Yale University

Accelerated MBA/MPH Health Care Management

This innovative program, the first of its kind in the United States, enables students to earn an MBA and an MPH in just 22 months through intensive study at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and the Yale School of Management (SOM). Qualified students will complete core coursework in management and public health, providing them with knowledge and skills to become leaders in health care organizations across the globe.

Acting

The Acting program admits talented and committed individuals from a wide range of backgrounds who possess a lively intelligence, a strong imagination, a collaborative ethos, and a physical and vocal instrument capable of development and transformation and prepares them for work as professional actors. Combining in-depth classroom training with interdisciplinary production opportunities, the program further recognizes and affirms the call for our field, our faculty, and our theater-makers-in-t...

Advanced Health Sciences Research

The Advanced Health Sciences Research (AHSR) curriculum represents an exceptional opportunity for MHS candidates who are interested in outcomes and effectiveness research – with an emphasis on employing community engagement, health policy, or clinical outcomes studies to improve health and health care.

African American Studies

The African American Studies major examines, from numerous disciplinary perspectives, questions of race, culture, and modern struggles for equality centering on the experiences of people of African descent in Black Atlantic societies including the United States, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe, and Africa, and the global impact of those experiences. Students in the department explore the historical, cultural, political, economic, and social development of Black Atlantic societies. Majors...

African American Studies

African Studies

The Master of Arts Program in African Studies is a two-year interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences designed to provide a broad understanding of African affairs. The program is designed for students wishing to go on to the doctorate as well as those students seeking a terminal M.A. degree before entering the business world, media, government service or a professional school.

African Studies

The program in African Studies enables students to undertake interdisciplinary study of the arts, history, cultures, politics, and development of Africa. As a foundation, students in the program gain cross-disciplinary exposure to Africa. In the junior and senior years, students develop analytical ability and focus their studies on research in a particular discipline such as anthropology, art history, history, languages and literature, political science, or sociology, or on topics such as glo...

AGACNP - Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP

The Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) specialty prepares graduates for the advanced nursing practice role of providing care to assess and manage the needs of complex acutely and critically ill patients across the full continuum of adult acute care services.

AGPCNP - Adult Gerontology Primary Care NP

The Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) specialty educates students in the primary care of the entire adult age spectrum from adolescents to geriatrics. Particular attention is provided in the domain of maintaining wellness through prevention and management of illness across a variety of health care settings.

American Studies

Students in the M.A. program take 7 term courses, including a special writing project, and complete the language requirement. They take the same courses as doctoral students. There is no financial support for this degree.

American Studies

Students accepted into the doctoral program are fully funded for five years through a combination of tuition, teaching, and fellowships. Health insurance and a stipend are also provided to all matriculating doctoral students. Please visit the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for further information on financial aid and funding opportunities. Doctoral students spend their first two years in coursework, completing a total of twelve courses. In the third year, students begin to teach, take t...

American Studies

The American Studies program encourages the interdisciplinary study of the cultures and politics of the United States, the changing representations of national identity, and the construction of borderland and diasporic cultures over time. Each student in the major combines courses in American Studies with courses from other relevant disciplines (literature, history, the arts, and the social sciences) to explore these broad topics from local, national, and global perspectives. Through the sele...

Anthropology

Students who enroll in one of the Anthropology Department’s Ph.D. programs join a vibrant and diverse community of scholars working to extend the disciplinary and interdisciplinary horizons of twenty-first century Anthropology. Students in all Ph.D. programs work closely with their advisers and other faculty to craft an appropriate sequence of graduate-level courses, professional experiences, and independent research culminating in a dissertation.

Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of human cultural, social, and biological diversity from the distant past to the present day and around the world. The undergraduate major in Anthropology introduces students to key topics and approaches in three broad areas, also known as subfields: (1) the evolution of human and nonhuman primates, including the evolutionary biology of living people; (2) the archaeological study of human societies and cultures; (3) social, cultural, and linguistic dimensions of huma...

Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology Advanced Professional

The Applied Biostatistics and Epidemiology track advances your ability to engage in clinical and population-based research with quantitative and mixed methods data skills.

Applied Mathematics

Yale's graduate program in Applied & Computational Mathematics thrives at the intersection of diverse disciplines, fostering an environment where mathematical applications meet real-world discovery. Our inherent multidisciplinary approach allows students to work both within and at the boundaries of multiple fields, applying a wide range of mathematical and computational tools.

Applied Mathematics

Mathematical models are widely used throughout natural science, social science, and engineering in fields as diverse as physics, bioinformatics, robotics, image processing, and economics. Despite the broad range of mathematical settings and applications, there exists a core of essential concepts and techniques used in addressing most problems. The Applied Mathematics major provides a foundation in these mathematical techniques and prepares the student to use them in a substantive field of app...

Applied Physics

Graduate students in Applied Physics develop their own course of study and research with the guidance and advice of faculty members in the areas of their research interests. The requirements of the Ph.D. program contain 9 term courses, normally completed in the first two years. Graduate students in Applied Physics are normally required to take certain core courses, as described in the Degree Guidelines. An area exam at the end of 2nd year is required to test the candidate’s mastery of the res...

Applied Physics

Physics is the study of the fundamental laws of nature. Applied physics uses these laws to understand phenomena that have practical applications. Engineering in turn makes use of these phenomena for human purposes. Applied physics thus forms a link between the fundamental laws of nature and their applications. Students majoring in Applied Physics take courses in both physics and engineering, as well as courses specifically in applied physics. Students completing the program in Applied Physics...

Applied Physics

Applied Physics also offers a Master’s degree, with a primary focus on advanced courses taught by world leading researchers, where state-of-art research insights are customarily infused into the instruction materials. This program also offers students the opportunity to conduct research with faculty members, where first hand experience on the research frontiers in quantum information science, optics/photonics, and quantum materials.

Archaeological Studies

The major in Archaeological Studies provides a program of interdepartmental offerings covering prehistoric, early historic, medieval, and other cultures and cultural developments in the Old and New Worlds and introduces students to the analytic tools that facilitate archaeological studies. The major is designed to expose students to a variety of archaeological research perspectives: anthropological, historical, art historical, and scientific. Also emphasized are substantive studies including ...

Archeological Studies

The aims of the program are to give students the academic background needed for careers in museums, cultural resource management, and teaching in community colleges and secondary schools.

Architectural and Bldg Tech

The post-professional degree program is for students already holding a professional degree in architecture (B.Arch., or an equivalent first professional degree) who seek a second, advanced degree and who are interested in pursuing cross-disciplinary design research that will expand their understanding of how the designed environment—interiors, buildings, cities and landscapes—is shaped by the intersection of broad cultural, political, economic, technical and environmental forces.

Architecture

Architecture is a humanistic endeavor. The purpose of the undergraduate major is to include the study of architecture within a comprehensive liberal arts education, drawing from the broader academic and professional environment of the Yale School of Architecture. The curriculum includes work in design; in history, theory, and criticism of architecture; and in urbanism, and leads to a bachelor of arts degree with a major in Architecture. As a liberal arts major in Yale College, it is not an ac...

Architecture

The doctoral program in Architecture currently offers two tracks of study: History and Theory of Architecture, and Ecosystems in Architectural Sciences. Both tracks aim to educate teachers capable of effectively instructing future architects in their own field and its manifold connections with the culture at large. The program forges a unique combination of professional knowledge with a historical and analytical grasp of architecture, deepening awareness of the field’s current state and the c...

Art

Students in the Art major develop a critical and practical understanding of the visual arts and design through a studio-based curriculum that organically blends practice with critical thinking and art historical precedents; apply fundamentals of visual art across a variety of mediums and disciplines; relate the practice of making art and design to culture and the study areas of art history and theory; and learn to embody the knowledge and practice of at least one artistic discipline through a...

Artist Diploma - Bassoon

The bassoon program at the Yale School of Music offers broad training in solo repertoire, chamber music, and orchestral performance. Bassoonists also explore such topics as reed making and approaches to bassoon pedagogy. In addition to performing solo repertoire, bassoon students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in the New Music New Haven concert series and in the School’s orchestra, the Yale Philharmoni...

Artist Diploma - Cello

Cello instruction at the Yale School of Music is based on the belief that even the most imaginative musician is prevented from achieving the highest potential if limited by technical deficiencies. Students concentrate first on removing tension, then learn to involve their entire body in cello playing and experience the physical sensations associated with facility on the instrument. When player and instrument function as an efficient unit, the student can explore the vast subtleties of sound, ...

Artist Diploma - Choral Conducting

Artist Diploma - Clarinet

The clarinet program at the Yale School of Music offers a broad spectrum of training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, and in such technical areas as reed making. Students participate in private lessons and weekly clarinet seminars and receive coachings in various pedagogical techniques.

Artist Diploma - Composition

Artist Diploma - Double Bass

The double bass program at the Yale School of Music offers students the opportunity to refine their technique and musicianship in a collaborative and creative environment while gaining a truer understanding of the physical aspects of playing the double bass. Double bassists take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which cover numerous topics including upcoming solo performances, orchestral audition preparation, extended techniques, and other areas students are intereste...

Artist Diploma - Flute

Flutists at the Yale School of Music receive private lessons and participate in weekly seminars. They are encouraged to acquaint themselves with as broad a repertoire as possible in all fields, including performance of Baroque and contemporary music. In addition to performing solo repertoire, flute students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in the New Music New Haven concert series and in the School’s or...

Artist Diploma - Guitar

The guitar program offers instruction in a variety of areas, with guitarists taking lessons, participating in a weekly studio seminar, working with guest artists, and performing solo and ensemble repertoire. The weekly guitar seminar includes performances of newly learned solo and chamber music, as well as lectures on such topics as interpretation, arranging, technique, pedagogy, master-class teaching, programming, performing, sight reading, competitions, recording, and career development. Ea...

Artist Diploma - Harp

The harp program at the Yale School of Music offers training in both solo and ensemble playing, as well as teaching and other opportunities beyond the concert hall. In private lessons and weekly studio seminars, students are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible. Harp students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the YSM experience, and often play in various ensembles and configurations in the New Music New Haven series. Harp students also perform with the Schoo...

Artist Diploma - Harpsichord

The School of Music’s harpsichord program aims to give students a command of solo literature from the late Renaissance through to the pre-Classical periods, as well as extensive Baroque ensemble experience leading to fluent continuo realization with both singers and instrumentalists. Students also study Baroque performance practice, organology, and harpsichord tuning and maintenance. Harpsichordists at the Yale School of Music have the opportunity to perform on restored keyboard instruments a...

Artist Diploma - Horn

Horn players at Yale School of Music take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which often focus on a specific topic, such as orchestral excerpts, études or song transcriptions. Horn players are encouraged to learn as broad a repertoire as possible, including Baroque and contemporary music.

Artist Diploma - Oboe

The oboe program at the Yale School of Music offers training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, as well as such topics as reed making and oboe pedagogy. Oboists take private lessons and attend weekly seminars and are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible, including the performance of Baroque and contemporary music.

Artist Diploma - Orchestral Conducting

Artist Diploma - Organ

The organ program at the Yale School of Music prepares students for careers as soloists, teachers, and church musicians. All students attend the departmental seminar, which is devoted to a comprehensive survey of organ literature from all musical periods, and receive individual lessons from faculty members and renowned visiting artists who come to Yale for one week each year. The Yale Institute of Sacred Music offers an employment-placement service for organ students at Yale. All organ majors...

Artist Diploma - Percussion

Percussionists at the Yale School of Music study and perform chamber, solo, and orchestral repertoire in a program that is unique in its breadth. Students participate in weekly private lessons and studio seminar and play in the Yale Philharmonia and the Yale Percussion Group. The School’s New Music New Haven concert series offers frequent opportunities to collaborate with composers on premieres of new works, fostering musical relationships that continue long after students' time at Yale.

Artist Diploma - Piano

While the Yale School of Music piano program primarily focuses on solo performance, it also places an emphasis on chamber music, accompanying, and teaching. The well-rounded curriculum prepares graduates to make their way in today’s highly competitive music world.

