Overview

Key facts:

The Russian and East European Studies program of University of Pennsylvania is well suited to students wishing to pursue a double major (or minor) with a complementary field of study, such as Politics, Economics, International Relations, Anthropology, History, Art, Cinema Studies, or Comparative Literature.

The major and minors are well suited to students enrolled in pre-law or pre-med, and students contemplating careers in international business, teaching, governmental and foreign service or journalism.

Knowledge of Russian and East and Central European languages and cultures is a marketable and impressive skill, whether you are in academia, arts, law, medicine, governmental service, public interest, business, or politics. Russian is one of the five official languages of the UN and is recognized as a strategic language by the US government. Likewise, it is an increasingly important language for business and trade, and remains the unofficial lingua franca of the former Soviet republics, an indispensable communication tool across all of the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Russia exerts considerable political influence around the world, and there will always be a need for American specialists in Russian and East European affairs. Managing the challenges and opportunities of Central and Eastern Europe will be increasingly high on the international agenda in years ahead.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Central and Eastern Europe: Cultures, Histories, Societies

Russia and Eurasia: Histories, Cultures, Societies

Hungarian

Socialism

Central & Eastern Europe: Cultures, Histories, Societies

Masterpieces of 20th Century Russian Literature

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-26 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00

More details

Regular Decision application deadline is January 5.

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Philadelphia, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

C-

C- _{(recommended)}

English requirements

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General requirements

Common Application or Coalition Application & Penn-specific Essay

Official High School Transcript

School Report

Counselor Recommendation

Academic Teacher Evaluations (2)

Early Decision Agreement (only if applying for Early Decision)

Mid-Year Report

Final Report

SAT or ACT

English language proficiency

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

63204 USD / year

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Out-of-State

63204 USD / year

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In-State

63204 USD / year

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Living costs

Philadelphia

United States

1313 - 2284 USD / month

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