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Food Science
The Food Science programme at Rutgers University offers students the opportunity to study in an area of the country that is rich in resources for learning and research.
Music
The Music Department at Rutgers University offers a comprehensive music programme within the context of a public research university.
Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Literacy Education
The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Literacy Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct qualitative and quantitative empirical research to advance the development of literacy theory and its application to practice.
Industrial and Systems Engineering
The Industrial and Systems Engineering course at Rutgers University is a programme for those looking to advance academic knowledge in areas that include systems engineering and operations research, Data Science and optimization, production and manufacturing systems, quality and reliability engineering, energy, and transportation systems.
Environmental Sciences
The Environmental Sciences course at the Rutgers University is the interdisciplinary study of natural processes and human impacts in the atmosphere, aquatic systems, and soils.
Criminal Justice
The Criminal Justice doctoral programme at Rutgers University is designed to provide students with a command of criminological theory, research methods, and criminal justice policy; as well as in-depth knowledge in areas of specialization within criminology and/or criminal justice.
Education, Culture, and Society
The Education, Culture, and Society course at Rutgers University is designed to attract a diverse cohort of students who desire systematic and rigorous advanced study of theoretical and practical issues of social and educational equity, change, and reform.
Atmospheric Science
The Atmospheric Science course at Rutgers University is designed to furnish the student with the education and research background necessary to carry out independent and original scientific research.
Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Educational Psychology
The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Educational Psychology degree from Rutgers University prepares students to conduct quantitative, empirical research to advance psychological theory as applied to education.
Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences
The Endocrinology and Animal Biosciences at Rutgers University provides research-oriented training leading to the Ph.D. degree in basic animal physiology.
English
The English programme at Rutgers University offers comprehensive training in all the major periods of British, U.S., and global Anglophone literature, as well as the history of the book, literary and cultural theory, postcolonial studies, digital humanities, performance studies, and feminist and sexuality studies.
Public Affairs and Community Development
The Public Affairs and Community Development graduate programmes at Rutgers University offers comprehensive and rigorous courses of study in theoretical and applied social sciences.
Anthropology
Distinguished faculty in these areas enable the Anthropology course at Rutgers University to attract outstanding graduate students who excel in national research grant competitions.
Classics
The Classics degree offered at Rutgers University focuses on the interpretation of original texts in Greek and Latin in the context of the general humanistic tradition.
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental function, including perception, attention, learning, memory, reasoning, language, and decision making. The Cognitive Psychology course at Rutgers University offers students the opportunity to conduct original research in modern laboratories featuring state-of-the-art equipment.
Kinesiology and Applied Physiology
The Kinesiology and Applied Physiology interdisciplinary programme at Rutgers University focuses on physiological research that has shaped current understanding of how exercise, alone and in combination with other health behaviors, influences short- and long-term human health.
Physics
Nurturing the next generation of physicists in industry, education, and academia. We offer a Physics degree at the Rutgers University.
Computational and Integrative Biology
The Computational and Integrative Biology degree at the Rutgers University offers rigorous research training. With faculty support, students from diverse academic backgrounds contribute to groundbreaking interdisciplinary research.
Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Learning Sciences
This Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Learning Sciences degree at Rutgers University prepares students for investigating contexts and processes of learning and teaching in a variety of in-school and out-of-school settings.
Global Urban Studies
The Global Urban Studies programme at Rutgers University builds policy-oriented, interdisciplinary and global knowledge about cities through innovative curriculum and research grounded in the social sciences.