12 PhD programmes offered by the 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. 

Purdue University has one of the world’s leading training programs in Social Psychology. Faculty in the program are world-renowned experts in the core areas of social psychology — including social cognition, social influence, prejudice and discrimination, group dynamics and interpersonal relationships.

The Department of Anthropology at Purdue University is a leading-edge, research-intensive department with a public service mission. We are committed to being thought leaders on our campus and in our discipline as the Anthropologies of Tomorrow (AOT) Department. 

Organizational life demands that humans find effective and satisfying ways to work together. This has never been more true on a global scale. We offer a Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management degree at Purdue University.

The term "Cognitive Psychology" at Purdue University encompasses most topics in human experimental psychology. It includes the fields of sensory and perceptual processes, attention, human learning, memory, information processing, psycholinguistics, judgment, problem-solving, neuroscience, and human factors. 

The Clinical Psychological Sciences Program at Purdue University aligns itself as a clinical science training program and is a charter member of The Academy of Psychological Clinical Science, which is a coalition of doctoral training programs that share a common goal of producing and applying scientific knowledge to the assessment, understanding, and amelioration of human problems. 

The Industrial and Organizational Psychology program at Purdue University is interested in people in the workplace and how work affects people’s lives more broadly. 

Our Sociology program at Purdue University prepares students to become researchers, scholars, and teachers through a well-balanced curriculum comprising theory and methods that enable students to conduct sociological research at the forefront of the field.

Mathematical psychologists and cognitive modelers develop and test quantitative theories of cognition, behavior, neuroscience and other psychological phenomena. As a student in the Mathematical and Computational Psychology program at Purdue University, you will acquire a solid foundation in mathematics, psychology and statistics. 

The American Studies programme offered by Purdue University develops advanced research expertise in American culture, society, and transnational perspectives through interdisciplinary inquiry.

Graduate Study in Political Science at Purdue University offers specializations in traditional fields such as American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Public Policy.