64 PhD programmes offered by the university

The objective of this Human and Community Development program at West Virginia University is to provide doctoral students the opportunity to study and conduct research with faculty in areas of excellence in the Division of Resource Management, in particular, and in other divisions in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design, in general.

The Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from West Virginia University offers Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Computer Science and Information Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.

The DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program at West Virginia University prepares registered nurses to become Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) through a rigorous, challenging curriculum based on the Standards of Accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) and the DNP Essentials of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). 

The Nursing program offered by the School of Nursing from West Virginia University prepares you to practice at the highest level of professional nursing and to advance the application of nursing knowledge for the purpose of improving health care for diverse populations.

At the West Virginia University we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Biomedical Engineering. 

At the West Virginia University we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Cellular and Integrative Physiology. 

The Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at West Virginia University offers Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Computer Science and Information Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering.

The Chemistry Department at West Virginia University includes research in the areas of analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. 

We offer our graduate students a Clinical and Translational Science degree at the West Virginia University. 

The Coaching and Teaching Studies PhD is a research doctorate at West Virginia University, the purpose of which is to prepare program graduates for careers as researchers in university, government, not-for-profit and industry settings. 

The principal objective of the Mining Engineering program at West Virginia University is the education and training of graduates so that they are capable of attaining the highest levels in the mining engineering profession.

The primary objective of the Performance program from West Virginia University is the recognition of the highest achievement in music performance and teaching, preparing artist-pedagogues for careers in higher education and in the professional world.

Our full-time, three-year Audiology program at West Virginia University offers an intentional, relevant, and comprehensive curriculum to provide future audiologists with the knowledge and skills needed to independently practice the full scope of audiology as caring and competent members of the profession.

This interdisciplinary Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences program at West Virginia University prepares students for a future in a variety of employment settings, ranging from academic research and industry to federal positions.

Students at West Virginia University entering this Animal, Food, and Nutrition Sciences program may select research and classes to emphasize areas of interest appropriate to the Division of Animal and Nutritional Sciences.

The Department of Biology at West Virginia University offers graduate courses and research that lead to MS and PhD degrees in the areas of ecology, bioinformatics, genetics, genomics and evolutionary biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, neurobiology, behavior and physiology, plant sciences, cell and developmental biology, biology education and forensic biology.

The Neuroscience Graduate Program at West Virginia University offers interdisciplinary biomedical research training leading to the PhD or MD/PhD degrees.

West Virginia University School of Pharmacy graduates are recognized statewide and nationally as leaders in their profession. 

Thje Political Science degree at West Virginia University is built on the core aspects of the great liberal arts tradition. Our strengths are logic, appropriate data, analysis and communication.

This is the first doctoral Sociology program in the state of West Virginia University. Each graduate program sets their own term of admission and application deadline.