to “invite” your school counselor or academic adviser to complete both items.

Two (2) Teacher Recommendations.

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Tuition Fee

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International

65210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 65210 USD per year during 48 months.
National

65210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 65210 USD per year during 48 months.
In-State

65210 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 65210 USD per year during 48 months.

Living costs for Princeton

2022 - 4977 USD /month

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