The Maydan team presents the updated 2020/2021 version of this mapping/database resource to help future applicants in the fields of Religious/Islamic Studies and Middle Eastern/Near Eastern Studies in their application process.
The map above includes both undergraduate programs (blue pins) and graduate programs (orange pins for PhD, yellow pins for MA).
In the list below we alphabetically present MA and PhD programs only. The list includes application deadline information as well as links to program and application pages.
Please email publish@themaydan.com for any corrections or additional information. We hope to expand on this resource by adding featured faculty and detailed program information sections in the future. [Updated on November 15, 2021.]
Religious Studies / Islamic Studies
American Islamic College | Islamic Studies | MA/MDiv
Application Deadline: August 1 2020, Spring: December 1, Summer: May 1 (Fall admission priority deadline)Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Arizona State University | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Islam in a Global Context | Program Link | Application Link
Bayan Claremont, Claremont School of Theology | Islamic Studies | MA/MDiv
Application Deadline:December 15, 2021 and Fall 2022Relevant Track: Islamic Education; Islamic Studies & Leadership; Islamic Chaplaincy | Program Link | Application Link
Boston University | Graduate Program in Religion | PhD
Application Deadline: September 1, 2021 and Fall 2022Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Brown University | Religious Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 05 January 2022Relevant Track: Islam, Society and Culture | Program Link | Application Link
University of California - Davis | Study of Religion | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2020Relevant Track: Religious Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of California - Santa Barbara | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Chicago | Islamic Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: January 4th 2022Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Colorado | Religious Studies | MA
Application Deadline: (Domestic) December 30th 2020, (International) December 15th 2020Relevant Track: Religious Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Columbia University | Islamic Studies | MA
Application Deadline: 04 November 2021 (Spring 2019); 17 February 2022 (Fall)Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Columbia University | Religion | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: (Fall) February 17 2022, (Spring) November 4 2021Relevant Track: Islam | Program Link | Application Link
University of Denver | Religious Studies | Joint PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 17 January 2022Relevant Track: Religious Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Duke University | Graduate Program in Religion | PhD
Application Deadline: 23 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Emory University | Islamic Civilizations Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Civilizations Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Emory University | Religion | PhD
Application Deadline: 01 December 2020Relevant Track: West & South Asian Religions | Program Link | Application Link
University of Florida | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: January 15th 2022Relevant Track: Global Islam | Program Link | Application Link
Florida International University | Religious Studies | MA
Application Deadline: December 1st 2021Relevant Track: | Program Link | Application Link
Florida State University | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: January 1st 2022Relevant Track: History and Ethnography of Religions | Program Link | Application Link
George Mason University | Middle East and Islamic Studies | MA
Application Deadline: 15 February 2020 (Fall) October 15th (Spring)Relevant Track: Middle East and Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
George Washington University | Islamic Studies | MA
Application Deadline: 01 April 2020Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Georgetown University | Arabic & Islamic Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Georgia | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: (PHD) October 15th (MA) November 24thRelevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Graduate Theological Union | Islamic Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: Spring 2022 DeadlineRelevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Ph.D. in Interreligious Studies
Application Deadline: 31 January 2020Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Harvard University | Study of Religion | PhD
Application Deadline: 15 December 2020Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Indiana University | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 1 December 2021Relevant Track: Comparative and Transnational Studies of the Muslim Tradition | Program Link | Application Link
University of Iowa | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2020Relevant Track: Religions in the Middle East, Ancient Near-East and Mediterranean | Program Link | Application Link
University of Kansas | Religious Studies | MA
Application Deadline: Suspending admissions to MA program for Fall 2022Relevant Track: Religious Studies | Program Link | Application Link
McGill University | Islamic Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of North Carolina | Religious Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 14 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Northwestern University | Religious Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 31 December 2019Relevant Track: Modern Islam | Program Link | Application Link
University of Notre Dame | Theology & Peace Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Theology & Peace Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Ottawa | Classics and Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Religious Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Pennsylvania | Religious Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic History and Thought | Program Link | Application Link
Princeton University | Religion | PhD
Application Deadline: January 3rd 2022Relevant Track: Islam | Program Link | Application Link
Rice University | Religion | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2020Relevant Track: African Religions, Islam in Africa | Program Link | Application Link
Rutgers University | Religious Studies | MA
Application Deadline: (Fall) 01 June 2021, (Spring) December 1 2021Relevant Track: Religious Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Southern California | Religious Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 31 December 2021Relevant Track: Global Islam | Program Link | Application Link
