24 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Nursing - Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program from The University of Arizona prepares nurses to focus on mental health care and the mind-body connection for patients. 

The Mexican American Studies program from The University of Arizona is an interdisciplinary research degree. An individualized plan of study allows students to develop their own specialization in Mexican American Studies by integrating areas such as Indigenous, Cultural, Gender, Education, Immigration, Migration, Historical, and Comparative Ethinic Studies. 

What makes the Law - Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy program at The University of Arizona unique is its approach to legal education in the field of federal Indian law, tribal law and policy, and indigenous peoples human rights.  

The Gender and Women's Studies program in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at The University of Arizona trains scholars and researchers in this dynamic, interdisciplinary field.  

The American Indian Studies programme from The University of Arizona – the first such degree in the U.S. –  is an interdisciplinary programme designed to prepare graduate students for careers both within the academy and/or in Native American governance, the nonprofit sector, philantropy, and/or government service. 

Candidates for admission to the East Asian Studies program from The University of Arizona must have the support of one faculty member within whose general area the student proposes to work. 

The Geography program from The University of Arizona is a specialized, research-oriented degree which requires a qualifying examination (waived for students who meet certain minimum requirements), at least one year of coursework (minimum of 18 credits) in addition to a Masters degree, and approximately three years of independent study and research culminating in a dissertation.  

The Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies program from The University of Arizona prepares students to investigate and address a broad range of issues in teaching and learning.  

This Spanish - Hispanic Linguistics program from The University of Arizona is designed to train students to address a variety of scientific and scholarly questions pertaining to the study of the Spanish language from structural, societal, experimental, acquisitional, and pedagogical perspectives. 

The joint degree in Anthropology and Linguistics from The University of Arizona is designed for students with interests in both departments who would emerge from the program as job candidates for both linguistics and anthropology departments. Both the School of Anthropology and Department of Linguistics offer teaching assistantships and research support for students in the joint Ph.D. program. 

The PhD in Spanish at The University of Arizona is distinguished by cross-unit collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches.  

The Psychology program from The University of Arizona offers an exciting array of courses and research experiences and also provides many opportunities for students to serve in the broader University and Tucson community.   

The Educational Leadership and Policy program from The University of Arizona is designed to expand the boundaries of the educational leadership and policy field with an explicit foci on inclusivity, social justice, and anti-racism.  

The Anthropology program at The University of Arizona began in 1915 with the appointment of Byron Cummings as Professor of Archaeology and Director of the Arizona State Museum.  

The School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies from The University of Arizona offering the Middle Eastern and North African Studies PhD is a multi-disciplinary unit focusing on the region extending from Morocco to Afghanistan which includes the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey, providing a full range of language courses in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish.

This is the first program in the United States that combines the strengths of major German and American Research I universities to create a truly joint international Ph.D. program in Transcultural German Studies at The University of Arizona. 

In the Physiological Sciences program at The University of Arizona, graduate students work side-by-side with the faculty investigators addressing disease processes in diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neuroscience, cancer, and asthma. 

The objective of the Pharmaceutical Sciences - Pharmaceutical Economics, Policy, and Outcomes program from The University of Arizona is to impart advanced scientific knowledge relevant to the field of study and to provide training opportunities in conducting state-of-the-art approaches in research.   

The interdisciplinary program in Applied Intercultural Arts Research program from The University of Arizona is managed by the Graduate College and offers a Master of Arts and a PhD in partnership with six other academic colleges: Education, Fine Arts, Humanities, Science, Social and Behavioral Science, and Public Health. 

The Government and Public Policy program from The University of Arizona is designed to impart the skills and knowledge needed to teach and conduct research at academic institutions.