23 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Graduate Program in Classical Archaeology (henceforth, the Program) in the Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies (henceforth, the Department) at the University of California, Berkeley (henceforth, UC Berkeley) offers both the MA and the PhD degree.

The Department of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley offers a PhD in Anthropology, with concentrations in Sociocultural Anthropology, Archaeology, or Biological Anthropology. 

Geography at the University of California, Berkeley is an inquiry into the patterns and processes that make up the surface of the Earth. It is a broad field of inquiry that, in our department, includes glaciers and climate change, the origins of agriculture and the evolution of plant life, the culture of cities and the dynamics of the global economy.

At Learning Sciences and Human Development from University of California, Berkeley faculty study, design and participate in transformative approaches to individual and social development, approaches within schools and classrooms, and across diverse sites and contexts in communities, workplaces and social movements. 

The Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science at University of California, Berkeley welcomes students interested in pursuing graduate study and research leading to the Ph.D. in political science. 

Psychology at University of California, Berkeley, as a scientific discipline aims to describe, understand, and predict the behavior of living organisms.

This South and Southeast Asian Studies program at University of California, Berkeley offers emphases in the following languages and cultural traditions: Hindi, Urdu, Indonesian, Sanskrit, Tibetan, Tamil, and Khmer. 

The Department of Demography at University of California, Berkeley offers an interdisciplinary training program leading to the MA and PhD in Demography. 

The Goldman School of Public Policy (GSPP) at University of California, Berkeley offers three graduate degrees in public policy, the Master of Public Policy (MPP), the Master of Public Affairs (MPA), and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

Business Administration - Business and Public Policy from University of California, Berkeley poses fascinating questions of institutional choice and design, drawing on economics, political science, and organization theory. 

Economics from University of California, Berkeley is designed for students interested in pursuing advanced study and conducting original research in Economics.

The Social Welfare degree at University of California, Berkeley educates students for leadership in the field of social welfare and the profession of social work.

The Sociology Graduate Program at University of California, Berkeley is the heart of our collective enterprise as a department. 

The graduate program at University of California, Berkeley offers in-depth training in the field of Italian Studies, leading to the PhD degree. The program begins with a strong foundation in the critical analysis and historical understanding of Italian literature and encourages exploration of a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary areas. 

The graduate program at University of California, Berkeley emphasizes seminars that provide an in-depth study of specialized areas in German literature, culture, and language.

The PhD Program in Health Policy (formerly known as Health Services and Policy Analysis) at University of California, Berkeley is distinguished by its interdisciplinary application of the social and behavioral science disciplines to real-world health issues. 

Founded in 1984, the graduate program in Ethnic Studies at University of California, Berkeley is the first interdisciplinary PhD program in the U.S. dedicated to the study of comparative race and ethnicity in national, hemispheric, and global contexts. 

African American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley focuses on the life, culture, and social organization (broadly defined) of persons of African descent. 

The French Department’s doctoral program at the University of California, Berkeley reflects the interdisciplinary priorities that have long defined the pursuit of knowledge at Berkeley. 

University of California, Berkeley's Law is unique among major US law schools in housing its own interdisciplinary graduate program in the social, philosophical, and humanistic study of law, leading to MA and PhD degrees in Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP).