153 Full-time PhD programmes in Public Policy

The mission of the Urban Education, Leadership and Policy Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Boston is to develop dedicated, critical, and reflective leaders seeking to improve urban education through research and practice.

Our nationally recognized, interdisciplinary PhD in Public Policy and Political Economy degree program at University of Texas at Dallas offers training opportunities for doctoral students from internationally renowned faculty.

The Ph.D. in Educational Policy Studies at Georgia State University allows students to examine the philosophy and practice of education and to develop skills in both the methodology and the study of educational practice.

The Joint Ph.D. Program in Public Policy at Indiana University Bloomington is a collaborative endeavor of the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and the Department of Political Science.

The Doctoral Program in Public Affairs at the University of Central Florida is designed to prepare graduates to advance research and theory by exploring topics at the leading edge of public affairs.

The Environmental Policy and Development programme from London School of Economics and Political Science aims to provide a rigorous, research-based approach to the social scientific study of environmental change and development.

The PhD Public Policy program from Nazarbayev University aims to provide a doctoral program of international standing which will attract high calibre candidates who will make a contribution to applied public policy.

The Political Economy Research programme offered by King's College London explores the relationships between political institutions, economic systems, and public policy to address contemporary national and global challenges.

The objective of the Government and Politics programme of Tallinn University is to give a possibility to acquire a PhD degree for those working in fields requiring an academic qualification in government and politics.

The Department of Political Science and Public Administration offers the Ph.D. in public policy and administration with a diverse faculty maintaining a broad research agenda. This Public Policy and Administration PhD program is offered at Mississippi State University  

At the University of Georgia, the PhD in Political Science and International Affairs offers world-renowned faculty and cutting-edge research tools and methodologies for students interested in international relations, comparative politics, American politics, or political theory.

The Education Policy Ph.D. program at the University of Pennsylvania equips graduates with the knowledge and methodological tools to use, understand, and conduct research on the pressing educational issues of the day.

Offered jointly by Tufts University Department of Economics and The Fletcher School, the Neubauer Family Economics and Public Policy program draws upon the expertise of well-established scholars whose work centers on development, energy, and environmental issues, political economy and, in particular, on the intersection of these concerns.

The DPhil in Public Policy at University of Oxford provides academically outstanding students who are committed to public service an unrivalled opportunity to study for a rigorous research degree that prepares them to have substantial impact on future policymaking processes.

Welcome! The University of Vermont's Ph.D. program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies is a multidisciplinary program that seeks to examine complex educational and social problems through the integration of multiple theoretical, methodological, and disciplinary lenses.

The Doctor of Philosophy program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Wayne State University is designed for a person who is anticipating an academic career or in an area of practice which demands theoretical research expertise.

At the University of Illinois at Chicago, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Policy Studies in Urban Education.

With an emphasis on student-faculty mentoring and applied learning, our Education Policy Ph.D. program at University of Virginia prepares graduates to directly impact educational policy through careers in academia or research organizations.

The Global Gender Studies program from the University at Buffalo offers today's students courses in three clusters: cultures and identities, women and global citizenship, and gender and public policy. 

The joint doctoral program in Public Policy (Joint with Georgia Tech) combines the strengths of Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Public Policy.