博士 电影研究专业的学位安排令人印象深刻，毕业生位于全球主要研究型大学和著名的文理学院的教职职位中。毕业生通过发表的研究成果，为电影研究和相关学科做出了卓有成效的贡献，其中许多人曾在电影和媒体研究协会等专业组织中担任领导职务。在该计划中，教师通过监督他们作为有效的老师和学者的发展来指导学生走向职业。定期举办研讨会，涉及期刊和会议论文，工作面试及相关主题，可帮助学生为学术界内外的职业做准备。不论是在爱荷华州还是在其他地方，都应定期建议学生申请助学金和奖励，以促进他们的高级研究。
It is no stretch to say that the University of Iowa helped to invent Film Studies as a discipline. The first graduate thesis on film at UIowa dates all the way back to 1916, and our own program has been producing doctoral work in Film Studies since 1960 (when John Kuiper wrote a dissertation on Sergei Eisenstein in what was then called the Division of Radio, Television and Film). Today, the list of former UI graduate students reads like a who's who of pioneering figures in the field: Dudley Andrew, David Bordwell, Mary Ann Doane, Aaron Gerow, Barbara Klinger, Patrice Petro, David Rodowick, Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano, and many more. Iowa alumni are also very well represented among the winners of the prestigious Distinguished Career Award from the Society of Film and Media Studies, the highest honor our field can bestow.<br><br>Today, our PhD program offers students comprehensive training in film theory and history amidst a stimulating interdisciplinary environment in one of the country's best small cities for the arts. Our students also acquire the entire range of skills they need for employment in the academic job market, as well as numerous transferable skills. With guaranteed financial support, nearly all graduate students can expect to gain extensive experience in the classroom. Students also regularly organize conferences and events and work with local institutions such as FilmScene.