Artist Diploma - Trombone

The trombone program at the Yale School of Music offers students opportunities to develop their skills, explore repertoire from early to new music, and perform in chamber music and orchestral settings. Trombonists participate in regular private lessons and seminar classes. In addition to performing solo repertoire, trombone students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. Students explore early repertoire and techniques in the Yale Cornetto and S...

Artist Diploma - Trumpet

The trumpet program at the Yale School of Music immerses students in solo and ensemble playing in repertoire from early to new music. Students take weekly lessons with Kevin Cobb and participate in weekly studio classes. The program aims to foster students’ creativity and encourage them to explore Yale’s vast resources. In addition to performing solo repertoire, trumpet students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various en...

Artist Diploma - Tuba

The tuba program at the Yale School of Music is small and focused and operates within the collaborative environment of the brass department. Tuba players have regular private lessons and seminar classes. In addition to performing solo repertoire, tuba students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in the New Music New Haven concert series and perform in the School’s orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia. These opp...

Artist Diploma - Viola

The viola program at the Yale School of Music stresses the overriding importance of musical language as well as technical mastery of the instrument, all within a collaborative and supportive environment. The search for beauty in performance is the ultimate goal; the production of an expressive sound and an acute awareness of phrasing in interpretation are also constantly kept in mind. Students are encouraged to explore a broad variety of repertoire, including contemporary music. Weekly studio...

Artist Diploma - Violin

The violin program at the Yale School of Music offers an individual approach, as faculty members encourage their students to become their own best teachers, first through explanation and demonstration and eventually through critical self-awareness. The School aims to offer a collaborative, non-competitive environment, in which violin students support one another. There are three violin studios, each with approximately 12 students. Weekly studio seminars focus on a range of topics, from techn...

Artist Diploma - Voice: Early Music, Oratorio, and Chamber Ensemble

Artist Diploma - Voice: Opera

Yale Opera provides intensive, personalized training designed to develop well-rounded artistry in a select group of 16 graduate-level singers. Students receive private voice lessons and coaching in operatic and song literature, and further their study in diction, interpretation, and style through weekly seminars, rehearsals, and classes. In addition to studying with our distinguished faculty, students also benefit from residencies with renowned visiting artists. Recent guests have included Re...

Asian Religions

The concentration in Asian Religions requires twelve credit hours of language study and a minimum of twelve credit hours of study in Asian religions. At least eighteen credit hours of YDS course work is required of all candidates.

Asset Management

Launch your career in the asset management industry by spending a year at Yale learning from leading finance scholars and practicing investors at some of the world’s most successful institutions. This innovative STEM-eligible course of study provides early-career students with a deep understanding of the application of data science and quantitative techniques to investment decisions, while emphasizing ethics, fiduciary responsibility, and investment performance.

Astronomy

The average time for a Yale Astronomy student to finish a PhD is under six years, roughly a year lower than the national average. We attribute this to the close attention given to students, early research experience, and the excellent resources that Yale Astronomy has to offer. Yale Astronomy alumni excel in their careers, often winning prestigious fellowships and continuing on to tenure-track faculty positions.

Astronomy

The B.A. degree program in Astronomy is designed for students who do not plan to continue in a graduate program in astronomy, but who are interested in the subject as a basis for a liberal arts education or as a physical science background to careers such as medicine, teaching, journalism, business, law, or government. It allows greater flexibility in course selection than the B.S. program because the emphasis is on breadth of knowledge rather than on specialization.

Astrophysics

The B.S. degree program in Astrophysics is designed to provide a strong foundation in astrophysics for students interested in graduate study or a career in astronomy, physics, or a related science.

Biomedical Engineering

Yale's Biomedical Engineering program offers graduate students access to cutting-edge innovations in instrumentation and engineering to better understand biology and human physiology, and the opportunity to be at the forefront of the development of new technologies for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human disease. Our research spans from engineering biomimetic systems and nanotechnology for drug delivery to visualizing and modeling organs including the heart and the brain.

Biomedical Engineering

Engineering methods and strategies are used to address biomedical problems ranging from studies of physiological function using images to the development of novel drug delivery methods and new biomaterials. The B.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering is designed to provide students with an understanding of common fundamental methodologies in biomedical engineering and the ability to develop quantitative approaches to one of four biomedical engineering concentrations: Bioimaging, Biomechanics an...

Biomedical Engineering

The research leading to the Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering spans a wide range of fields including biomechanics & mechanobiology, bioimaging & biosensing, biomolecular & biomaterials engineering, computational & modeling analysis, drug delivery and systems biology. The Terminal Master's degree typically consists of a set of required and elective graduate courses. Details on the requirements for each degree program are included in the Graduate Student Handbook.

Biostatistics

Biostatistics is one of the disciplines needed for the development and practice of public health – the methods of this discipline are appropriate for quantifying the possible effects of risk factors and health interventions on individuals and groups. The MPH degree in biostatistics emphasizes training in the application of statistical principles and methods to problems in health sciences, medicine, and biology.

Black Religion in African Diaspora

The concentration in Black Religion in the African Diaspora is an interdisciplinary program based in the YDS curriculum that includes a broad range of courses that illumine the theology, history, philosophy, aesthetics, and practices of black religion. Students are encouraged to take courses pertinent to African American religious studies in other departments of the University (for example, in Anthropology, Religious Studies, History, African Studies, Black Studies, Women, Gender, and Sexuali...

Business & Management

Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders

Oftentimes accomplished creative professionals rise to managerial positions with little leadership or management training. That’s why they join Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders—to develop the business acumen needed to be well-rounded, successful leaders.

Cell Biology

The Graduate Program in Cell Biology offers students outstanding opportunities for research and training leading to the Ph.D. degree. Reflecting the truly multidisciplinary nature of cell biology today, students in the program engage in independent research on a broad spectrum of exciting topics concerned with cellular structure, function, development, and organization in complex systems, with particular emphasis on molecular mechanisms and relevance to human diseases. The curriculum is rigor...

Cellular & Molecular Physiology

Students enrolled in the Cellular and Molecular Physiology Graduate Program are required to pass at least six graduate-level courses in the first year and a half to two years. Three courses are mandatory, two other advanced courses are selected from a recommended list, and one is fully elective. The courses should form a coherent background for the expected area of dissertation research. In addition, teaching is an important component of graduate training in the department and students are re...

Certificate in Performance - Bassoon

The bassoon program at the Yale School of Music offers broad training in solo repertoire, chamber music, and orchestral performance. Bassoonists also explore such topics as reed making and approaches to bassoon pedagogy. In addition to performing solo repertoire, bassoon students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in the New Music New Haven concert series and in the School’s orchestra, the Yale Philharmoni...

Certificate in Performance - Cello

Cello instruction at the Yale School of Music is based on the belief that even the most imaginative musician is prevented from achieving the highest potential if limited by technical deficiencies. Students concentrate first on removing tension, then learn to involve their entire body in cello playing and experience the physical sensations associated with facility on the instrument. When player and instrument function as an efficient unit, the student can explore the vast subtleties of sound, ...

Certificate in Performance - Clarinet

The clarinet program at the Yale School of Music offers a broad spectrum of training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, and in such technical areas as reed making. Students participate in private lessons and weekly clarinet seminars and receive coachings in various pedagogical techniques. In addition to performing solo repertoire, clarinet students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale chool of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in the New M...

Certificate in Performance - Double Bass

The double bass program at the Yale School of Music offers students the opportunity to refine their technique and musicianship in a collaborative and creative environment while gaining a truer understanding of the physical aspects of playing the double bass. Double bassists take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which cover numerous topics including upcoming solo performances, orchestral audition preparation, extended techniques, and other areas students are intereste...

Certificate in Performance - Flute

Flutists at the Yale School of Music receive private lessons and participate in weekly seminars. They are encouraged to acquaint themselves with as broad a repertoire as possible in all fields, including performance of Baroque and contemporary music. In addition to performing solo repertoire, flute students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in the New Music New Haven concert series and in the School’s or...

Certificate in Performance - Guitar

The guitar program offers instruction in a variety of areas, with guitarists taking lessons, participating in a weekly studio seminar, working with guest artists, and performing solo and ensemble repertoire. The weekly guitar seminar includes performances of newly learned solo and chamber music, as well as lectures on such topics as interpretation, arranging, technique, pedagogy, master-class teaching, programming, performing, sight reading, competitions, recording, and career development. Ea...

Certificate in Performance - Harp

The harp program at the Yale School of Music offers training in both solo and ensemble playing, as well as teaching and other opportunities beyond the concert hall. In private lessons and weekly studio seminars, students are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible. Harp students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the YSM experience, and often play in various ensembles and configurations in the New Music New Haven series. Harp students also perform with the Schoo...

Certificate in Performance - Horn

Horn players at Yale School of Music take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which often focus on a specific topic, such as orchestral excerpts, études or song transcriptions. Horn players are encouraged to learn as broad a repertoire as possible, including Baroque and contemporary music. In addition to performing solo repertoire, horn students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in ...

Certificate in Performance - Oboe

The oboe program at the Yale School of Music offers training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, as well as such topics as reed making and oboe pedagogy. Oboists take private lessons and attend weekly seminars and are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible, including the performance of Baroque and contemporary music. In addition to performing solo repertoire, oboe students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They al...

Certificate in Performance - Percussion

Percussionists at the Yale School of Music study and perform chamber, solo, and orchestral repertoire in a program that is unique in its breadth. Students participate in weekly private lessons and studio seminar and play in the Yale Philharmonia and the Yale Percussion Group. The School’s New Music New Haven concert series offers frequent opportunities to collaborate with composers on premieres of new works, fostering musical relationships that continue long after students' time at Yale. Alum...

Certificate in Performance - Piano

While the Yale School of Music piano program primarily focuses on solo performance, it also places an emphasis on chamber music, accompanying, and teaching. The well-rounded curriculum prepares graduates to make their way in today’s highly competitive music world. A unique feature of Yale’s piano department is the close collaboration between piano faculty members­. Students have regular opportunities to play in master classes and receive supplemental lessons and chamber music coachings from ...

Certificate in Performance - Trombone

The trombone program at the Yale School of Music offers students opportunities to develop their skills, explore repertoire from early to new music, and perform in chamber music and orchestral settings. Trombonists participate in regular private lessons and seminar classes. In addition to performing solo repertoire, trombone students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. Students explore early repertoire and techniques in the Yale Cornetto and S...

Certificate in Performance - Trumpet

The trumpet program at the Yale School of Music immerses students in solo and ensemble playing in repertoire from early to new music. Students take weekly lessons with Kevin Cobb and participate in weekly studio classes. The program aims to foster students’ creativity and encourage them to explore Yale’s vast resources. In addition to performing solo repertoire, trumpet students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various en...

Certificate in Performance - Tuba

The tuba program at the Yale School of Music is small and focused and operates within the collaborative environment of the brass department. Tuba players have regular private lessons and seminar classes. In addition to performing solo repertoire, tuba students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the Yale School of Music experience. They also play in various ensembles in the New Music New Haven concert series and perform in the School’s orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia. These opp...

Certificate in Performance - Viola

The viola program at the Yale School of Music stresses the overriding importance of musical language as well as technical mastery of the instrument, all within a collaborative and supportive environment. The search for beauty in performance is the ultimate goal; the production of an expressive sound and an acute awareness of phrasing in interpretation are also constantly kept in mind. Students are encouraged to explore a broad variety of repertoire, including contemporary music. Weekly studio...

Certificate in Performance - Violin

The violin program at the Yale School of Music offers an individual approach, as faculty members encourage their students to become their own best teachers, first through explanation and demonstration and eventually through critical self-awareness. The School aims to offer a collaborative, non-competitive environment, in which violin students support one another. There are three violin studios, each with approximately 12 students. Weekly studio seminars focus on a range of topics, from techn...

Certificate in Performance - Voice: Opera

Yale Opera provides intensive, personalized training designed to develop well-rounded artistry in a select group of 16 graduate-level singers. Students receive private voice lessons and coaching in operatic and song literature, and further their study in diction, interpretation, and style through weekly seminars, rehearsals, and classes. The three-year certificate in performance program is designed for performers who do not hold a bachelor’s degree but want to study at the highest level.

Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering program, with two degree programs (see below), is principally focused on basic and engineering sciences and on problem solving. Additional emphasis is on communication, analysis of experiments, and chemical process design. A special feature of the program is the accessibility of laboratory research—most chemical engineering majors participate in faculty-led research projects, often resulting in publication and/or presentation at national meetings.

Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Chemical & Environmental Engineering

Chemistry

The wide range of courses offered by the Department of Chemistry reflects the position of chemistry as the foundation of all the molecular sciences. In addition to graduate work in chemistry, biochemistry, or health-related disciplines, the department's graduates find their broad scientific training useful in fields such as technology policy, business management, and law. Chemistry is an especially appropriate major for students interested in energy research or policy and the environment.

Chemistry

Yale is recognized as having one of the best chemistry programs(Link is external) (Link opens in new window) in the U.S. We are proud of our history, faculty, laboratories, instrumentation, libraries, and relations with industry. Most of all, we are proud of our students and their research. Our alumni occupy leading positions in academia and industry, due in no small part to their cutting-edge research experiences. The department’s relatively small size facilitates meaningful interactions bet...

Chronic Disease Epidemiology

With the growth of biotechnology and medical research in the pharmaceutical industry there is a high demand for well-trained graduates in chronic disease epidemiology. This concentration provides intensive training in epidemiology and research methods for medical and health care professionals, or others seeking the skills necessary to conduct epidemiological research in their professional practice.

Classical Civilization

The major in Classical Civilization is designed to offer students an opportunity to study an entire Western civilization in its many diverse but related aspects. The literature, history, philosophy, religion, art, archaeology, and other aspects of Greek and Roman antiquity from the earliest beginnings in Greece to the Middle Ages are studied for their intrinsic artistic value, their historical significance, and their power to illuminate problems confronting contemporary societies. Each year, ...

Classics

The major in Classics is primarily a liberal arts major. It provides a rigorous interdisciplinary education in the literature, material culture, and history that underlie Western civilization and other humanities disciplines; it can also provide foundational disciplinary expertise for students who wish to do professional graduate work. Students develop a mastery of the classical languages, become acquainted with important periods and major authors in Greek and Roman literature, and develop th...

Classics

The degree programs in Classics seek to provide an overall knowledge of Greek and Roman civilization, combined with specialized work in a number of fields or disciplines within the total area of classical antiquity.

Clinical

Clinical Informatics Data Science

The Clinical Informatics and Data Science MHS is designed for graduates with clinical backgrounds who wish to gain competency in informatics and data science through core required courses and research activities. The science of informatics drives innovation that is defining future approaches to information and knowledge management in biomedical research and healthcare. Biomedical data science includes the design, implementation, and evaluation of statistical learning/machine learning models f...

Clinical Investigation

The Master of Health Science in Clinical Investigation (MHS-CI) program is dedicated to training the next generation of multidisciplinary clinicians, physician-scientists, and researchers in clinical investigation. The program emphasizes the importance of translating and reverse-translating research findings to address critical health issues and optimize patient care. A key aspect of the program is fostering strong mentor-mentee relationships and promoting collaboration between scientists and...

Cognitive Science

Cognitive science explores the nature of cognitive processes such as perception, reasoning, memory, attention, language, decision making, imagery, motor control, and problem solving. The goal of cognitive science, stated simply, is to understand how the mind works. Cognitive science is an inherently interdisciplinary endeavor, drawing on tools and ideas from fields such as psychology, computer science, linguistics, philosophy, economics, and neuroscience. Approaches include empirical studies ...

Comparative Literature

The Comparative Literature major allows students to address fundamental questions about the nature, function, and value of literature in a broadly comparative context. Students read and write about a wide variety of literary works across periods, genres, and national traditions. They investigate ancient and contemporary approaches to literary study, theories and methods of comparison, and the relationship of literature to film and other media. Majors have the freedom to construct a program of...

Comparative Literature

The Department of Comparative Literature introduces students to the study and understanding of literature beyond linguistic or national boundaries; the theory, interpretation, and criticism of literature; and its interactions with adjacent fields like visual and material culture, linguistics, film, psychology, law, and philosophy. The comparative perspective invites the exploration of such transnational phenomena as literary or cultural periods and trends (Renaissance, Romanticism, Modernism,...

Computational Biology & Biomedical Informatics

The CBB Ph.D. program is part of the Yale combined program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS). BBS is an umbrella program that incorporates a number of different areas of biological research. Students apply to the CBB track of the BBS program and are part of this track for their first year of studies. After their first year, students join the CBB interdepartmental graduate program and work towards a degree in Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics. Alternatively, studen...

Computational Biology & Biomedical Informatics

Computational biology and biomedical informatics (CB&B) is a rapidly developing multidisciplinary field. The systematic acquisition of data made possible by genomics and proteomics technologies has created a tremendous gap between available data and their biological interpretation. Given the rate of data generation, it is well recognized that this gap will not be closed with direct individual experimentation. Computational and theoretical approaches to understanding biological systems provide...

Computer Science

The Master of Science (M.S.) degree is intended for students planning to pursue a professional career directly after finishing the M.S. program, rather than continuing on in a Ph.D. program. This program is also suitable for students interested in undertaking a research project but who are not sure yet whether they want to make the multi-year commitment to a Ph.D. program.

Computer Science

The Computer Science Department offers a Doctoral Program leading to a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. It typically takes four to six years to receive a Ph.D. The Ph.D. program is focused on research. There are course requirements in the first three terms, but starting in the third term the main focus is on research, guided by an advisor and supervisory committee.

Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science offers both B.S. and B.A. degree programs and four combined major programs in cooperation with other departments: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Science and Economics, Computer Science and Mathematics, and Computer Science and Psychology. Each program not only provides a solid technical education in the core of computer science but also allows students to take a broad range of courses in other disciplines that are an essential part of ...

Computer Science & Economics

Computer Science and Economics (CSEC) is an interdepartmental major for students interested in the theoretical and practical connections between computer science and economics. The B.S. degree in CSEC provides students with foundational knowledge of economics, computation, and data analysis, as well as hands-on experience with empirical analysis of economic data. It prepares students for professional careers that incorporate aspects of both economics and computer science and for academic care...

Computer Science & Mathematics

Computer Science and Mathematics is an interdepartmental major for students who are interested in computational mathematics, the use of computers in mathematics, mathematical aspects of algorithm design and analysis, and theoretical foundations of computing.

Computer Science & Psychology

Computer Science and Psychology is an interdepartmental major designed for students interested in integrating work in these two fields. Each area provides tools and theories that can be applied to problems in the other. Examples of this interaction include cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and biological perception.

Computing and Linguistics

The Computing and Linguistics major provides multidisciplinary training in the computational study of human language, the development of systems for natural language processing, and the automated analysis of textual data in applications in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Students learn the foundational tools and methods that underlie this work, including areas of computer science, statistics and data science, and linguistics, and apply them to some empirical domain, through cou...

Computing and The Arts

Computing and the Arts is an interdepartmental major designed for students who wish to integrate work in computing with work in one of five arts disciplines: architecture, art, history of art, music, or theater, dance, and performance studies.

Design Costume Design

Our Costume Design concentration is dedicated to the training of new generations of designers in a diverse community of students and teachers where we fully embrace different perspectives and backgrounds as we actively promote diversity through our curriculum, performances, and student experiences. The study of costume design requires us to continuously explore new ways of storytelling as we examine the human spirit to be able to communicate the life condition of the character through clothin...

Design Lighting Design

Lighting cannot be taught in the classroom. Words and two-dimensional representations are not adequate to express all that needs to be expressed or to communicate all that needs to be communicated when exploring and discovering the role light can play in live theatrical performance. Light must be experienced firsthand, in space and in time. Moreover, like playing an instrument, the skills involved in lighting must be practiced constantly. Therefore, in the Lighting Design concentration, we pr...

Design Projection Design

The professional future of projection designers will most likely expand beyond collaborative work in text-based, director-driven work to include independent work in concerts, ballets, installation, and even film. The goal of this program is to strengthen student skills in all areas. The focus of the first-year core curriculum is to explore communication in the various modalities and languages of theatrical design as well as development of storytelling skills, whether it be through the generat...

Design Set Design

The overall mission of the program is to nurture a thorough appreciation of existing scenographic traditions as well as a vigorous commitment to developing individual voices for a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive American theater.

DESIGN Sound Design

The Sound Design experience at the School is unique in that the five areas of design—set, costume, lighting, projection, and sound—are integrated. This ensemble approach provides a foundation for the collaborative experience at the School. Students must be dedicated and willing to work hard. The course work covers design aesthetics, script interpretation, dramaturgy, music composition, critical listening, professional collaboration, sound and music technology, acoustics, aural imaging in larg...

Directing

The Directing program admits talented and disciplined artists who have demonstrated the potential to become professional directors. Each year, three directors are admitted to the program on the basis of demonstrated artistic ability and capacity for collaborative leadership. They bring to the School a wide range of sensibilities, but share some crucial qualities. They are generators of ideas and projects. They have lively imaginations, an appetite for hard questions, and a robust curiosity a...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Bassoon

The bassoon program at the Yale School of Music offers broad training in solo repertoire, chamber music, and orchestral performance. Bassoonists also explore such topics as reed making and approaches to bassoon pedagogy. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Cello

Cello instruction at the Yale School of Music is based on the belief that even the most imaginative musician is prevented from achieving the highest potential if limited by technical deficiencies. Students concentrate first on removing tension, then learn to involve their entire body in cello playing and experience the physical sensations associated with facility on the instrument. When player and instrument function as an efficient unit, the student can explore the vast subtleties of sound, ...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Choral Conducting

The choral conducting program prepares students for careers across the full spectrum of the choral field by helping them build and refine the core skills required of a conductor and further develop their individual musical voice. Our graduates lead professional, community, church, symphonic, and youth ensembles, as well as ensembles within academia and other educational settings. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Clarinet

The clarinet program at the Yale School of Music offers a broad spectrum of training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, and in such technical areas as reed making. Students participate in private lessons and weekly clarinet seminars and receive coachings in various pedagogical techniques. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Composition

With an internationally acclaimed faculty and diverse performance opportunities across the Yale campus, the composition program at the School of Music attracts students from around the world. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Double Bass

The double bass program at the Yale School of Music offers students the opportunity to refine their technique and musicianship in a collaborative and creative environment while gaining a truer understanding of the physical aspects of playing the double bass. Double bassists take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which cover numerous topics including upcoming solo performances, orchestral audition preparation, extended techniques, and other areas students are intereste...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Flute

Flutists at the Yale School of Music receive private lessons and participate in weekly seminars. They are encouraged to acquaint themselves with as broad a repertoire as possible in all fields, including performance of Baroque and contemporary music. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Guitar

The guitar program offers instruction in a variety of areas, with guitarists taking lessons, participating in a weekly studio seminar, working with guest artists, and performing solo and ensemble repertoire. The weekly guitar seminar includes performances of newly learned solo and chamber music, as well as lectures on such topics as interpretation, arranging, technique, pedagogy, master-class teaching, programming, performing, sight reading, competitions, recording, and career development. Ea...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Harp

The harp program at the Yale School of Music offers training in both solo and ensemble playing, as well as teaching and other opportunities beyond the concert hall. In private lessons and weekly studio seminars, students are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible. Harp students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the YSM experience, and often play in various ensembles and configurations in the New Music New Haven series. Harp students also perform with the Schoo...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Harpsichord

The School of Music’s harpsichord program aims to give students a command of solo literature from the late Renaissance through to the pre-Classical periods, as well as extensive Baroque ensemble experience leading to fluent continuo realization with both singers and instrumentalists. Students also study Baroque performance practice, organology, and harpsichord tuning and maintenance. Harpsichordists at the Yale School of Music have the opportunity to perform on restored keyboard instruments a...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Horn

Horn players at Yale School of Music take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which often focus on a specific topic, such as orchestral excerpts, études or song transcriptions. Horn players are encouraged to learn as broad a repertoire as possible, including Baroque and contemporary music. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Oboe

The oboe program at the Yale School of Music offers training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, as well as such topics as reed making and oboe pedagogy. Oboists take private lessons and attend weekly seminars and are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible, including the performance of Baroque and contemporary music. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch th...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Orchestral Conducting

