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8.1k PhD programmes in United States
Law
The Ph.D. in Law degree program at the Yale University is designed to prepare J.D. graduates for careers as legal scholars and teachers through a doctoral program aimed at the production of a substantial body of academic research and writing under the close supervision of a three-member faculty dissertation committee.
Materials Science and Engineering
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MatSE) at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign offers graduate programs leading to degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science & Engineering.
Higher Education Administration
The Higher Education Administration programme offered by University of Wyoming provides a strong background in the functional areas of higher education, preparing students for senior administrative positions as well as teaching in a higher education setting.
German
The German graduate program at Georgetown University fosters students’ critical thinking, intellectual engagement (with a range of competing ideas, concepts, and approaches), and comprehensive knowledge either in the area of literary and cultural studies or in German second language teaching and learning (G/SLA).
Cognition and Perception
The Program in Cognition and Perception at New York University spans multiple subareas of psychology, such as perception, attention, memory, categorization, language, emotion, decision-making, development, motor control, and cognitive neuroscience.
Literacy Education
Work closely with faculty members to develop your research skills in the areas of language and literacy development, and apply that research to improve literacy instruction in pre-K–12 schools. We offer a Literacy Education degree at the New York University.
Counseling Psychology
Students emerge from our Counseling Psychology program at Boston College with training experiences that make them highly competitive to attain positions in academia, mental health organizations, and other related occupations across community contexts.
Program for Advanced Standing Students
The Program for Advanced Standing Students (PASS) at the University of Pennsylvania is designed for graduates of non-U.S. dental schools who want to practice dentistry in the United States.
Regional Planning
Regional Planning students at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, together with their faculty adviser and program committee, select theory, methods, and specialization courses to meet the Ph.D. requirements and prepare for a successful career of advanced research and teaching.
Biomedical Engineering
The Biomedical Engineering PhD program at Tufts University is strongly research-oriented, with emphasis on the student independent research work reflected in a dissertation.
Aerospace Systems Engineering
Aerospace Systems Engineering graduates at University of Alabama Huntsville are expected to demonstrate critical thinking, an ability to do an independent, original investigation, and mastery of an area of scholarly literature.
Applied Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics & Statistics at Georgetown University offers a unique masters degree in mathematics and statistics as well as a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics.
Investigative Medicine
The Investigative Medicine Program at the Yale University is an innovative training program in clinical investigation for physicians that leads to a Ph.D. degree in Investigative Medicine awarded from the Yale Graduate school of Arts and Sciences.
Philosophy
The Department of Philosophy at Georgetown University offers a program of study that leads to the PhD in philosophy. We also offer programs that lead to either the PhD or MA in philosophy in conjunction with a JD in law or an MD in medicine.
Clinical and Translational Science
The Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) Program at Tufts University is designed for trainees who seek to affect the translation of research into improved clinical care and public health.
History
Students in this History program at Binghamton University will have the opportunity to work closely with faculty mentors in their field(s) of interest, mixing seminar coursework with the pursuit of individual research projects.
Nuclear Engineering
The Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering at Texas A&M University empowers students to drive groundbreaking advancements in nuclear science, technology and policy.
Comparative Literature
The Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania is a center for the study of literature through various disciplinary and critical perspectives, and the study of cultural history through the production of representations.
Systems Neuroscience
The Program in Systems Neuroscience (PSN) at Carnegie Mellon University trains students with backgrounds in biology and neuroscience disciplines in the growing field of quantitative systems neuroscience and also provides them the essential background in experimental neuroscience.
Human-Robot Interaction
Human-Robot Interaction is an interdisciplinary effort aimed at understanding and improving all aspects of interactions between humans and robots. This program is offered at Tufts University.