14 PhD programmes offered by the university

The purpose of the Special Education program at The University of Arizona is to prepare national leaders who wish to do research and prepare personnel at colleges and universities. 

The Doctorate of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership, in the Educational Leadership & Policy  (EDLP) unit from The University of Arizona, is designed to advance knowledge and address enduring and future problems in education by exploring issues of social justice for educational equity and opportunity and engaging in research situated in socio-cultural, economic, and political contexts,

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program from The University of Arizona provides an instructional program to prepare researchers, teachers, curriculum specialists, and administrators at all levels of instruction who are concerned with aspects of second language acquisition, learning, and teaching. 

The Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies program from The University of Arizona prepares students to investigate and address a broad range of issues in teaching and learning.  

The University of Arizona offers the Music - Music Education degree with emphases in Composition, Conducting, Ethnomusicology, Music Education, Music Theory, Musicology, and Performance (Instrumental, Harpsichord, Organ, Piano, Piano Accompanying, Piano Performance and Dance Accompanying, and Voice).  

This School Psychology program at The University of Arizona is approved by the American Psychological Association and the National Association of School Psychologists. 

The Educational Leadership and Policy program from The University of Arizona is designed to expand the boundaries of the educational leadership and policy field with an explicit foci on inclusivity, social justice, and anti-racism.  

The Art History and Education - Art and Visual Culture Education program from The University of Arizona prepares artist/teacher/researchers who contribute to the research, creative scholarship, knowledge, theory, and practice of art and visual culture education in university, school, museum, community, or other arts leadership positions.   

The Art History and Education program from The University of Arizona provides an interdisciplinary, theoretically informed, methodologically diverse two track PhD program: with one track in Art History and one in Art and Visual Culture Education.  

A Counselor Education and Supervision program from The University of Arizona prepares counselor educators who possess outstanding skills and knowledge, who are prepared to practice in diverse, multicultural settings, consistent with both ethical and evidence-based practice within the counseling profession.  

Graduate students in the Rhetoric, Composition and Teaching of English program from The University of Arizona are often distinguished for their public engagement and action-oriented research, published scholarship, and innovative teaching.  

Established in 1977, the Center for the Study of Higher Education offers flexible, interdisciplinary, and individualized master of arts and doctor of philosophy degree programs with concentrations in comparative higher education, organization and administration, college access, and student affairs. The Higher Education program is offered at The University of Arizona.  

The Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences program from The University of Arizona develops outstanding independent researchers and teachers.  

The Educational Psychology program from The University of Arizona provides an environment where students are expected to acquire a balanced knowledge of both the scholarly and applied aspects of the field of educational psychology.