The University of Chicago, based in Chicago, Illinois offers a fully funded PhD in Cinema and Media Studies. In addition to offering its own doctoral degree, CMS offers courses and guidance to students who specialize in film and related media within departmental graduate programs or might be pursuing a joint degree. Doctoral students will be guaranteed to have funding support from the University of Chicago, external sources or a combination of the two for the duration of their program to include Full tuition coverage, Annual stipend, Fully paid individual annual health insurance premiums. Cinema and Media Studies Ph.D. students who matriculate in Autumn 2022 will receive a stipend of $33,000