25 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Psychology degree at the Rutgers University provides students with a variety of opportunities to gain hands-on experience at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

The American Studies course at the Rutgers University educates students to become knowledgeable and productive scholars who will contribute significantly to a wide range of academic, cultural, and public institutions because we believe that interdisciplinary training in American Studies provides a critical foundation to understanding our world and changing it. 

The Sociology course at Rutgers University helps students to develop a distinct sociological voice while becoming creative and competent working sociologists. 

This Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Social Studies Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct high-quality research on critical issues in the area of social studies education. 

The purpose of the Economics course at Rutgers University is to train students to become proficient in modern economics. Students must master the analytic insights and tools of microeconomics, macroeconomics, and econometrics. Doctoral students specialize by taking two of the advanced fields of study offered by the department.

The Political Science programme at Rutgers University provides cutting-edge training in a supportive environment. Its approach is methodologically pluralistic, encouraging the use of both quantitative and qualitative approaches to research. 

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Science Education degree at Rutgers University prepares students to conduct research surrounding the learning and teaching of science within different scientific disciplines. 

The Geography course at Rutgers University emphasizes preparation for a research-oriented career in academia, public service or the private sector.

Doctoral candidates in French at Rutgers University receive rigorous and broad training in various aspects of French language, literature in and outside France, theory, literary and cultural criticism, and cinema.

The maximum number of Italian course credits required is 48, of which at least 27 must be taken at Rutgers University. There is also a minimum requirement of 24 research credits. 

The Social Psychology programme at Rutgers University facilitates the transition from being a consumer of psychological science to becoming a contributor. Therefore, the research-oriented programme provides graduate students with the training necessary to identify, evaluate and test social, personality, and health psychology research questions.

Organizational psychology is practiced with service-delivering and product-generating organizations from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors of society. The Organizational Psychology course is offered at Rutgers University.

The Planning and Public Policy course at Rutgers University is designed to prepare graduates for a career in academia, research, and other professions. These careers require broad-based knowledge of research methods and design combined with a desire to make the world a better place.

Students in the Doctor of Philosophy in Childhood Studies degree programme at Rutgers University enroll in a core set of courses in order to acquire the interdisciplinary, theoretical, and methodological knowledge that is at the heart of childhood studies.

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. 

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.

The Learning, Cognition, Instruction, and Development - Human Development degree at Rutgers University is concerned with the study of human development and learning across the life span.

The Public Affairs and Community Development graduate programmes at Rutgers University offers comprehensive and rigorous courses of study in theoretical and applied social sciences.

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.

Distinguished faculty in these areas enable the Anthropology course at Rutgers University to attract outstanding graduate students who excel in national research grant competitions.