The orchestral conducting program offers an opportunity for one young conductor to serve as an assistant to Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and guest conductors, which involves preparing the Yale Philharmonia, in two full rehearsals, for each concert program. Additionally, the student has the opportunity to conduct two Yale Philharmonia programs. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates lau...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Organ

The organ program at the Yale School of Music prepares students for careers as soloists, teachers, and church musicians. All students attend the departmental seminar, which is devoted to a comprehensive survey of organ literature from all musical periods, and receive individual lessons from faculty members and renowned visiting artists who come to Yale for one week each year. The Yale Institute of Sacred Music offers an employment-placement service for organ students at Yale. All organ majors...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Percussion

Percussionists at the Yale School of Music study and perform chamber, solo, and orchestral repertoire in a program that is unique in its breadth. Students participate in weekly private lessons and studio seminar and play in the Yale Philharmonia and the Yale Percussion Group. The School’s New Music New Haven concert series offers frequent opportunities to collaborate with composers on premieres of new works, fostering musical relationships that continue long after students' time at Yale. The ...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Piano

While the Yale School of Music piano program primarily focuses on solo performance, it also places an emphasis on chamber music, accompanying, and teaching. The well-rounded curriculum prepares graduates to make their way in today’s highly competitive music world. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Trombone

The trombone program at the Yale School of Music offers students opportunities to develop their skills, explore repertoire from early to new music, and perform in chamber music and orchestral settings. Trombonists participate in regular private lessons and seminar classes. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Trumpet

The trumpet program at the Yale School of Music immerses students in solo and ensemble playing in repertoire from early to new music. Students take weekly lessons with Kevin Cobb and participate in weekly studio classes. The program aims to foster students’ creativity and encourage them to explore Yale’s vast resources. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Tuba

The tuba program at the Yale School of Music is small and focused and operates within the collaborative environment of the brass department. Tuba players have regular private lessons and seminar classes. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their professional careers.

Doctor of Musical Arts - Viola

The viola program at the Yale School of Music stresses the overriding importance of musical language as well as technical mastery of the instrument, all within a collaborative and supportive environment. The search for beauty in performance is the ultimate goal; the production of an expressive sound and an acute awareness of phrasing in interpretation are also constantly kept in mind. Students are encouraged to explore a broad variety of repertoire, including contemporary music. Weekly studio...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Violin

The violin program at the Yale School of Music offers an individual approach, as faculty members encourage their students to become their own best teachers, first through explanation and demonstration and eventually through critical self-awareness. The School aims to offer a collaborative, non-competitive environment, in which violin students support one another. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which ...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Voice: Early Music, Oratorio, and Chamber Ensemble

The early music vocal program is designed for singers who are interested in pursuing a career on the concert stage, focusing on early music, oratorio, art song, contemporary music, and vocal chamber music. Each student receives private voice lessons with Prof. James Taylor and intensive private coachings with Tomoko Nakayama and Jeffrey Grossman. Students attend weekly voice seminars and have instruction in period performance practice, diction, and acting. Singers also have opportunities to p...

Doctor of Musical Arts - Voice: Opera

Yale Opera provides intensive, personalized training designed to develop well-rounded artistry in a select group of 16 graduate-level singers. Students receive private voice lessons and coaching in operatic and song literature, and further their study in diction, interpretation, and style through weekly seminars, rehearsals, and classes. The intensive doctor of musical arts (D.M.A) program is comprised of a two-year residency followed by a three-year period in which candidates launch their pr...

Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism

Students in this department receive intensive training to prepare for careers in three areas: to work in theaters as dramaturgs, artistic producers, literary managers, and in related positions; to work in theater publishing as critics and editors as well as in other capacities; to teach theater as practitioners, critics, and scholars. At the core of the training are seminars in literature, theory and criticism, and history to impart a comprehensive knowledge of theater and dramatic literature...

Dramaturgy & Dramatic Criticism

Upon completion of the Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism program requirements for an M.F.A. degree and graduation from David Geffen School of Drama, a student is eligible to register to remain in residence for the proposal year to apply to the Doctor of Fine Arts (D.F.A.) program. Acceptance into the D.F.A. program is not to be considered an entitlement and is based not only on the merits of the proposal, but also on the faculty’s assessment of the student’s performance and progress in the M....

Early Modern Studies

Our program supports a cohort of graduate students pursuing an innovative combined Ph.D. degree with affiliate departments across campus. We sponsor conferences and lectures by outside scholars, as well as events highlighting the projects and publications of our faculty and curators. We promote a plural approach to studying early modernity in its varying manifestations at different times and places around the globe.

Earth and Planetary Sciences

The Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) program, formerly Geology and Geophysics, prepares students for the application of scientific principles and methods to the understanding of the Earth system and other planets. Subjects range from the history of Earth and life to present-day environmental processes and climate change, the deep interiors of Earth and other planets, tectonic plates, oceans, atmospheres, climates, land surface, natural resources, and biota. The emphasis of the curriculum is...

Earth and Planetary Sciences

We explore the interaction of chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics and geology in the ongoing effort to explore Earth’s interior, atmosphere and oceans, and to understand the environment in which we live, the causes for global climate change, and the history of life and climate on Earth.

East Asian Languages & Literatures

Fields for doctoral study are Chinese literature and Japanese literature. (See also the Combined PhD Program in Film and Media Studies.) Although the primary emphasis is on these East Asian subjects, the department welcomes applicants who are seeking to integrate their interests in Chinese or Japanese literature with interdisciplinary studies in such fields as history, history of art, linguistics, religious studies, comparative literature, film and media studies, theater studies, literary the...

East Asian Languages & Literatures

The major in East Asian Languages and Literatures provides rigorous training in the study of East Asian languages, literatures, cultures, and thought from ancient times through the present, with a strong focus on the reading and analysis of texts, theater, film, and other forms of media. Students select either the Chinese, Japanese, or Korean concentration but are encouraged to take courses across geographical regions to become familiar with East Asian literary culture more broadly. The major...

East Asian Studies

The Master of Arts (M.A.) program in East Asian Studies is a multidisciplinary program offering a concentrated course of study designed to provide a broad understanding of the people, history, culture, contemporary society, politics, and economy of China, Japan, Korea, or a transnational region within East Asia.

East Asian Studies

In the East Asian Studies major, students focus on a country or an area within East Asia and focus their work in the humanities or the social sciences. The major offers a liberal education that serves as excellent preparation for graduate study or for business and professional careers in which an understanding of East Asia is essential.

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) offers broad education in the biological sciences, covering subject matter that ranges from molecules, cells, and organs through organisms to communities and ecosystems, and the evolutionary processes that shape them. The department offers a B.S. and a B.A. degree. The B.S. program is designed for students planning to pursue graduate study in ecology and evolutionary biology, other biological disciplines, environmental science, or to at...

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate program offers students an integrated training program with coursework, teaching, and research components. Students will develop their understanding of study systems and scientific approaches, enabling them to generate and test questions fundamental to 21st century advances in ecology and evolutionary biology. Students will be joining a department with faculty whose research interests span numerous areas of ecology and evolution and whose systems ...

Economics

Yale's economics faculty embraces a broad range of research and teaching interests. Courses and seminars span a wide spectrum of economics, from dynamic structural models to field experiments. Our students apply econometric and data analytic methods to a variety of subjects in macroeconomics, labor economics and finance. Our courses examine critical economic policy issues, including antitrust and environmental regulation. Our focus is global, spanning the United States and developed economies...

Economics

Economics is much broader than the study of recessions and inflation or stocks and bonds. Economists study decision making and incentives, such as how taxes create incentives for labor market and savings behavior. Many current public policy debates concern questions of economics, including causes and consequences of inequality and gender and racial wage gaps; how to address poverty; the impact of immigration and trade on the well-being of a country’s citizens; the cause of the Great Recession...

Economics & Mathematics

The Economics and Mathematics major is intended for students with a strong interest in both mathematics and economics, and for students who may pursue a graduate degree in economics.

Electrical Engineering

Yale's Electrical & Computer Engineering graduate students are at the forefront of technological breakthroughs that are redefining our digital world. Our research spans from developing neuromorphic computing systems to pioneering quantum-scale devices and designing intelligent networks. Here, you'll work alongside leading experts to create asynchronous processors, harness quantum phenomena for next-generation computing, and develop bio-inspired sensing technologies.

Electrical Engineering

The research leading to the Ph.D. degree in the department spans fields of computer engineering, nanodevices, and systems engineering. The Terminal Master's degree typically consists of a set of required and elective graduate courses. Details on the requirements for each degree program are included in the Graduate Student Handbook.

Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering (EE) program at Yale College is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape. Our undergraduate program broadly encompasses disciplines such as microelectronics, photonics, energy, semiconductor technology, computer engineering, signal and information processing, decision and control systems, and communications. Students engage in hands-on projects and experimental design, honing their ...

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is an interdepartmental major designed for students who want to integrate work in these two fields. It covers discrete and continuous mathematics, algorithm analysis and design, digital and analog circuits, signals and systems, systems programming, and computer engineering. It provides coherence in its core program, but allows flexibility to pursue technical electives.

Elevated Leadership Program

Every promotion brings new complexities. The challenges get bigger, the stakes higher. Your team looks to you for support and vision—and you want to be prepared. Yale’s Elevated Leadership Program primes you for these pivotal moments. Blending world-class insights with practical application, this program equips you to motivate teams, navigate uncertainty, and drive sustainable success. Gain strategies to sharpen your decision-making, expand your influence, and cultivate high performance. Buil...

Engineering & Applied Science

Engineering & Applied Science

Engineering Sciences: Chemical

The Chemical Engineering program, with two degree programs, is principally focused on basic and engineering sciences and on problem solving. Additional emphasis is on communication, analysis of experiments, and chemical process design. A special feature of the program is the accessibility of laboratory research—most chemical engineering majors participate in faculty-led research projects, often resulting in publication and/or presentation at national meetings.

Engineering Sciences: Electrical

The Electrical Engineering (EE) program at Yale College is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape. Our undergraduate program broadly encompasses disciplines such as microelectronics, photonics, energy, semiconductor technology, computer engineering, signal and information processing, decision and control systems, and communications. Students engage in hands-on projects and experimental design, honing their ...

Engineering Sciences Environmental

Environmental engineering encompasses the scientific assessment and development of engineering solutions to environmental problems affecting land, water, and air (the biosphere). The field addresses broad environmental issues, including the safety of drinking water, groundwater protection and remediation, wastewater treatment, indoor and outdoor air pollution, climate change, solid and hazardous waste disposal, cleanup of contaminated sites, the prevention of pollution through product and pro...

Engineering Sciences: Mechanical

Mechanical engineering is among the most diversified of the traditional engineering disciplines. The mechanical engineer builds machines to extend our physical and mental capabilities and to convert traditional and novel energy sources into useful forms. The role of the mechanical engineer has changed dramatically over the past few decades with the extensive use of high-performance computers (in such areas as computational fluid dynamics, materials design, control, and manufacturing), the int...

English

The undergraduate program in English cultivates students' powers of argument and analysis while developing their understanding of important works of English, American, and world literatures in English. Courses offered by the department are designed to teach students foundational research and writing skills; to provide historical perspectives from which to read and analyze literary works; and to deepen students' insight into their own experience. For students interested in creative writing, th...

English Language & Literature

English Language & Literature

Environment

Doctoral students work with the school’s world-renowned faculty to collaboratively design cutting-edge research projects that engage them in scientific discovery, policy, public discourse, and action. The five-year program is fully funded and independent of any faculty research grants, allowing doctoral students the intellectual freedom to explore the environmental issues that most inspire them. Students also have access to a broad array of resources across Yale University and its profession...

Environmental Design

The Master of Environmental Design program is a two-year, tuition-free research-based program of advanced architectural studies culminating in an independent project. This full-residency program leads to a degree of Master of Environmental Design (M.E.D.)—a nonprofessional degree that does not fulfill prerequisites for licensure.

Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering encompasses the scientific assessment and development of engineering solutions to environmental problems affecting land, water, and air (the biosphere). The field addresses broad environmental issues, including the safety of drinking water, groundwater protection and remediation, wastewater treatment, indoor and outdoor air pollution, climate change, solid and hazardous waste disposal, cleanup of contaminated sites, the prevention of pollution through product and pro...

Environmental Health Sciences

Climate change, air pollution, drinking water quality, and chemical pollutants are among the century's most pressing environmental health issues. The Yale School of Public Health Department of Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) aims to advance scientific knowledge about the connections between the environment and health through multidisciplinary research and the design of science-based solutions that can inform public health and policy. The MPH program provides the latest scientific informat...

Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies offers the opportunity to examine human relations with their environments from diverse perspectives. The major encourages interdisciplinary study in (1) social sciences, including anthropology, political science, law, economics, and ethics; (2) humanities, to include history, literature, religion, and the arts; and (3) natural sciences, such as biology, ecology, human health, geology, and chemistry. Students work with faculty advisers and the directors of undergraduate s...

Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases

Infectious diseases are leading causes of global mortality and morbidity. Therefore, advancing our understanding of the epidemiology of infectious diseases is crucial to public health. The Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases (EMD) teaches students critical infectious disease epidemiological skills foundational to public health. The MPH curriculum gives students an understanding of the epidemiology of the major infectious agents, the diseases they cause, and the host response to t...

Ethics

Ethics is concerned with the evaluation of character and action. It examines the sorts of people we ought to be, the ways we should act in relation to others, and the social structures we collectively inhabit, transmit, and transform. The concentration in Ethics is an inherently interdisciplinary course of study that trains students in Christian theological traditions of ethical reflection and in contemporary social-ethical thought. Courses in ethics address questions of the good life, soc...

Ethics Politics & Economics

The major in Ethics, Politics, and Economics joins the analytic rigor of the social sciences and the enduring normative questions of philosophy to promote an integrative and critical understanding of the institutions, practices, and policies that shape the contemporary world.

Ethnicity, Race & Migration

The program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration enables students to engage in an interdisciplinary, comparative study of forces that have created a multicultural, multiethnic, and multiracial world. The major emphasizes familiarity with the intellectual traditions and debates surrounding the concepts of indigeneity, ethnicity, nationality, and race; grounding in both the history of migration and its contemporary manifestations; and knowledge of and direct engagement with the cultures, structure...

European and Russian Studies

The Master of Arts Program in European and Russian Studies is unusual in its embrace of all of Europe, east as well as west. The program allows students to choose a regional focus while also ensuring familiarity with those parts of Europe and Eurasia (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus, and central Asia) outside of that focus.

Executive MPH (online)

The Executive MPH is an innovative program that blends comprehensive online education with in-person management and leadership training on the Yale campus, creating a unique and powerful educational experience. Taught by top faculty from the Yale School of Public Health and elsewhere, and employing state-of-the-art tools and technology, the program aims to train professionals who seek to acquire a strong public health education, advanced training in their area of interest, and hands-on public...

Experienced Leaders Initiative

The Experienced Leaders Initiative (ELI) is an immersive program designed to guide you through the I-could-be-retired-but-still-have-so-much-to-give transition—with purpose, connectedness, generativity, experimentation, and impact at its core. ELI will connect you with a cohort of exceptional leaders for six months of learning led by Yale University faculty and global experts in next-era transitions. Dynamic and revelatory, this experience will create the space, support, and wisdom to help yo...

Experimental Pathology

The Graduate Program in Pathology and Molecular Medicine is committed to building and maintaining a supportive community in which students from diverse backgrounds and experiences are supported in their professional development and social and intellectual goals. We strive to create an inviting environment and institutional culture of inclusivity where every individual’s unique and diverse characteristics are valued and respected. We hope that you will feel well integrated and at home.

Film & Media Studies

Inaugurated in 2002, Yale’s doctoral Program in Film and Media Studies quickly achieved the international stature it enjoys today. Building on a core faculty that had long overseen an impressive undergraduate major, the graduate program attracted incoming faculty who were eager to help shape it. The quality of the students who have applied has been superior, and the large majority of those selected have chosen to study here. Fifty students have completed, or are in the midst of, their degrees...

Film Studies and Media Studies

The major in Film and Media Studies focuses on the history, theory, criticism, and production of cinema and other moving-image media. Courses examine cinema and the broader landscape of audiovisual media as significant modern art forms, and the contributions of moving-image media as cultural and communicative practices of enduring social significance. As an interdisciplinary program centered in the humanities, Film and Media Studies offers students latitude in defining their course of study w...

Financial Markets

An overview of the ideas| methods| and institutions that permit human society to manage risks and foster enterprise.

FNP - Family Nurse Practitioner

The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) specialty emphasizes the primary care of newborns, infants, children, adolescents, adults, pregnant and postpartum women, and older adults within the context of family-centered care.

French

The major in French is a liberal arts major, designed for those who wish to study French-language literatures, arts, and cultures in depth. The department offers courses devoted to authors, works, and literary and cultural movements that span ten centuries and four continents. The curriculum also includes interdisciplinary courses on relations between literature and other areas of study such as history, law, medicine, religion, philosophy, politics, business, translation, and the arts. Majors...

French

The French Ph.D. degree normally takes five or six years. The first two years are devoted to course work, including one required course in Old French. Students are required to take at least two and up to four courses outside the department in departments such as Comparative Literature, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, History of Science and Medicine, History of Art, and Film. Students must also fulfill the language requirement by the end of the second year.

General Program, Divinity

Engage fully with your peers and faculty in this program that was revamped in 2025 to reflect the rapidly changing world. Over your first three semesters, you will form deep relationships with our renowned faculty while meeting weekly with a consistent cohort. During this time, you will be challenged to think about how the teachings impact your life and scholarship.

Genetics

The PhD program in Genetics is designed to provide the student with a broad background in general genetics and the opportunity to conduct original research in a specific area of genetics. The Genetics student is expected to acquire a broad understanding of genetics, spanning knowledge of at least three basic areas of genetics, which include molecular, cellular, organismal, and population genetics. Normally this requirement is accomplished through the satisfactory completion of formal courses,...

Germanic Languages & Literatures

The PhD in German Studies at Yale is primarily designed to prepare graduates for research and teaching at a wide range of institutions of higher education, both within the U.S. and internationally. The North American field of German Studies today is known for its innovations in interdisciplinary research, whose main branches are language, literature, culture, history, philosophy/theory, film/media, as well as intersections with countless other individual fields and disciplines such as Judaic ...

German Studies

The major in German Studies covers a broad tradition of more than five centuries in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and neighboring lands. Students gain deep competence in the German language while also reading celebrated literature, analyzing distinctive artworks in many media, deducing intensive theories, and exploring political, linguistic, and cultural histories. The German faculty works closely with undergraduates to develop their special areas of interest within the rich currents of Germ...

Global Affairs

Created in 2013, the program is small by design, with only a few admitted students each year. The M.A.S. is aimed at professionals with extensive experience in a field of global affairs such as, but not limited to, international security, diplomacy, and development.

Global Affairs

The Global Affairs major gives students multidisciplinary training to understand and address challenges that we confront as concerned citizens of the world. By their nature, these challenges demand fluency in the approaches and frameworks from multiple disciplines in the social sciences and humanities as well as an ability to translate between scholarship and practice.

Global Business & Society

The Master of Management Studies in Global Business and Society (GBS) provides you with tools needed to thrive in global organizations and the broad perspective to know how best to use them. Open to students in master in management programs at top business schools around the world, including those in the Global Network for Advanced Management, the GBS program draws on all the resources at Yale University.

Global Health Advanced Professional

The Advanced Professional MPH Global Health track builds on all these experiences and emphasizes an integrative problem–solving approach to global health issues and to diseases and conditions that afflict developing and developed countries. Students are able to define their focus and tailor their elective selections to develop skills for careers in leadership, research and practice.

Graphic Design

The graphic design program focuses on the development of a cohesive, investigative body of work, also known as the student’s thesis. At Yale, the graphic design thesis is conceived as a loose framework within which each student’s visual method is deployed across many diverse projects during the two-year course of study. While every thesis project is unique, there are several common features: a focus on methodology, the application of a visual method to studio work, and the organization of the...

Greek, Ancient and Modern

The major in Ancient and Modern Greek offers students an opportunity to integrate the study of postclassical Greek language, history, and culture with the departmental program in ancient Greek and classical civilization. The major covers Hellenic civilization from the Bronze Age to the modern day and traces the development of the language and the culture across traditionally drawn boundaries. The study of both ancient and modern Greek allows the student to appreciate how familiarity with one ...

Healthcare Leadership, Systems, and Policy

Offering a unique focus on systems leadership and policy, the Yale Healthcare Leadership, Systems, and Policy Doctor of Nursing Program (DNP) is designed for working nurse leaders seeking to advance their leadership trajectory in traditional and non-traditional healthcare leadership roles. Students build on their previous education and experience, gaining knowledge and practical leadership skills both here on campus and in the field. Yale has a rich history of early leadership and innovation ...

Health Care Management

The HCM curriculum is unique in that it combines courses at the Yale School of Management (SOM) with courses at the School of Public Health. The longstanding, unique partnership between YSPH and SOM provides exemplary management education and ensures that our students are exposed to both schools. The HCM program is but one demonstration of Yale’s commitment to collaboration between schools and flexibility in building a course of study to meet your individual aspirations.

Health Policy

The Health Policy program at Yale’s School of Public Health (Department of Health Policy and Management – HPM) offers a distinctive educational experience. We provide students with foundational skills in policy analysis, statistical methods, decision-analysis, communication skills and key conceptual frameworks from the social sciences. But we aspire to do more than to build skills: our goal is to empower graduates to become effective agents of change in the policy environments that shape heal...

Health Policy and Administration Advanced Professional

Hebrew Bible

The concentration in Hebrew Bible prepares students for the critical study of the Hebrew Bible, its languages, texts, and contexts. The curriculum encompasses: (1) the study of Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic, as well as offerings in relevant ancient languages; (2) a wide range of interpretive courses, both textual and thematic; and (3) courses in the Hebrew Bible’s historical context and history of interpretation. Students frequently make use of the rich resources at Yale in the Departments of Ne...

History

The Department of History’s doctoral degree program seeks to train talented historians for careers in scholarship, teaching, and beyond the academy. The department typically accepts 22 Ph.D. students per year. Additional students are enrolled through various combined programs and through HSHM. All admitted Ph.D. students receive a full financial aid package from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

History

The Department of History offers a one-year terminal master’s degree in history. To receive the degree, students must pass seven term courses, four of which must be in History. Students must submit substantial written work in conjunction with at least two of these courses, and Honors grades are expected in two courses, with a High Pass average overall. All students in this program must pass an examination in one foreign language. Financial Aid is not available for this program.

History

The History major is for students who understand that shaping the future requires knowing the past. History courses explore many centuries of human experimentation and ingenuity, from the global to the individual scale. History majors learn to be effective storytellers and analysts, and to craft arguments that speak to broad audiences. They make extensive use of Yale’s vast library resources to create pioneering original research projects. Students of history learn to think about politics and...

History of Art

History of Art

Art history is the study of all forms of art, architecture, and visual culture in their social and historical contexts. The History of Art major can serve either as a general program in the humanities or as the groundwork for more specialized training. Unless otherwise indicated, all courses in History of Art are open to all students in Yale College.

History of Christianity

The concentration in the History of Christianity trains students in the history of Christianity and in historical methods of analysis for the study of religion. The curriculum includes a wide range of courses, from early and medieval Christianity to the Reformation and the contemporary world, and is enriched by many other departments and programs across the University (including Religious Studies, History, American Studies, African American Studies, History of Art, and Classics). Students are...

History of Science and Medicine

Yale University offers a Program in the History of Science and Medicine leading to the M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., and J.D./Ph.D. degree. The History of Science and Medicine Program is a semi-autonomous graduate track within the Department of History. The Program's students are awarded degrees in History, with a concentration in the History of Science and Medicine. Graduate students in the Program are fully fledged members of the Department. As with the rest of the Department, Program i...

