46 PhD programmes offered by the university

The Interdisiplinary Research on Substance Use program at the University of California, San Diego is an addiction research program designed to train researchers using cutting-edge, investigational data analytics and methodologies to reduce the national and global burden of substance use and misuse.

The Cognitive Science program at the University of California, San Diego provides broad training in neurological processes and phenomena; the experimental methods, results, and theories from the study of psychology, language, and social and cultural issues; and the studies of computational mechanisms. 

The Chemical Engineering Program at the University of California, San Diego is intended to prepare students for a variety of careers in research and teaching. 

Biological Oceanography is concerned with the interactions of populations of marine organisms with one another and with their physical and chemical environment. The Biological Oceanography program is offered by the University of California, San Diego.

Students from the Applied Ocean Science program at the University of California, San Diego perform research in marine acoustics, optics, electromagnetics, geophysics, ecology, sediment transport, coastal processes, physical oceanography, and air-sea interaction.

The Audiology program is a four-year graduate degree program at the University of California, San Diego designed for individuals who intend to specialize in clinical practice and to meet current professional standards requiring a clinical doctorate as the entry-level degree for a certified/licensed audiologist.

The SDSU Psychology Clinic serves as a training facility for the Clinical Psychology Joint Doctoral Program from University of California, San Diego with doctoral students in clinical psychology working under the supervision of licensed SDSU and UC San Diego faculty. 

The Bioengineering program at the University of California, San Diego is oriented toward a biomedical engineering career and leadership in academia or industry. 

The Psychology program at the University of California, San Diego provides advanced training in research in core subfields of Experimental Psychology.

The Sociology program at the University of California, San Diego offers training in a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, from the humanistic to the computational. 

The Astronomy program at the University of California, San Diego is designed for students interested in specialized advanced training in topics of astronomy. 

The University of California, San Diego's Graduate Program in Economics has long been recognized for the strong preparation its students receive in econometrics and microeconomic theory.

The Anthropology program at the University of California, San Diego is designed to provide the theoretical background and the methodological skills necessary for a career in professional research and teaching anthropology at the university level, and for the application of anthropological knowledge to contemporary problems.

The Department of Structural Engineering at University of California, San Diego offers instruction leading to the Ph.D. in Structural Engineering that are typically found in civil engineering or aerospace engineering departments in other institutions.

The Language and Communicative Disorders program at the University of California, San Diego’s focus is the interdisciplinary study of language and communicative disorders. 

The University of California, San Diego, and California State University, San Marcos jointly offer a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership.

The Ethnic Studies program at the University of California, San Diego's primary emphasis on race and ethnicity encourages us to engage with social theories about identity and power. 

The Mathematics program at the University of California, San Diego allows study in pure mathematics, applied mathematics and statistics. 

The Neurosciences program at the University of California, San Diego is frequently ranked among the top Neuroscience PhD programs in the world!

Marine Biology (MB) is the study of marine organisms and their relationship with the physical and chemical dynamics of the marine environment. The Marine Biology program is offered by the University of California, San Diego.