In or at the department of English and American Studies?

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Which of these preposition ( in or at) is correctly used with the noun department?

Is it correct to say: I was one of the interviewees in the department of English and American studies at the University of X for a position...?

Either is correct here, but see “Studying PhD at the university” or “studying PhD in the university”? (and its duplicate, Prof Doe in/at the Department of, in/at the Faculty of, at/in the University of ). — choster, Apr 21 '15 at 14:55

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 11 '16 at 10:50

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Neither seems quite right to me. I'd probably re-organise your sentence thus:

I was one of the interviewees for a position in the department of English and American studies at the University of X.

edited Dec 11 '16 at 10:50

answered Apr 21 '15 at 08:26

dave

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 08 '21 at 20:12

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"At the department" is used when talking about the department as an institution, "in the department" is when referring to it as a place.

There is a conference at the Department of English.
There was a fire in the Department of English.

edited Mar 08 '21 at 20:12

KillingTime

answered Mar 08 '21 at 19:46

Raed Albanon

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