71 PhD programmes offered by the university

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 program at University of California, Davis offers advanced opportunities in the Study of Religion. Students receive classical training in the literatures of particular religious traditions, and they are encouraged to understand these traditions at the intersection of contemporary thematic and regional phenomena. 

Our Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry graduates at University of California, Davis go on to careers in academia, state and federal government, industry, consulting, and more.

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.

The Immunology Graduate Group at University of California, Davis offers an interdisciplinary, flexible program in an exciting field of biomedical science that sits at a crossroad for many disciplines. 

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

This Educational Leadership program at University of California, Davis integrates educational theory, proven practice, and leadership competencies into a real-world, problem-based curriculum. 

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. 

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 graduate program in Philosophy at University of California, Davis is a small, collegial, and supportive program with a largely analytic orientation.

The Applied Mathematics Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis is an interdisciplinary group of over 90 faculty and is recognized for the mathematical rigor of its programs and its dynamic research atmosphere. 

The History program at University of California, Davis offers advanced study in the fields of United States; medieval, early modern, and modern Europe; China and Japan; Middle East and/or South Asia; Latin America; and Africa. 

Students at University of California, Davis graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The Mathematics program at University of California, Davis is small enough to provide students with the personal attention necessary to meet their desired goal. 

The Pharmacology and Toxicology Graduate Group at the University of California, Davis is an interdisciplinary program that combines coursework and experimental training in modern approaches to pharmacological and toxicological problems. 

The Comparative Literature Graduate Program at University of California, Davis enables students to gain an advanced knowledge of several literatures in their original languages in a theoretically and historically informed context, and from an interdisciplinary and multicultural perspective. 

The graduate group in Ecology at University of California, Davis is an interdisciplinary graduate program that offers students a combination of both basic and applied ecology. 

Students at University of California, Davis graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in Computer Science.

Atmospheric Science at the University of California, Davis is the study of the physics, chemistry, and dynamics of the atmosphere and its interrelationship with the hydrosphere and the biosphere. 

The French and Francophone Studies Graduate Program at University of California, Davis provides graduate students with a strong base of historical coverage, spanning from the Middle Ages to the present, including Francophone studies.