14 PhD programmes offered by the university

As an interdisciplinary graduate program, the African American Studies (AAS) Ph.D. Program at Emory University—the first program of its kind in the U.S. Southeast—is a highly selective course of study combining the expertise of an esteemed group of more than 50 core and affiliated graduate faculty.

Do you want to study the origins and development of the human mind and brain? If so, then this Developmental Science program at Emory University is for you.

Graduate Students in the Cognitive and Computational Sciences (CCS) concentration at Emory University seek to understand the processes that underlie human perception, learning, memory, emotion, conceptual representation, and language.

Graduate Students in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (BSN) at Emory University seek to better understand neural systems and behavior through the study of evolution, development, and the proximate causes of behavior in genes, hormones, memory, and cognition.

The PhD in Health Services Research and Health Policy is offered through Emory University’s Laney Graduate School.

Islamic Civilizations Studies (ICIVS) at Emory University is a unique Ph.D. program that investigates Islamic civilizations through trans-regional and multidisciplinary perspectives.

The Economics program of Emory University puts students on the intellectual frontier of the economic discipline by introducing them to the leading-edge theories and techniques. This training allows students to actively investigate research questions of particular interest and importance to them.

The Doctoral Program in Global Health and Development (GHD) at Emory University is a new and distinctive training program anchored in the Hubert Department of Global Health, and affiliated with the Public Health Sciences cluster of doctoral programs within the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies.

The goal of the Political Science program of Emory University is to train the next generation of scholars. The program covers a variety of substantive areas but is united in its emphasis on careful theory-building and rigorous empirical analysis.

Our Sociology graduate program at Emory University provides rigorous training in theory, research design, and statistics. 

Nationally and internationally Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies have grown into an important and well-established field of academic inquiry. This PhD program is offered at Emory University.

The Anthropology graduate program at Emory University foregrounds cultural and biological anthropology, placing special emphasis on cultivating dialogues and combinations of people, interests, and ideas.

The French Ph.D Program at Emory University provides an interdisciplinary and theoretically sophisticated approach to understanding how French and Francophone texts continue to make highly relevant and enduring contributions to many of the questions that are central to intellectual life and the culture of the future.

The PhD in Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences (BSHES) is offered through Emory University's Laney Graduate School. This program trains students to identify, analyze, and intervene on today's most pressing public health issues.