46 PhD programmes offered by the university

A Ph.D. in Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology, Health Behavior, or Global Health is offered by the joint faculties of the Graduate School of Public Health at SDSU and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science with assistance from other Departments in the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

The Political Science and International Affairs program at University of California, San Diego is a joint program with the UC San Diego Department of Political Science.

The Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is a multidisciplinary program in medicine and biomedical research. 

The goal of the Data Science program at the University of California, San Diego is to create leaders in the field of Data Science who will lay the foundation and expand the boundaries of knowledge in the field. 

The Education program at the University of California, San Diego is designed for students with some professional experience in teaching and learning settings as well as in research.  

The Computational Social Science program at the University of California, San Diego brings together classes and community across the Division of Social Sciences.