19 PhD programmes offered by the university

A degree from the John Glenn College of Public Affairs offers you a wide array of career options that engage you in work that matters. Whether you see yourself in a senior role at the U.S. State Department, as an agency head in state government, as a city manager, or as an advocate in a nonprofit organization. The Public Policy and Management program is offered by The Ohio State University.

Ohio State's sociology department offers a strong, nationally-ranked graduate program with a productive faculty and a strong placement record. The Sociology program is offered by The Ohio State University.

The Anthropology Department at The Ohio State University offers both the MA and PhD degrees. The department includes 19 faculty with active research programs in archaeology, biological and cultural anthropology.  

For students interested in graduate study in political science, Ohio State's Department of Political Science provides the opportunity to prepare your career at a department that places graduate students at the top institutions in the world and become a part of a community of students, educators and scholars. The Political Science program is offered by The Ohio State University.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese is pleased to have a M.A. and Ph.D. program in the interdisciplinary study of the Portuguese-speaking world (Brazil, Portugal, Lusophone Africa and Lusophone Asia), with particular emphasis on the literatures and cultures of these regions. The Portuguese program is offered by The Ohio State University.

The Department of Comparative Studies at The Ohio State University offers interdisciplinary graduate degree programs in the study of culture at both the MA and the PhD levels. For graduate students enrolled in other departments at Ohio State, the department offers the graduate minor.

Welcome to the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics (AEDE) at The Ohio State University. Housed in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, AEDE currently has twenty-two world-class faculty members and administers highly respectedbachelor’s, master’s and PhD programs.

The PhD in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies prepares students for advanced professional careers in academia as well as non-profit, private or public sector careers in fields such as law and public policy. The Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies program is offered by The Ohio State University.

Graduate work in Geography has been offered at The Ohio State University since the early 1920s. Currently, the department offers programs leading to an MA or a PhD. 

Our department is noted for a long history of excellence in research, teaching, and service. With approximately 50 faculty, 150 graduate students, and 1800 undergraduate majors, we are one of the largest departments at Ohio State. The Psychology program is offered by The Ohio State University.

The Department of African American and African Studies at The Ohio State University offers graduate courses leading to the Master of Arts, and a PhD degrees in African American and African Studies.

The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures (DEALL) at the The Ohio State University offers the MA and PhD in both Chinese and Japanese in the disciplines of literature, linguistics and language pedagogy. 

The department of Speech and Hearing Science offers the PhD degree with concentrations in Speech-Language Science or Hearing Science. The Speech and Hearing Science and Portuguese program is offered by The Ohio State University.

A student at The Ohio State University with the proper background typically needs three years beyond the MS in Geodetic Science to complete the PhD requirements. 

The Department offers a doctoral program in Italian Studies that gives students an opportunity to achieve a high level of scholarly competence and to develop the capacity to contribute original knowledge to the field.  The Italian programme is offered by The Ohio State University.

A direct-admit PhD program is offered in French. The Ohio State University graduate students enjoy collegial faculty who work closely with students throughout the PhD programs. 

The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at The Ohio State University is home to one of the oldest and largest German and Germanic studies programs in the country. 

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Ohio State continues a long and distinguished tradition that makes it one of the premier comprehensive graduate programs in the country. The Spanish and Portuguese program is offered by The Ohio State University.

The primary mission of our graduate Economics program at The Ohio State University is to educate students as research economists. As they pursue PhD degrees, our graduate students acquire a wide range of skills that make them excellent university teachers and professional economists.