Stanford University | Religious Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 07 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Syracuse University | Graduate Program in Religion | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 10 January 2020Relevant Track: Texts and Contexts concentration | Program Link | Application Link
Temple University | Religion | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Toronto | Study of Religion | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 8 December 2021Relevant Track: Islam | Program Link | Application Link
Vanderbilt University | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 31st January 2022Relevant Track: Critical Studies in Asian, Islamic, and Jewish Traditions | Program Link | Application Link
University of Virginia | Religious Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Scripture, Interpretation and Practice | Program Link | Application Link
Washington University in St. Louis | Islamic and Near Eastern Studies | MA
Application Deadline: 05 January 2022Relevant Track: Islamic and Near Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Yale University | Religious Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Zaytuna College | Islamic Texts | MA
Application Deadline: December 1st 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Texts | Program Link | Application Link
Middle Eastern / Near Eastern Studies
American University | International Affairs: Comparative and Regional Studies | MA
Relevant Track: Middle East; Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Arizona | Middle Eastern & North African Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Middle Eastern & North African Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Binghamton University | History | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Middle East and Ottoman History | Program Link | Application Link
Boston College | Middle Eastern Studies | MA
Application Deadline: October 15th 2021Relevant Track: Middle Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Brandeis University | Near Eastern & Judaic Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Arabic and Islamic Civilizations | Program Link | Application Link
University of California | Near Eastern Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of California - Los Angeles | Near Languages & Cultures | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Arabic; Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of California - San Diego | History | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: November 30th 2021Relevant Track: Middle Eastern History | Program Link | Application Link
University of Chicago | Middle Eastern Studies | MA
Application Deadline: 4 January 2022Relevant Track: Middle Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Chicago | Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations | Program Link | Application Link
City University of New York | Middle Eastern Studies | MA
Application Deadline: N/ARelevant Track: Middle Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Columbia University | Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 7 April 2022Relevant Track: Arab Studies; Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Cornell University | Near Eastern Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: November 1 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
George Washington University | Middle East Studies | MA
Application Deadline: December 1st 2021Relevant Track: Middle East Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Georgetown University | Arab Studies | MA
Application Deadline: January 15th 2022Relevant Track: Arab Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Harvard University | Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Histories and Cultures of Muslim Societies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Illinois | Middle Eastern Studies | MA
Application Deadline: 4 January 2022Relevant Track: Middle Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Indiana University | Near Eastern Languages & Cultures | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 December 2021Relevant Track: Arabic, Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Johns Hopkins University | Near Eastern Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 15 December 2019Relevant Track: Near Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Maryland | History | PhD/MA
Application Deadline:December 1 2021Relevant Track: Middle East | Program Link | Application Link
University of Michigan | Middle East Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 01 December 2021Relevant Track: Arabic, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Minnesota | History | PhD
Application Deadline: 01 December 2021Relevant Track: Middle East and Islamic World | Program Link | Application Link
University of Mississippi | History | PhD
Application Deadline: 10 January 2022Relevant Track: Middle East | Program Link | Application Link
New York University | Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 18 December 2021Relevant Track: Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
New York University | Near Eastern Studies | MA
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Near Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Ohio State University | Near Eastern Languages & Cultures | PhD/MA
Application Deadline:15 November 2021Relevant Track: Near Eastern Languages & Cultures | Program Link | Application Link
University of Pennsylvania | Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 15 November 2021Relevant Track: Arabic and Islamic Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Princeton University | Near Eastern Studies | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 31 December 2021Relevant Track: Near Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Texas | Middle Eastern Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: January 4th 2022Relevant Track: Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures | Program Link | Application Link
University of Toronto | Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: November 30th 2021Relevant Track: Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations | Program Link | Application Link
University of Virginia | Middle Eastern Studies | MA
Application Deadline: January 4th 2022Relevant Track: Middle Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
University of Washington | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | PhD
Application Deadline: 15 January 2022Relevant Track: Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Program Link | Application Link
Yale University | Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations | PhD/MA
Application Deadline: 02 January 2022Relevant Track: Arabic Humanities | Program Link | Application Link