71 PhD programmes offered by the university

This rigorous, strongly interdisciplinary Performance Studies program at University of California, Davis encourages students to develop original dissertation research that explores and questions the artistic, social, and political ramifications of performance and the performative.

Graduate Plant Biology students at University of California, Davis have the opportunity to carry out research in basic and/or applied sciences in the labs of more than 60 faculty members, spanning three colleges and nine departments.

The Psychology Department at University of California, Davis offers a graduate program oriented toward training qualified students to pursue careers in the areas of research and teaching.

This graduate Political Science program at University of California, Davis provides strong substantive and methodological training in political science and promotes close working relationships between faculty and students. 

The program at University of California, Davis emphasizes the integration of basic and applied aspects of Entomology in solving problems in biology, agriculture, and the environment.

Students in the Integrative Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program at University of California, Davis have the opportunity to apply genomic, molecular, and classical genetic approaches to study model organisms, a broad range of native and agricultural species, humans, and companion animals.

The graduate program in Musicology at the University of California, Davis offers rigorous and broad training in the intellectual history of the field.

The Integrative Pathobiology Graduate Program at University of California, Davis offers the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees for graduate study in disciplines concerned with disease processes.

The Geography Graduate Program at University of California, Davis provides a strong core in geographic concepts, theories, methods, and traditions, with more in-depth course-work available in geography’s four main areas of emphasis: environmental sciences; methods, models, and GIS Science; nature and society; and people, place, and region. 

At the University of California, Davis, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Horticulture and Agronomy.

This Human Development program at University of California, Davis emphasizes an interdisciplinary understanding of various aspects of human behavioral development and the contexts in which they take place across the lifespan. 

Population Biology degree at University of California, Davis is an interdisciplinary field that uses concepts and techniques from ecology, evolution, systematics, genetics, and mathematics or statistics. 

Animal Biology at the University of California, Davis encompasses the discipline-based studies of domesticated and wild animals and animal management systems.

The Chemical Engineering program at University of California, Davis provides a strong grounding in the fundamentals and explores critical applications in a wide range of process systems.

The Spanish Graduate Program at University of California, Davis offers comprehensive knowledge of the history of the Spanish language, literary or linguistic scholarship, and competence in two other foreign languages. 

The Neuroscience Graduate Program at University of California, Davis is a highly interactive program that provides outstanding training in the neurosciences by a dedicated and internationally recognized faculty. 

Students in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program from University of California, Davis gain advanced knowledge of designing, building, operating and maintaining the physical infrastructure and protecting the natural environment that together support human society in an economically and environmentally sustainable manner.

The Transportation Technology and Policy program at University of California, Davis is an interdisciplinary graduate group designed to meet the world’s growing need for highly qualified, thoughtful and dedicated leaders in sustainable transportation.

Our Ph.D. Education program at University of California, Davis critically engages students in contemporary issues that impact education research, policy and practice. 

The graduate program in Ethnomusicology at University of California, Davis offers rigorous training in the intellectual history of the field, theory, fieldwork, ethnography, transcription/analysis, and area studies.