12 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Neuroscience program of Emory University is an interdisciplinary program, spanning many departments and priding itself on a collaborative atmosphere encouraging excellence. Our faculty and students have a broad scope of research interests within neuroscience, ranging from molecular to cellular to behavioral neuroscience.

Emory University’s Physics Department focuses on integrating emergent scientific research with innovative pedagogical training and community outreach.

Graduate Students in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (BSN) at Emory University seek to better understand neural systems and behavior through the study of evolution, development, and the proximate causes of behavior in genes, hormones, memory, and cognition.

The Department of Mathematics at Emory University offers a PhD in Mathematics intended for students with an undergraduate mathematics degree or equivalent experience.

The Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology program of Emory University combines these complementary disciplines, into an interdisciplinary doctoral training program of the highest caliber.

Innovative science. Meaningful outreach. Modern pedagogy. Donuts on Fridays. One of these things is not like the others. All of them belong. At the Chemistry program of Emory University, we know that great research and teaching takes place in the context of an engaged community. 

Emory University's Cancer Biology Graduate Program (CB) is a small, interdisciplinary graduate program that provides outstanding training opportunities in every aspect of cancer research.

The PhD program in Biostatistics (BIOS) is offered through Emory University’s Laney Graduate School. The program is designed for people with strong quantitative skills and a background or interest in the biological, medical, or health sciences.

Emory University's Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics trains students to use microorganisms as models for investigating fundamental problems in genetics.

The Molecular and Systems Pharmacology graduate program at Emory University offers broad training in the biomedical sciences for students interested in learning how the drugs of today work and how the novel therapeutics of tomorrow can be developed.

The Genetics and Molecular Biology program of Emory University offers exciting broad based training in the fields of genetics and molecular biology and their related disciplines of biochemistry, bioinformatics, cell biology, developmental biology and epigenetics.

Emory University's Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution (PBEE) Graduate Program offers graduate students a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the mechanisms that underlie the diversity and complexity of life.