85 PhD programmes offered by the university

At the Purdue University, we offer a phd program in Agricultural Economics  to our graduate students.

The Doctor of Audiology (AuD) program at Purdue University provides you with a solid foundation in the science of hearing and the skills to conduct and promote evidence-based clinical practice in a culturally sensitive manner. 

Purdue University's School of Industrial Engineering continues to offer one of the nation's preeminent PhD programs, providing research areas in human factors, manufacturing, operations research, and production systems.

Purdue University established the School of Engineering Education (ENE)—the world's first such academic unit—in 2004, and along with it, the world's first Engineering Education Ph.D. Program. 

The Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology (MCMP) at Purdue University is one of the top-rated programs in the country and is unique because it combines both medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology.

The Hospitality and Tourism Management graduate program at Purdue University offers world-class postgraduate programs for industry professionals seeking to move ahead in their careers and aspiring academics seeking to gain the knowledge and skills to be researchers and teachers.

Over the years we've come to understand that diet can have a strong impact on the health and well being of humans and animals. Research on Nutrition at Purdue University integrates information from many disciplines: biochemistry, physiology, psychology, food science, genetics, and cell biology are at the heart of our understanding of nutrition and its application.

The Department of Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics at Purdue University provides academic and research opportunities for graduate students interested in pharmaceutics as a scientific career.

Supply Chain and Operations Management at Purdue University involves the study of management concerns related to the design, decision-making, and implementation of operating systems. 

The Purdue Botany and Plant Pathology graduate program at Purdue University offers world class research facilities in a small, congenial department. 

The Consumer Science graduate program at Purdue University offers world-class postgraduate programs for industry professionals seeking to move ahead in their careers and aspiring academics seeking to gain the knowledge and skills to be researchers and teachers.

Animal Sciences graduate students at Purdue University are expected to apply principles from biological, physical, and behavioral sciences to make discoveries that improve livestock production, enhance food quality and safety, and uncover molecular mechanisms that regulate animal physiology. 

The Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke Graduate Program in Civil Engineering at Purdue University has approximately 400 active students. It has been consistently ranked in the top 10 in U.S. News and World Reports, and is currently ranked 6th. 

Entomology has been a core component of Purdue University and the College of Agriculture since 1879. 

Welcome to the Graduate Program in History at Purdue University. Graduate education is a vital core component of our mission at Purdue: it helps sustain the scholars on our faculty, helps train the coming generation of professional historians, and helps refresh the undergraduate experience for the thousands of students who take our courses annually. 

With recent advances in medical imaging technology and techniques, the imaging sciences field is rapidly growing. We offer a Imaging Sciences degree at Purdue University.

The Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University houses one of the premier graduate programs in communication. We have offered masters and Ph.D. level education for almost 70 years and have played a defining role in developing the discipline of communication.

Purdue University’s Daniels School offers a PhD in Economics which develops core competencies in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics, while allowing students to choose specialized study in a variety of different fields. 

This unique Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences program at Purdue University provides a medically-oriented program for scientists who wish to work in such areas as implantable medical devices, biomaterials, drug delivery strategies, diagnostic sensors, and especially engineered physiological systems (EPS) (e.g. organ on a chip) and bioimaging technologies (BIT). 

One nationally ranked degree, two pathways to get there. The Purdue University West Lafayette campus offers two ways to earn the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. Both the post BSN-DNP and the Master's Degree-DNP pathways offer innovative curricula and exciting practice opportunities.