9 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Doctor of Nursing Practice - Family Nurse Practitioner degree at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is the first and only program of its kind currently offered by a University of California campus. 

The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is a professional degree leading to pharmacist careers in hospitals, outpatient ambulatory care settings, community pharmacies, nursing homes, managed care, academia, research, industry, government agencies, and other pharmacy practice settings.

The Psychological Science - Clinical Psychology area will lead the search for new knowledge in assessment, understanding, prevention, and treatment of psychological disorders and mental health concerns from an inclusive perspective that is psychologically, ecologically, socially, and biologically informed. This program is offered at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

The Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Science program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is designed to prepare nurse scientists with expertise in clinical-translational research methods to advance the scholarly discipline and to contribute to the growing body of knowledge in the field of nursing.

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics offers a course of study and academic research leading to a PhD degree in Epidemiology at the University of California, Irvine (UCI).

The Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is answering the demand for a doctoral level degree for advanced nursing practice with our new Doctor of Nursing Practice (Post-Master's) program.

University of California, Irvine (UCI) Public Health offers a unique, research training doctorate degree, culminating with a Ph.D. in Public Health with concentrations in either global health or disease prevention.

The PhD in Pharmacological Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) provides a unique opportunity for those interested in any scientific discipline represented by the Pharmaceutical Sciences faculty to have a year of broad, interdisciplinary training and self-selected lab rotations followed by focused doctoral research in the Pharmaceutical Sciences research group of their choice.

The doctoral program (PhD) in Environmental Health Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) is a research-based program with two tracks of study.