Resources

Department Resources

• Graduate Policy (PDF)
• Graduate Student Agreement (PDF)
• TA Handbook (Word)
• MA Italian Reading List (PDF)
• MA French Reading List (PDF)
• Guidelines for Writing the Prospectus of a Dissertation (PDF)
• Conference Guidelines (PDF)
• STEP program
• French Reading Exam Guidelines (PDF)

Funding

General Students

• Graduate Stipends
• Arts and Sciences Financial Assistance (Grants and Fellowships)
• Center for West European Studies/European Union Center

Department of French and Italian students

• FRIT Graduate Research and Conference Support
• The Chateaubriand Fellowship

The French government awards about 20 scholarships a year to American PhD candidates who wish to conduct research in France. A list of the most recent Laureates may be of interest to the future applicant.

Academic Resources

University

• Arts and Sciences Graduate Bulletin
• Arts and Sciences Graduate Handbook

French

• ARTFL, American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language (free access for Pitt students and faculty through PittCAT)
• Gallica, full-text resources from the Biblioteque Nationale de France

Italian

• EFTS, a directory of full-text resources in Italian housed at the University of Chicago
• Humbul Humanities Hub, searchable online Italian Studies resources
• LiberLiber, full-text resources in Italian
• Decameron Web Project
• Dartmouth Dante

General

• Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Organization (AS-GSO)
• Arts and Sciences Graduate Guide
• Student Guide to Pittsburgh

Health

• Student Health Services
• Counseling Center

International Students

• Office of International Services

University Resources

• CIDDE
• FIDL
• Courseweb
• Media Language Center, including reservation request form and calendar pages