学生必须完成72点的研究生课程工作，包括至少三个研究生研讨会以及《中东和伊斯兰研究的问题与方法》，MEIS-GA1687。他们还必须精通阿拉伯语，波斯语或土耳其语以及阅读足以用于至少一种欧洲语言的研究目的的知识。符合其特定研究需求的论文顾问可能会要求学生学习其他语言。<br>完成主要领域要求后，该学生应与他的学生协商后制定论文建议。或她的主要论文顾问以及学生论文委员会的教职员工。完成所有课程工作并满足所有语言要求后，学生必须成功地捍卫论文建议，并由学生的顾问和另外两名教员担任审查员。完整的论文必须符合学院
The doctoral program of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies provides training in fields relating to the history, cultures, languages, literatures and religions of the Middle East, focusing on the period from the rise of Islam to the present. Members of the department are drawn from different disciplines and specializations (including history, anthropology, literature, Islamic studies, language instruction, sociology, and political science) and are committed to providing students with a solid disciplinary grounding, at the same time, the department fosters innovative interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to the study of the Middle East. Several of the department's faculty have joint appointments with other academic units at NYU. <br><br>MEIS offers a program of coursework and supervised research leading to the doctorate in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Students in the MEIS doctoral program concentrate their studies in one of three tracks: Islamic Studies, Literature or Culture and Representation. In collaboration with the History Department, department also offers a Joint PhD Program in History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. MEIS seeks prospective graduate students who are academically well-prepared and strongly committed to pursuing the PhD, as noted above, it has no MA program and does not offer that degree. Students who are interested in obtaining the MA. should apply to the Kevorkian Center's Program in Near Eastern Studies, which offers a terminal MA in Near Eastern Studies.