49 PhD programmes offered by the university

Through course work, participation in seminars, and supervised research, the Economics program of Brown University trains students to conduct theoretical and empirical research at the highest level.

Graduate Archaeology and the Ancient World students at Brown University receive a broad overview of the archaeology and art of the ancient Mediterranean, Egypt and the Near East, allowing them to develop particular research interests revolving around one or more of these complex cultures.

BioMed - Biology students at Brown University have opportunities to work with graduate biology faculty based on the Brown campus, at nearby hospitals affiliated with Brown's medical school and at the affiliated Marine Biology Laboratories in Woods Hole, Mass. 

The Department of Religious Studies at the Brown University maintains exceptional strength in the study of religion in antiquity, Asian religions, modern religious thought and the theoretical study of religion.

Brown University's graduate Anthropology program encourages a diversity of doctoral research agendas in sociocultural anthropology, anthropological archaeology and linguistic anthropology.

The doctoral program in Pathobiology at Brown University offers students a rigorous curriculum within a collaborative learning environment. Study culminates in the Ph.D. in Pathobiology.

The Department of Hispanic Studies at Brown University trains students to be both specialists and generalists, language teachers and literature scholars, researchers and active intellectuals.

The Physics Ph.D. program at the Brown University provides students with opportunities to perform independent research in some of the most current vital areas of physics.

The Italian Studies program at the Brown University offers students the opportunity to study the language, history and culture of Italy under the guidance of internationally renowned scholars in anthropology, history, history of art and architecture, literature and modern culture and media.

Brown University is one of the premier institutions for the study of Egyptology and Assyriology and the history of ancient science. 

We offer a Medicine doctoral degree at the Brown University. The Warren Alpert Physician-Scientist M.D./Ph.D. and Advanced Training Program prepares students for careers in translational research, where they can develop discoveries made in the lab into treatments for their patients.

In this innovative four-year Primary Care-Population Medicine program at Brown University—the first of its kind in the U.S.—students earn both a doctor of medicine degree and a master of science in Population Medicine.

The graduate program in French and Francophone Studies at the Brown University is the home of advanced studies in French and Francophone literatures, language and civilization.

Brown's Ph.D. program in Musicology and Ethnomusicology at Brown University allows students to study music of any kind from several perspectives, within a richly interdisciplinary environment.

The Computer Science program of Brown University offers one of the best environments for research and education in computer science. The faculty, consisting of world leaders in their research areas, has grown steadily in number over the years.

The Warren Alpert Physician-Scientist M.D./Ph.D. Medicine and Advanced Training Program at Brown University prepares students for careers in translational research, where they can develop discoveries made in the lab into treatments for their patients.

Brown University's graduate program in Psychology is designed to prepare students for careers as scientists and teachers who will make contributions to society in academic and applied settings.

The Biomedical Engineering program at Brown University provides cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, graduate-level education at the interface of engineering, biology and medicine.

Classics doctoral students at the Brown University have the opportunity to enrich their knowledge of many aspects of Greek and Latin literature, history and culture, as well as related fields, such as Sanskrit, archaeology and epigraphy.

At the Brown University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Music and Multimedia Composition.