108 PhD programmes offered by the university

Wharton’s PhD program in Finance at the University of Pennsylvania provides students with a solid foundation in the theoretical and empirical tools of modern finance, drawing heavily on the discipline of economics.

Wharton’s highly selective PhD program in Applied Economics at the University of Pennsylvania offers students many resources not available at other institutions, such as 1:1 faculty to student ratio, five years of funding, and minimal teaching requirements.

The Cell and Molecular Biology - Cancer Biology Pprogram at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to train students in the core principles and experimental approaches within cancer biology and to empower their ability to conduct hypothesis-driven research to better understand the fundamental mechanisms that cause and define the hallmarks of cancer.

The overarching goal of the French Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania is to train students for productive scholarship and for effective college or university teaching.

The Ph.D. program in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania is primarily a research-oriented degree for students showing exceptional promise for original contributions to the theory and practice of chemical and biomolecular engineering.

The Chemistry Graduate Program at the University of Pennsylvania is designed for students who wish to earn a Ph.D. in Chemistry while undertaking cutting edge research.

The Graduate Program in Italian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania offers students a range of curricular options that provide a broad academic base in Italian literature, film, cultural studies, intellectual history, and critical theory, as well as the most current pedagogical theory and practice.

The cross-disciplinary PhD program in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to train graduate students who can teach and conduct independent research in a variety of humanistic disciplines using Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and occasionally other languages of East Asia.

The Department of South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is the principal unit within the School of Arts and Sciences for teaching and research on South Asia at Penn and offers a number of modern and classical South Asian languages, as well as courses in a variety of fields related to South Asia.

The History of Art doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania provides students with broad training in the history of art and its critical approaches, yet also focused training in their selected fields.

The Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D. program at the University of Pennsylvania is a dynamic, hands-on and research-focused degree program.

The Doctorate in Clinical Social Work (DSW) Program at the University of Pennsylvania allows ambitious, MSW-prepared social workers to advance their education in just three years—without putting their careers on hold. Become a clinical expert, inspired educator, and real-world scholar through a convenient blend of online evening classes and on-campus immersion experiences.

The educational aim of this Applied Mathematics and Computational Science program at the University of Pennsylvania is to provide well-rounded training for careers in research, teaching or industrial work in which advanced mathematics, or large scale computation is used in an essential way.

The Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World at the University of Pennsylvania trains students for careers in the art and archaeology of Classical and Near Eastern Civilizations.

Our Educational and Organizational Leadership doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania prepares educational leaders to meet the demands of district and organizational leadership.  

The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Program in Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies - French and Francophone Studies (FIGS) offers a five-year Ph.D. program.

The Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies - Germanic Studies program offered at University of Pennsylvania takes a forward-looking perspective on developments in the field.

The Ed.D. in Educational Leadership program at University of Pennsylvania prepares students to become instructional leaders in public and non-public schools, state agencies, and new entrepreneurial ventures.

The emphasis in the Graduate Program of Anthropology - Medical at University of Pennsylvania is on training candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Our Post-Master’s Doctor of Nursing Practice degree at the University of Pennsylvania is a comprehensive online program that allows master’s-prepared nurses from all specialties to enhance their practice leadership.