History of Science & Medicine

Yale University offers a Program in the History of Science and Medicine leading to the M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., and J.D./Ph.D. degree. The History of Science and Medicine Program is a semi-autonomous graduate track within the Department of History. The Program's students are awarded degrees in History, with a concentration in the History of Science and Medicine. Graduate students in the Program are fully fledged members of the Department. As with the rest of the Department, Program i...

History of Science, Medicine, & Public Health

A major in History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health offers excellent preparation for a wide range of careers. Premedical students and others interested in health-related fields can combine preprofessional training with a broad humanistic education. The major also provides a solid foundation for any career at the intersection of the sciences, technology, and public life, including law, business, journalism, museum work, public policy, and government.

Humanities

The major in Humanities asks students to begin with broad surveys of foundational works in at least two different cultural traditions, including at least one course on classical Western European texts. All majors take two specially commissioned core seminars, one on the question of what “modernity" is, another spending a whole term interpreting a single work (or small corpus of works) in great depth. Students then devise an area of focus according to their interests and with the help of appro...

Immunobiology

The Yale Immunobiology Graduate Program is recognized as one of the top Immunobiology training programs in the country. This is reflected by the outstanding quality of our applicants and the trainees who decide to attend Yale. We are proud that a recent report from the National Research Council ranked our program as the number one Immunology graduate program in the United States. Our goal is achieved by preparing graduate students for independent careers in research and teaching in Immunology...

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

The Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP) offers flexible but structured interdisciplinary training for independent research and teaching in neuroscience. The goal of the program is to ensure that degree candidates obtain a solid understanding of cellular and molecular neurobiology, physiology and biophysics, neural development, systems and behavior, and neural computation. In addition to course work, graduate students participate in an annual research-in-progress talk and a regular jo...

International & Development Economics

Embark on an intensive one-year master’s journey designed to equip you with the tools to navigate the complexities of today’s global development landscape. The International and Development Economics (IDE) program at Yale University offers rigorous training in quantitative analysis, preparing you to tackle real-world economic challenges head-on. The foundation of the IDE curriculum is a series of five core classes in which students develop essential competencies in microeconomics, macroeconom...

Introduction to Classical Music

Explore the history and appreciation of classical music.

Investigative Medicine

The Investigative Medicine Program (IMP) is an innovative training program in clinical and translational investigation for physicians that leads to a Ph.D. degree in Investigative Medicine awarded from the Yale Graduate school of Arts and Sciences. The goal of the graduate program is to provide the training required to develop a broad knowledge base, analytical skills, creative thinking, and the hands-on experience demanded of clinical and translational researchers devoted to either laborator...

Investment Management Theory and Practice (Independent Study)

The prestigious Certified Investment Management Analyst® (CIMA) certification can be a key advantage for investment professionals. Yale School of Management’s fully online Investment Management Theory and Practice program can help you ensure you’ve positioned yourself for success.

Italian Studies

The major in Italian Studies explores Italy’s vital role in the formation of Western thought and culture. The core language courses provide students with the opportunity to acquire an in-depth linguistic proficiency, together with a solid literary and historical background in the language. In its interdisciplinary focus, the major offers a variety of advanced courses in literature, cinema, history, translation practice, art, and gender studies. Central to the major is the conviction that delv...

Italian Studies

The doctoral program in the Department of Italian Studies at Yale offers paths of study and research in all periods of Italophone literary and cultural studies, at the crossroads of disciplines and academic traditions. Our goal is to form Italianists able to critically understand the foundations of our field while challenging their limits through innovative, rigorous scholarship.

Jewish Studies

Jewish Studies enables students to develop a broad knowledge of the history, religion, literature, philosophy, languages, and politics of the Jews. Jewish society, texts, ideologies, material cultures, and institutions are studied from a comparative perspective in the context of histories, cultures, and intellectual traditions among which Jews have lived throughout the ages. As an interdisciplinary program, Jewish Studies employs historical, literary, political, social, and philosophical meth...

Latin American Studies

The major in Latin American Studies is designed to further understanding of the societies and cultures of Latin America as viewed from regional and global perspectives. The Latin American Studies major builds on a foundation of language and literature, history, history of art, theater studies, humanities, and the social sciences; its faculty is drawn from many departments and professional schools of the University.

Latinx/Latin American Christianity

The Latinx and Latin American Christianity concentration is an interdisciplinary program for students who wish to study Latinx and Latin American religious culture, theology, and history. Students can choose to focus their studies on Latinx Christianity in the United States or Christianity in Latin America, or to explore both with an eye toward developing a more hemispheric perspective in relation to these fields and geographic areas (i.e., the United States and Latin America). The concentrat...

Law

The Ph.D. in Law degree program is designed to prepare J.D. graduates for careers as legal scholars and teachers through a doctoral program aimed at the production of a substantial body of academic research and writing under the close supervision of a three-member faculty dissertation committee. Unlike programs designed for students who wish to learn about law from the disciplinary perspectives of the social sciences or the humanities, the Ph.D. in Law is directed at students who wish to purs...

Law, General

Yale Law School admits a limited number of graduate students each year to pursue one year of full-time study leading to the degree of Master of Laws (LL.M.). Admission is generally open only to those committed to a career in teaching law. The LL.M. program at Yale Law School is not designed to prepare students to take the New York State Bar Examination.

Law, General

The Doctor of the Science of Law (J.S.D.) program at Yale Law School is a select doctoral program for graduates of Yale's LL.M. program who aspire to careers in law teaching and scholarship. The J.S.D. program is a vibrant community of academics from around the world, and many of its graduates have gone on to secure teaching and administrative positions at leading universities in their home and other countries, including in the United States.

Law, Professional

At Yale Law School, students immerse themselves in big ideas, work closely with leading scholars, and gain incredible hands-on experience serving clients and communities in New Haven, across the country, and around the world.

Linguistics

Linguistics is the systematic study of human language. Linguistics studies how language works: how it is produced and processed in the mind, how it develops in children, how it is used in society, and how it changes over time. Linguistics also looks at the structures of the thousands of spoken and signed languages used throughout the world. The undergraduate major in Linguistics introduces students to many of the key areas of linguistics and offers a program of study leading toward an underst...

Linguistics

Our PhD program takes a distinctively integrative and interdisciplinary approach in investigating the systems of knowledge that comprise our linguistic competence.

Liturgical Studies

The concentration in Liturgical Studies requires eighteen credit hours of study in the major area, including the introductory core course of the program, REL 682, Foundations of Christian Worship. Students must take nine credit hours of limited electives in liturgical studies, three with an historical focus, three with a theological focus, and three with a strong methodological or practical component. The remaining six credits may be taken as electives, but students are strongly encouraged to...

Management

The Doctoral Program gives students unparalleled expertise in management. Candidates work under Yale SOM's distinguished faculty, learning side by side with diverse and accomplished scholars.

Management Science

Management Science MBA

MBA, MAM, and GBS students at the Yale School of Management may pursue an optional major in management science drawing on Yale SOM faculty’s broad expertise in applying quantitative methods to challenges in business and management. International students who pursue the management science major will have the opportunity to qualify for an additional two-year STEM extension of the Post-Completion OPT work permission*. Students will earn the major by completing a minimum of 16 credit units (cu) ...

Master Environmental Management

The Master of Environmental Management curriculum draws from coursework in the natural and social sciences and focuses on the complex relationships among science, management, and policy. The purpose of the program is to provide students with an in-depth understanding of natural and social systems that can be applied to environmental and natural resource problem solving in a policy or management context. In addition to course work, students are expected to hone their capacities as leaders and ...

Master of Advanced Management

The MAM is a one-year degree program for exceptional MBA graduates from top international business schools who aspire to become global leaders for business and society.

Master of Environmental Science

The Master of Environmental Science and Master of Forest Science programs are designed for students wishing to conduct scientific research that contributes basic and applied knowledge. These highly individualized two-year degrees offer a deeper disciplinary focus on forest-related topics (MFS) or other environmental issues (MESc) through formalized training in the philosophy and practice of science. Training is provided through key courses in combination with extended research. Students in th...

Master of Forestry

The two-year Master of Forestry (MF) degree, which is accredited by the Society of American Foresters (SAF), prepares students for careers in sustainable natural resource management and policy — solving critical sustainability challenges and resource conflicts across a complex web of social, political, and ecological systems.

Master of Forest Science

The Master of Environmental Science and Master of Forest Science programs are designed for students wishing to conduct scientific research that contributes basic and applied knowledge. These highly individualized two-year degrees offer a deeper disciplinary focus on forest-related topics (MFS) or other environmental issues (MESc) through formalized training in the philosophy and practice of science. Training is provided through key courses in combination with extended research. Students in th...

Master of Musical Arts - Bassoon

The bassoon program at the Yale School of Music offers broad training in solo repertoire, chamber music, and orchestral performance. Bassoonists also explore such topics as reed making and approaches to bassoon pedagogy.

Master of Musical Arts - Cello

Cello instruction at the Yale School of Music is based on the belief that even the most imaginative musician is prevented from achieving the highest potential if limited by technical deficiencies. Students concentrate first on removing tension, then learn to involve their entire body in cello playing and experience the physical sensations associated with facility on the instrument. When player and instrument function as an efficient unit, the student can explore the vast subtleties of sound, ...

Master of Musical Arts - Choral Conducting

The choral conducting program prepares students for careers across the full spectrum of the choral field by helping them build and refine the core skills required of a conductor and further develop their individual musical voice. Our graduates lead professional, community, church, symphonic, and youth ensembles, as well as ensembles within academia and other educational settings.

Master of Musical Arts - Clarinet

The clarinet program at the Yale School of Music offers a broad spectrum of training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, and in such technical areas as reed making. Students participate in private lessons and weekly clarinet seminars and receive coachings in various pedagogical techniques.

Master of Musical Arts - Composition

With an internationally acclaimed faculty and diverse performance opportunities across the Yale campus, the composition program at the School of Music attracts students from around the world. Composition students’ pieces are showcased frequently by fellow YSM students in recitals, in chamber groups on the New Music New Haven series, in orchestral performances by the Yale Philharmonia, in interdisciplinary settings at Yale's Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, and beyond. Distinguished gu...

Master of Musical Arts - Double Bass

The double bass program at the Yale School of Music offers students the opportunity to refine their technique and musicianship in a collaborative and creative environment while gaining a truer understanding of the physical aspects of playing the double bass. Double bassists take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which cover numerous topics including upcoming solo performances, orchestral audition preparation, extended techniques, and other areas students are intereste...

Master of Musical Arts - Flute

Flutists at the Yale School of Music receive private lessons and participate in weekly seminars. They are encouraged to acquaint themselves with as broad a repertoire as possible in all fields, including performance of Baroque and contemporary music. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Guitar

The guitar program offers instruction in a variety of areas, with guitarists taking lessons, participating in a weekly studio seminar, working with guest artists, and performing solo and ensemble repertoire. The weekly guitar seminar includes performances of newly learned solo and chamber music, as well as lectures on such topics as interpretation, arranging, technique, pedagogy, master-class teaching, programming, performing, sight reading, competitions, recording, and career development. Ea...

Master of Musical Arts - Harp

The harp program at the Yale School of Music offers training in both solo and ensemble playing, as well as teaching and other opportunities beyond the concert hall. In private lessons and weekly studio seminars, students are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible. Harp students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the YSM experience, and often play in various ensembles and configurations in the New Music New Haven series. Harp students also perform with the Schoo...

Master of Musical Arts - Harpsichord

The School of Music’s harpsichord program aims to give students a command of solo literature from the late Renaissance through to the pre-Classical periods, as well as extensive Baroque ensemble experience leading to fluent continuo realization with both singers and instrumentalists. Students also study Baroque performance practice, organology, and harpsichord tuning and maintenance. Harpsichordists at the Yale School of Music have the opportunity to perform on restored keyboard instruments a...

