33 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Africana Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania offers three tracks of concentration in African Studies, African American Studies, or Diaspora Studies will allow students to select both a topical and an area studies sub-field

Demography has a long and proud tradition at the University of Pennsylvania, and students seeking to specialize in it have an unusually broad array of courses from which to pick and a relatively large number of faculty members with whom they can work.

Graduate work in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania is conducted through graduate groups formed according to different areas of study.

The emphasis in the Graduate Program in Anthropology - Archaeology at University of Pennsylvania is on training candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

The Ph.D. in Education, Culture and Society at the University of Pennsylvania provides a rigorous theoretical and methodological framework for the study of education, focusing on social, cultural, political, and normative dimensions.

MELC’s PhD program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Middle Eastern Literatures and Societies at University of Pennsylvania offers advanced study of the languages, literatures and societies of Islamic civilizations, and also Islamic history and thought in their Middle Eastern context, in modern and pre-modern settings.

The Graduate Group in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania is highly distinguished and represents a broad range of work in psychology and includes an APA-approved clinical program.

The Graduate Program in Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies - Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania offers students a range of curricular options that provide a broad academic base in Italian literature, intellectual history, film, cultural studies, and critical theory, as well as the most current pedagogical theory and practice.

MELC’s PhD track in in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Biblical Studies at University of Pennsylvania, a part of MELC’s Hebrew and Judaic Studies program, offers advanced study of the languages and philology of the Hebrew Bible as well as the history and archaeology of ancient Israel in its Middle Eastern context.

The emphasis in the Graduate Program of Anthropology - Cultural at University of Pennsylvania is on training candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

The primary goal of the Economics program from University of Pennsylvania is to produce outstanding research economists. 

Interdisciplinary Studies in Human Development at the University of Pennsylvania is a doctoral program exploring the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects of human development within the context of culture, education, and social policy. 

MELC’s graduate program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Egyptology at University of Pennsylvania offers advanced study of the languages and civilizations of ancient Egypt.