14 PhD programmes offered by the university

If you're interested in becoming an advocate for women and the LGBTQ community, the joint program in Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Albany will prepare you for your professional journey.

Dig deeper into the foundations of human society by developing your skills in an Anthropology subdiscipline at the University at Albany. Through a program of study tailored to your personal goals and interests you will acquire specialized training in archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and cultural anthropology.

Explore the intricacies of human cognition and behavior in social environments in the doctoral program in Social and Personality Psychology at the University at Albany.

If you want to deepen your economic knowledge by inspiring future economic professionals in a high-level teaching role or contributing to cutting-edge research, a PhD in Economics at the University at Albany is the degree to push you toward your goals. In the public and private sectors, there are opportunities for individuals with advanced economic theory and econometric aptitude.

Develop advanced educational research skills that support your career goals in academia or educational administration and policy analysis with this Educational Policy and Leadership program at the University at Albany.

Investigate how individuals and groups communicate with one another across diverse cultures, organizations and technologies through the doctoral program in Communication at the University at Albany.

Learn how to research, test, measure and treat the brain, at all levels from molecular analysis to the psychological impact of human neurological conditions in the doctoral program in Behavioral Neuroscience at the University at Albany.

Gain authoritative knowledge of multi-dimensional public policy and public management problems and master the social science methodologies used to analyze and address them, all with this Public Administration and Policy program at the University at Albany.

The APA-accredited PhD Program in Counseling Psychology at the University at Albany provides integrated scientist-practitioner training in psychology as a scientific discipline and in counseling psychology as an area of professional specialization.

In the Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies (LACS) Concentration of the Spanish PhD program at the University at Albany, you’ll analyze how globalization, migration, and transnationalism are forging new hemispheric visions of Latin American and Caribbean studies. 

Facilitate transformation in the workplace as you explore the complex relationships between human interactions and organizational success with the PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology program at the University at Albany. Learn how to enhance human well-being and performance in organizational and work settings through science, practice, and teaching.

Engage in deep quantitative and qualitative research on the structure of human society. You will learn techniques to develop social explanations and explore theory construction. The doctoral program in Sociology at the University at Albany prepares you for a professional career in areas including academics, research, government and industry.

The PhD in Political Science program at the University at Albany provides a broad foundation in classic and contemporary theoretical, empirical, and methodological debates in political science, while allowing you to gain expertise in your area of interest.

Explore how the mind works in subfields like language processing, emotion, memory, word recognition, visual cognition, perception, online communication and attention. This Cognitive Psychology program is offered at the University at Albany.