Master of Musical Arts - Horn

Horn players at Yale School of Music take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which often focus on a specific topic, such as orchestral excerpts, études or song transcriptions. Horn players are encouraged to learn as broad a repertoire as possible, including Baroque and contemporary music. professional careers. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Oboe

The oboe program at the Yale School of Music offers training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, as well as such topics as reed making and oboe pedagogy. Oboists take private lessons and attend weekly seminars and are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible, including the performance of Baroque and contemporary music. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Orchestral Conducting

The orchestral conducting program offers an opportunity for one young conductor to serve as an assistant to Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and guest conductors, which involves preparing the Yale Philharmonia, in two full rehearsals, for each concert program. Additionally, the student has the opportunity to conduct two Yale Philharmonia programs. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Organ

The organ program at the Yale School of Music prepares students for careers as soloists, teachers, and church musicians. All students attend the departmental seminar, which is devoted to a comprehensive survey of organ literature from all musical periods, and receive individual lessons from faculty members and renowned visiting artists who come to Yale for one week each year. The Yale Institute of Sacred Music offers an employment-placement service for organ students at Yale. All organ majors...

Master of Musical Arts - Percussion

Percussionists at the Yale School of Music study and perform chamber, solo, and orchestral repertoire in a program that is unique in its breadth. Students participate in weekly private lessons and studio seminar and play in the Yale Philharmonia and the Yale Percussion Group. The School’s New Music New Haven concert series offers frequent opportunities to collaborate with composers on premieres of new works, fostering musical relationships that continue long after students' time at Yale. The ...

Master of Musical Arts - Piano

While the Yale School of Music piano program primarily focuses on solo performance, it also places an emphasis on chamber music, accompanying, and teaching. The well-rounded curriculum prepares graduates to make their way in today’s highly competitive music world. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Trombone

The trombone program at the Yale School of Music offers students opportunities to develop their skills, explore repertoire from early to new music, and perform in chamber music and orchestral settings. Trombonists participate in regular private lessons and seminar classes. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Trumpet

The trumpet program at the Yale School of Music immerses students in solo and ensemble playing in repertoire from early to new music. Students take weekly lessons with Kevin Cobb and participate in weekly studio classes. The program aims to foster students’ creativity and encourage them to explore Yale’s vast resources. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Tuba

The tuba program at the Yale School of Music is small and focused and operates within the collaborative environment of the brass department. Tuba players have regular private lessons and seminar classes. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Musical Arts - Viola

The viola program at the Yale School of Music stresses the overriding importance of musical language as well as technical mastery of the instrument, all within a collaborative and supportive environment. The search for beauty in performance is the ultimate goal; the production of an expressive sound and an acute awareness of phrasing in interpretation are also constantly kept in mind. Students are encouraged to explore a broad variety of repertoire, including contemporary music. Weekly studio...

Master of Musical Arts - Violin

The violin program at the Yale School of Music offers an individual approach, as faculty members encourage their students to become their own best teachers, first through explanation and demonstration and eventually through critical self-awareness. The School aims to offer a collaborative, non-competitive environment, in which violin students support one another. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyon...

Master of Musical Arts - Voice: Early Music, Oratorio, and Chamber Ensemble

The early music vocal program is designed for singers who are interested in pursuing a career on the concert stage, focusing on early music, oratorio, art song, contemporary music, and vocal chamber music. Each student receives private voice lessons with Prof. James Taylor and intensive private coachings with Tomoko Nakayama and Jeffrey Grossman. Students attend weekly voice seminars and have instruction in period performance practice, diction, and acting. Singers also have opportunities to p...

Master of Musical Arts - Voice: Opera

Yale Opera provides intensive, personalized training designed to develop well-rounded artistry in a select group of 16 graduate-level singers. Students receive private voice lessons and coaching in operatic and song literature, and further their study in diction, interpretation, and style through weekly seminars, rehearsals, and classes. The performance-oriented master of musical arts (M.M.A.) program is designed for students who want to further their education beyond an M.M. degree.

Master of Music - Bassoon

The bassoon program at the Yale School of Music offers broad training in solo repertoire, chamber music, and orchestral performance. Bassoonists also explore such topics as reed making and approaches to bassoon pedagogy.

Master of Music - Cello

Cello instruction at the Yale School of Music is based on the belief that even the most imaginative musician is prevented from achieving the highest potential if limited by technical deficiencies. Students concentrate first on removing tension, then learn to involve their entire body in cello playing and experience the physical sensations associated with facility on the instrument. When player and instrument function as an efficient unit, the student can explore the vast subtleties of sound, ...

Master of Music - Choral Conducting

The choral conducting program prepares students for careers across the full spectrum of the choral field by helping them build and refine the core skills required of a conductor and further develop their individual musical voice. Our graduates lead professional, community, church, symphonic, and youth ensembles, as well as ensembles within academia and other educational settings.

Master of Music - Clarinet

The clarinet program at the Yale School of Music offers a broad spectrum of training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, and in such technical areas as reed making. Students participate in private lessons and weekly clarinet seminars and receive coachings in various pedagogical techniques.

Master of Music - Composition

With an internationally acclaimed faculty and diverse performance opportunities across the Yale campus, the composition program at the School of Music attracts students from around the world. Composition students’ pieces are showcased frequently by fellow YSM students in recitals, in chamber groups on the New Music New Haven series, in orchestral performances by the Yale Philharmonia, in interdisciplinary settings at Yale's Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, and beyond. Distinguished gu...

Master of Music - Double Bass

The double bass program at the Yale School of Music offers students the opportunity to refine their technique and musicianship in a collaborative and creative environment while gaining a truer understanding of the physical aspects of playing the double bass. Double bassists take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which cover numerous topics including upcoming solo performances, orchestral audition preparation, extended techniques, and other areas students are intereste...

Master of Music - Flute

Flutists at the Yale School of Music receive private lessons and participate in weekly seminars. They are encouraged to acquaint themselves with as broad a repertoire as possible in all fields, including performance of Baroque and contemporary music.

Master of Music - Guitar

The guitar program offers instruction in a variety of areas, with guitarists taking lessons, participating in a weekly studio seminar, working with guest artists, and performing solo and ensemble repertoire. The weekly guitar seminar includes performances of newly learned solo and chamber music, as well as lectures on such topics as interpretation, arranging, technique, pedagogy, master-class teaching, programming, performing, sight reading, competitions, recording, and career development. Ea...

Master of Music - Harp

The harp program at the Yale School of Music offers training in both solo and ensemble playing, as well as teaching and other opportunities beyond the concert hall. In private lessons and weekly studio seminars, students are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible. Harp students participate in chamber music, an integral part of the YSM experience, and often play in various ensembles and configurations in the New Music New Haven series. Harp students also perform with the Schoo...

Master of Music - Harpsichord

The School of Music’s harpsichord program aims to give students a command of solo literature from the late Renaissance through to the pre-Classical periods, as well as extensive Baroque ensemble experience leading to fluent continuo realization with both singers and instrumentalists. Students also study Baroque performance practice, organology, and harpsichord tuning and maintenance. Harpsichordists at the Yale School of Music have the opportunity to perform on restored keyboard instruments a...

Master of Music - Horn

Horn players at Yale School of Music take private lessons and participate in weekly studio seminars, which often focus on a specific topic, such as orchestral excerpts, études or song transcriptions. Horn players are encouraged to learn as broad a repertoire as possible, including Baroque and contemporary music.

Master of Music - Oboe

The oboe program at the Yale School of Music offers training in solo, chamber, and orchestral performance, as well as such topics as reed making and oboe pedagogy. Oboists take private lessons and attend weekly seminars and are encouraged to explore as broad a repertoire as possible, including the performance of Baroque and contemporary music.

Master of Music - Orchestral Conducting

The orchestral conducting program offers an opportunity for one young conductor to serve as an assistant to Principal Conductor Peter Oundjian and guest conductors, which involves preparing the Yale Philharmonia, in two full rehearsals, for each concert program. Additionally, the student has the opportunity to conduct two Yale Philharmonia programs.

Master of Music - Organ

The organ program at the Yale School of Music prepares students for careers as soloists, teachers, and church musicians. All students attend the departmental seminar, which is devoted to a comprehensive survey of organ literature from all musical periods, and receive individual lessons from faculty members and renowned visiting artists who come to Yale for one week each year. The Yale Institute of Sacred Music offers an employment-placement service for organ students at Yale. All organ majors...

Master of Music - Percussion

Percussionists at the Yale School of Music study and perform chamber, solo, and orchestral repertoire in a program that is unique in its breadth. Students participate in weekly private lessons and studio seminar and play in the Yale Philharmonia and the Yale Percussion Group. The School’s New Music New Haven concert series offers frequent opportunities to collaborate with composers on premieres of new works, fostering musical relationships that continue long after students' time at Yale.

Master of Music - Piano

While the Yale School of Music piano program primarily focuses on solo performance, it also places an emphasis on chamber music, accompanying, and teaching. The well-rounded curriculum prepares graduates to make their way in today’s highly competitive music world.

Master of Music - Trombone

The trombone program at the Yale School of Music offers students opportunities to develop their skills, explore repertoire from early to new music, and perform in chamber music and orchestral settings. Trombonists participate in regular private lessons and seminar classes.

Master of Music - Trumpet

The trumpet program at the Yale School of Music immerses students in solo and ensemble playing in repertoire from early to new music. Students take weekly lessons with Kevin Cobb and participate in weekly studio classes. The program aims to foster students’ creativity and encourage them to explore Yale’s vast resources.

Master of Music - Tuba

The tuba program at the Yale School of Music is small and focused and operates within the collaborative environment of the brass department. Tuba players have regular private lessons and seminar classes.

Master of Music - Viola

The viola program at the Yale School of Music stresses the overriding importance of musical language as well as technical mastery of the instrument, all within a collaborative and supportive environment. The search for beauty in performance is the ultimate goal; the production of an expressive sound and an acute awareness of phrasing in interpretation are also constantly kept in mind. Students are encouraged to explore a broad variety of repertoire, including contemporary music. Weekly studio...

Master of Music - Violin

The violin program at the Yale School of Music offers an individual approach, as faculty members encourage their students to become their own best teachers, first through explanation and demonstration and eventually through critical self-awareness. The School aims to offer a collaborative, non-competitive environment, in which violin students support one another.

Master of Music - Voice: Early Music, Oratorio, and Chamber Ensemble

The early music vocal program is designed for singers who are interested in pursuing a career on the concert stage, focusing on early music, oratorio, art song, contemporary music, and vocal chamber music. Each student receives private voice lessons with Prof. James Taylor and intensive private coachings with Tomoko Nakayama and Jeffrey Grossman. Students attend weekly voice seminars and have instruction in period performance practice, diction, and acting. Singers also have opportunities to p...

Master of Music - Voice: Opera

Yale Opera provides intensive, personalized training designed to develop well-rounded artistry in a select group of 16 graduate-level singers. Students receive private voice lessons and coaching in operatic and song literature, and further their study in diction, interpretation, and style through weekly seminars, rehearsals, and classes. The two-year master of music (M.M.) degree program is open to students who hold a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in any major.

Mathematics

Mathematics has many aspects: it is the language and tool of the sciences, a cultural phenomenon with a rich historical tradition, and a model of abstract reasoning. The course offerings and the major in Mathematics reflect these multiple facets. The Mathematics major provides a broad education in various areas of mathematics in a program flexible enough to accommodate many ranges of interest. Incoming students are encouraged to visit the Math first-year student resources website for advice a...

Mathematics

The normal time for completion of the Ph.D. program is five to six years. Requirement (1) often includes basic courses in algebra, analysis, and topology. Students typically complete the eight-course requirement by the end of their third year. The Honors grades of (1) must be achieved within the first two years. A sequence of three qualifying examinations (algebra and number theory, real and complex analysis, topology) is offered each term. All qualifying examinations must be passed by th...

Mathematics & Philosophy

The Mathematics and Philosophy major allows students to explore those areas where philosophy and mathematics meet, in particular, mathematical and philosophical logic and the philosophy of mathematics.

Mathematics & Physics

The major in Mathematics and Physics allows students to explore the productive interaction between the two subjects more extensively than either individual major.

MBA for Executives

Across sectors, the world needs broad-minded leaders with the knowledge, energy, and capability to seize opportunities and lead change for the benefit of individuals, organizations, and communities. Our MBA for Executives program combines the rigor of our integrated core curriculum and leadership development program with advanced leadership study to match your personal goals.

