Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology is an interdisciplinary research unit, bringing together more than 35 UCLA faculty members from 11 departments, and more than 40 Research Associates. Other scholars visit as part of the Cotsen Seminars and the Cotsen Visiting Scholar Program.

The Cotsen Institute is a stimulating intellectual environment with three lecture series and two inter-departmental graduate programs: Graduate Program in Archaeology and UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation.

Archaeological research through the Cotsen Institute spans the globe and is supported through research grants for scholars and students. The Cotsen Institute houses 15 research laboratories, a computer laboratory, a reading room, a seminar room, and teaching facilities.


The Interdepartmental Program in Archaeology is a Ph.D. program designed to provide broad training in theoretical perspective combined with in depth study of specific areas chosen by each student. This interdisciplinary program draws on faculty from Anthropology, Art History, Classics, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Germanic Languages, History and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.	The UCLA/Getty Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation is a 3-year M.A. program that has received support from a Getty Conservation Fellowship Endowment and is distinguished by its emphasis on materials and technologies closely associated with archaeological and ethnographic objects and sites.