Overview

About the program

We are committed to theoretically informed and empirically grounded scholarship. The Sociology graduate program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) welcomes multidisciplinary pursuits, forging links with other units on the campus and beyond.

We also embrace a broad range of methods – including ethnography, experiments, formal modeling, historical-comparative analysis, and surveys – to pursue answers to questions of substantive and theoretical importance.

Programme Structure

Research areas include:

education
family, life course, and sexualities
global inequality and change
immigration
organizations, occupations, and labor
social inequality: race/ethnicity, gender, and class/stratification
social movements and political sociology
the study of democracy

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 72 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-23 00:00:00
- Apply before 2025-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Irvine, United States

Disciplines

Sociology View 144 other PhDs in Sociology in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

GRE^®

Required

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

We are particularly interested in attracting highly qualified students whose interests dovetail with the strengths of the faculty.
Admissions decisions are based on the applicant’s academic performance in college, GRE scores, letters of reference, and the candidate’s own statement of purpose and submitted academic work.

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Tuition Fee

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International

27366 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 27366 USD per year during 72 months.
National

27366 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 27366 USD per year during 72 months.
In-State

12264 USD/year

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Based on the tuition of 12264 USD per year during 72 months.

Living costs for Irvine

1560 - 2585 USD /month

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