Columbia University, based in New York, NY offers a fully funded PhD in Germanic Languages. The Department of Germanic Languages offers a rich and comprehensive curriculum on the history of German literature and culture from 1750 to the present. Doctoral students normally receive the annual prevailing stipend and appropriate tuition and health fees for five years, provided that they remain in good academic standing and, in the case of student officers, have discharged responsibly their pedagogical or research duties. For doctoral candidates in Humanities and Social Science departments, this includes five summers of support.