49 PhD programmes offered by the university

With its unique interdisciplinary research opportunities and collegial atmosphere, Brown University's graduate program in Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences is rated among the top programs in the world.

The Department of Slavic Languages at the Brown University offers a comprehensive doctoral program in Slavic Studies specializing in Russian literature and culture, in modern Czech culture and in Polish literature and culture.

The Ph.D. program American Studies at the Brown University trains students to become knowledgeable, engaged and productive scholars and public humanists.

The signatures of Behavioral and Social Health Sciences training at Brown University include health behavior interventions, development, and evaluation. Our students collaborate across disciplines, researchers, and communities.

The Therapeutic Sciences graduate program at Brown University offers students an intimate, congenial and collaborative learning environment that draws upon faculty experts from the life and physical science departments, as well as physician-scientists at affiliated hospitals.

Brown University's graduate program in Cognitive Science is designed to prepare students for careers as scientists and teachers who will make contributions to society in academic or applied settings.

The Neuroscience graduate program at Brown University promotes interdisciplinary research that crosses traditional discipline and department boundaries, while at the same time providing a strong foundation in the core concepts of neuroscience.

The School of Engineering at Brown University focuses on unique and innovative clustering of faculty. In terms of research groups, engineers of all types team together with non–engineers to tackle some of the biggest problems facing engineering and science today.

The graduate program at Brown University provides training and research activities in a broad spectrum of Applied Mathematics. The breadth is one of the great strengths of the program and is further reflected in the courses we offer.

The Ph.D. History program at Brown University offers courses to help students advance their critical reading, research and writing skills as they increase familiarity with different approaches to the past, build comparative understanding of major historical developments and gain competence in the literature and sources of their fields of specialization.

The Ph. D. Philosophy program at Brown University is designed to provide strong support for students’ research. 

The graduate program in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry at the Brown University is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental program that offers students excellent preparation for a career that includes research in biological and medical sciences.

The Ph.D. Modern Culture and Media program at Brown University prepares students to engage in rigorous and innovative scholarship and teaching in the theory, history and critical analysis of one or more media in ways that encompass diverse cultural contexts and historical periods.

The Department of Sociology at the Brown University has developed an exciting program of studies at the graduate level, built on our faculty's research interests and their commitment to excellence.

The doctoral program in Biostatistics at Brown University provides the training necessary to carry out independent research in theory, methodology and the application of statistics to important problems in biomedical research, including research biology, public health and clinical medicine.

The Department of German Studies at the Brown University offers a Ph.D. program that both provides a coherent perspective on major developments in German literature, culture and critical thought in the modern period (1650 to the present) and affords students the opportunity to develop their own specialized interests in German Studies.

The Ph.D. program in Epidemiology at the Brown University provides students with the training to become independent researchers in academia, government and industry.

The Ph.D. program in Africana Studies at Brown University provides a firm base for graduate students to create new and innovative knowledge within the discipline as well as develop cutting-edge scholarship that contributes to the broader academy and public life.

The graduate program in Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University is intended for highly qualified students who plan to pursue a career that includes research in the fields of ecology and environmental science, organismal biology and/or evolutionary biology.

The Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Ph.D. program at Brown University takes a broad–spectrum approach to the study of histories, theories and methods of theater and performance.