19 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Special Education course at Rutgers University helps school leaders develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to act as change agents in their communities.

The Higher Education course at Rutgers University offers a focused study of the complexities of colleges and universities, their missions, contexts, challenges, and successes.

The Educational Leadership course at Rutgers University helps school leaders develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to act as change agents in their communities, with the ability to use rigorous research to address a wide range of problems related to practice and policy. 

This Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Social Studies Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct high-quality research on critical issues in the area of social studies education. 

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Special Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct high-quality research on critical issues regarding students at risk or those receiving services in special education. 

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Early Childhood Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to carry out research on learning and teaching within classrooms and other settings. 

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Statistics and Measurement degree at Rutgers University prepares students to become statisticians and psychometricians with broad expertise in applied statistics, measurement theory, educational assessment, and statistical analysis.

Students enrolled in the Teacher Leadership programme at Rutgers University will learn how to design research-informed professional development and teacher learning opportunities and gain experience in their focus area — whether that be science, literacy, early childhood or elementary education, mathematics education, special education, or another specialized area. 

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Science Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct research surrounding the learning and teaching of science within different scientific disciplines. 

The Theory, Organization, and Policy Concentration degree at Rutgers University prepares scholars who can help find answers to these questions and, in the process, inform policymakers, educators, and the public about the progress and challenges of education.

The Education, Culture, and Society course at Rutgers University is designed to attract a diverse cohort of students who desire systematic and rigorous advanced study of theoretical and practical issues of social and educational equity, change, and reform. 

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Literacy Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct qualitative and quantitative empirical research to advance the development of literacy theory and its application to practice.

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Human Development degree at Rutgers University is concerned with the study of human development and learning across the life span.

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Educational Psychology degree from Rutgers University prepares students to conduct quantitative, empirical research to advance psychological theory as applied to education.

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Language Education degree at Rutgers University is concerned with the study of how learners acquire, use, develop, or change languages and how language teaching models may affect these areas.

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Mathematics Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct qualitative and quantitative empirical research to advance mathematics education theory and its application to practice. 

The School Psychology programme at Rutgers University places primary emphasis on delivery of psychological services and on the evaluation and improvement of services. 

The Design of Learning Environments Concentration course at Rutgers University prepares scholarly practitioners who utilize the science of instructional design to ensure that all students have access to and benefit from effective learning environments.

This Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Learning Sciences degree at Rutgers University prepares students for investigating contexts and processes of learning and teaching in a variety of in-school and out-of-school settings.