11 PhD programmes offered by the university

Graduates in the Economics program from Carnegie Mellon University have exceptional research training in economic theory and the quantitative tools required for innovative research on complex economic problems.

Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University offers a doctoral program that helps students with technical backgrounds address policy issues focused on science and technology.

Understanding human behavior in organizations and solving problems requires the integration of a variety of social science and related disciplines. We offer a Organizational Behavior and Theory degree at Carnegie Mellon University. 

The joint Ph.D. program in Behavioral Economics at Carnegie Mellon University is the first Ph.D. program of its kind for students looking to do cutting-edge research at the intersection of economics and psychology.

Our Department at the Carnegie Mellon University offers a joint program in collaboration with the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, leading to a Ph.D. in Statistics and Public Policy.

The goal of the Psychology Ph.D. Program at Carnegie Mellon University is to train people in the areas of cognitive, developmental, and social/personality and health psychology.

The Social and Decision Sciences doctoral program at Carnegie Mellon University emphasizes multi-disciplinary approaches to complex problems.

At the Carnegie Mellon University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Machine Learning and Public Policy.

Our PhD Societal Computing program at the Carnegie Mellon University in the integrated, innovative discipline of Societal Computing provides the techniques, theories, and research methods to address societal issues and create technologies that impact society.

Within the Tepper School, Economics and Public Policy Ph.D. students at the Carnegie Mellon University  are not required to take courses, but they are required to pass qualifying examinations. 

The doctoral program in Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College prepares students to apply a rigorous scientific approach to social, organizational, economic, and management problems in an increasingly connected world.