Mechanical Engineering

At Yale, three mechanical engineering programs are offered: a B.S. degree program with a major in Mechanical Engineering, a B.S. degree program with a major in Engineering Sciences (Mechanical), and a B.A. degree program with a major in Engineering Sciences (Mechanical). Prospective majors in both B.S. programs are advised to complete introductory physics and mathematics through calculus (MATH 1150) by the end of their first year.

Mechanical Engineering & Material Science

The research leading to the Ph.D. degree in the department spans fields of fluids, combustion & aerosols, robotics & control, mechanics of materials, soft matter & biomechanics, and theoretical & applied mechanics.

Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

Yale's Mechanical Engineering graduate students are at the cutting edge of innovations that bridge fundamental physics with transformative engineering solutions. Our research spans from investigating the dynamics of fluid systems and combustion to pioneering soft robotics and adaptive materials. Here, you'll work alongside leading experts to explore bio-inspired robotic systems, investigate nanoscale material properties, develop breakthrough manufacturing processes, and advance our understand...

Medical Education

This two-year degree program in the Medical Education track features an education research project and includes a comprehensive curriculum for individuals interested in developing a career in the field of medical health.

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Medicine

Our mission is to provide students with integrated training in clinical medicine and research that qualifies them to perform at the highest standards as rigorous clinicians and scientists; to create a diverse and inclusive physician-scientist community to support and mentor trainees along axes of personal identity, clinical discipline and research domain; to cultivate the characteristics of curiosity, creativity, compassion and service in our trainees; and to develop skills associated with su...

Medieval Studies

This is a six-year interdisciplinary research degree designed to allow students to develop as scholars and teachers. There are three phases to the PhD: coursework; examinations and prospectus; and the dissertation itself. The Program currently admits about two students each year to the PhD.

Medieval Studies

The MA in Medieval Studies is a one-year terminal degree which gives students the opportunity to spend a year developing their expertise in one or more areas of Medieval Studies, through coursework at Yale and (if desired) a substantial research project. Our program places strong emphasis on working directly with primary materials, and the MA is particularly suitable for those who wish to develop additional skills in reading medieval languages and in using documents and/or artifacts from the ...

Microbiology

The Graduate Program in Microbiology is a multidepartmental, interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in the study of microorganisms and their effects on hosts. The central goals of the program are for students to master relevant resources and methods and make original research contributions to knowledge in the field. Faculty share the view that understanding the biology of microorganisms requires a multidisciplinary approach. The program is therefore designed to provide strong multidisciplinary train...

Ministry, Professional

Modern Middle East Studies

The Modern Middle East Studies major focuses on the culture, history, religion, politics, and society of the modern Middle East in its full geographical breadth, while developing expertise in any of the major languages associated with the region, namely Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. Courses are drawn from departments in the humanities and social sciences, including Anthropology, History, History of Art, Jewish Studies, Political Science, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Relig...

Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

The Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B) department at Yale is designed to prepare students for careers as independent investigators in the broad area of molecular and structural biology. The faculty members have diverse interests and are drawn from several departments, including Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Genetics. The Ph.D. program offers a broad education in molecular and structural biology, and is remarkable for the scope of research it enc...

Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry

Members of the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry (MB&B) are united by a common view that processes in biology are understood when molecular, chemical, kinetic, and thermodynamic contributions to mechanisms have been elucidated. Correspondingly, our faculty and students are joined by a shared fascination with biochemistry, physical chemistry, structural biology, computation, spectroscopy, macromolecular engineering, imaging and the molecular basis of disease.

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

The graduate program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) is designed to provide students with diverse opportunities for acquiring a strong foundation in modern biology and applying it toward the generation of new knowledge through exciting research.

Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (MCDB) offers programs for students wishing to concentrate on molecular and cellular biology and genetics, with applications to problems in cell and developmental biology, neurobiology, and various aspects of quantitative biology. Interdisciplinary opportunities are available within the major in the Biotechnology, Neurobiology, and Quantitative Biology concentrations (previously tracks). The MCDB major offers many opportunities for independent la...

Moralities of Everyday Life

Explore how moral decisions are made and how they impact our lives.

Music

Music

The M.M. program provides focused training in the student’s major field—performance, conducting, or composition—supported by studies in theoretical and historical subjects. Individual courses of study will be assembled as recommended by the individual department and the academic adviser.

Music

The Department of Music offers introductory and advanced instruction in the history of music, the theory of music, composition, music technology, and performance. The Music major provides a general music program in the humanities, as well as preparation for graduate studies or music careers.

Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

A PhD in Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations at Yale is distinguished from PhDs in other disciplines and at other universities in several ways. We pay special attention to premodern languages using philological methods and careful historical contextualization. Our students develop exceptional precision with their research languages. We foster a hands-on, direct approach to primary sources in physical form such as archaeological materials, manuscripts, and inscriptions. Both in Yale’s colle...

Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

The major in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (NELC) explores the history and cultural traditions of the ancient, classical, and modern Middle East, including northeast Africa. Students acquire proficiency in languages and skills for interpreting literature, art, and material culture from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia; late antiquity and Classical Islam; or the contemporary moment, explored through the modern languages of Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish. Inherently interdisciplin...

Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

The Department occasionally admits students to pursue a terminal M.A. degree. Students enrolled in the M.A. program must complete a minimum of twelve term courses, with an average of High Pass and at least two grades of Honors. Students in the Ph.D. program who leave the program prior to completion of the doctoral degree may be eligible to receive the terminal M.A. degree, if they have met the requirements for the Master’s (as noted above).

Neuroscience

Neuroscience aims to understand how the brain produces the mind and behavior, with the goal of advancing human understanding, improving physical and mental health, and optimizing performance. This entails a broad, interdisciplinary effort that spans from molecules to minds. At one end, biology, chemistry, and physics are improving our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of neuronal signaling and development. At the other end, psychology, psychiatry, and computer science lin...

New Testament

The concentration in New Testament trains students in the reading of early Christian texts and the surrounding literature, in the diverse methodologies used to read those texts, and in their ongoing significance. The program trains students in the reading of Greek texts and in one other relevant ancient language (normally Hebrew, but other languages may be substituted). Students are encouraged to explore widely and to take some courses in related departments at Yale that are relevant to their...

NM - Nurse Midwifery

The Nurse-Midwifery Specialty prepares students as competent midwives who provide family-centered primary health care. More now than ever, the need and demand for midwives is at an all-time high.

NMWHNP - Nurse Midwifery-Women's Health

The Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) program prepares students for the role of a patient-centered primary health care provider who focuses on gender related health care needs.

Nursing

Students bring to doctoral study unique combinations of experiences, knowledge, and abilities that serve as the basis for developing programs of study congruent with the curriculum, but individualized to allow gaining in-depth knowledge of a particular content area. Each incoming PhD student is paired with a faculty advisor whose area of expertise and active research most closely matches with the student’s scholarly interest (content and method).

Nursing (GEPN)

The GEPN program allows those with a non-nursing background to take advantage of a Yale nursing education to pursue a rewarding career in advanced practice nursing. This accelerated three-year program combines preparation in basic nursing with advanced training in a specialty that leads to a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree. Graduates will be prepared to take advantage of a diverse range of career opportunities, including advanced clinical practice, leadership roles, and further edu...

Occupational & Environmental Medicine Advanced Professional

This program is uniquely suited to physicians training in occupational and environmental medicine or aerospace medicine residencies or fellowships for board eligibility.

Painting/Printmaking

Instruction in the program is rooted in the investigation of painting as a unique genre with its own complex syntax and history. Within this setting, the program encourages diversity of practice and interpretation, innovation, and experimentation. Approximately twenty-one students are admitted each year. At the core of instruction are individual and group critiques with faculty, visiting critics, and visiting artists. In addition, students participate in a variety of seminars taught by both f...

Personalized Medicine & Applied Engineering

The M.S. degree in Personalized Medicine & Applied Engineering provides pre-med students, medical students, biomedical, mechanical, and electrical engineers, and computer science majors with the tools to develop innovative 3D solutions for personalized medicine.

Pharmacology

The mission of the Pharmacology Graduate Program is to prepare students for careers as independent investigators, scientists, scholars, and in other science-related pursuits. Working closely with the Department of Pharmacology, chaired by Dr. Mark Lemmon, the program strives to create an inviting academic environment with an institutional culture of inclusivity that values and respects the unique and diverse characteristics of every individual. The richness of our program is sustained by recr...

Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Individual programs are planned for each of the students concentrating in Philosophical Theology and Philosophy of Religion. Eighteen credit hours are required in biblical and theological studies—the latter including but not limited to moral, historical, liberation, and systematic theology—with at least six in biblical and six in theological studies. At least eighteen hours must be taken in philosophical theology or philosophy of religion. Courses in the social sciences and in historical and ...

Philosophy

The Philosophy major prepares students to reflect critically and creatively on questions concerning the nature of things, the scope and limits of human understanding, and the principles of value and right action. The major aims to address these questions wherever they arise, whether in the philosophical tradition, in other disciplines and practices, or in everyday life. Our courses are designed to encourage depth in thinking, rigor in argument, clarity in writing and speaking, and the widest ...

Philosophy

The department aims, first, at developing the philosophical capacities and interests of each student, and, second, at offering a diverse program of instruction dealing with philosophers and philosophical issues both historically and in terms of the logic of arguments. Attention is also given to the bearing of philosophical ideas within other disciplines.

Photography

Photography is a two-year program of study admitting ten students a year. Darkroom, studio, and computer facilities are provided. Students receive technical instruction in black-and-white and color photography as well as nonsilver processes and digital image production. The program is committed to a broad definition of photography as a lens-based medium open to a variety of expressive means. Students work both individually and in groups with faculty and visiting artists. In addition, a critiq...

Physician Assistant Online Program

Physician Associate

The Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program prepares students for clinical excellence and the leadership challenges of tomorrow. Forward-looking and innovative curriculum, accessible faculty, small class size, and affiliation with a premier academic health system create a unique learning environment where our physician associate students actualize their full potential.

Physics

Our PhD program helps students acquire a general foundational knowledge of physics, and learn to communicate and educate others on that knowledge. Our students are involved in a wide range of research, expanding the world’s understanding of the laws of physics. More information on the graduate program can be found on our Program Details page.

Physics

The overarching goal of the physics program is to train students—majors and nonmajors alike—to think like physicists, the hallmarks of which include: striving for fundamental explanations that have broad predictive power; appreciating that quantitative analysis is necessary for proper understanding; simplifying physical situations to their essentials to enable the development of mathematical models to explain and predict experimental data; and comparing experimental data from the natural worl...

Physics and Geosciences

The major in Physics and Geosciences applies fundamental physical principles to the study of the Earth and other planetary bodies, synthesizing concepts and methods from both the Physics majors and the Earth and Planetary Sciences majors.

Physics & Philosophy

Prospective majors in Physics and Philosophy are advised to begin taking the prerequisites during their first year, and to take at least two of the required philosophy courses by the end of their sophomore year. Prerequisites for this major are as follows: mathematics through calculus at the level of MATH 1200; any introductory physics lecture sequence PHYS 1700, 1710 or higher; PHYS 1650L and 1660L, or PHYS 2050L.

Playwriting

David Geffen School of Drama’s Playwriting department is one of the oldest in the country. Its deep history and legacy can only be strengthened by continuing to stay at the forefront in readying early career playwrights toward leadership in our field. The program seeks to engage artists who possess singular voices and who can, with their command of language, set forth imaginative circumstances that entice audiences and challenge current forms. We are interested in students who are eager to le...

PMC - Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP

The Post-Master’s Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) Certificate option is intended to prepare the master’s-prepared clinical nurse specialist who desires formal education and clinical training in acute care in order to become eligible to apply for certification and advanced practice licensure as an adult/gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. The Post-Master’s Certificate option builds on the existing curriculum of the AGACNP specialty. Upon completion, students wil...

PMC - Family Nurse Practitioner

The Post-Master’s Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Certificate option is intended to prepare the master’s-prepared clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner who desires formal education and clinical training in family-focused primary care in order to become eligible to apply for certification and advanced practice licensure as a family nurse practitioner. This Post-Master’s Certificate option builds on the existing curriculum of the FNP specialty.

PMC - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care

Beginning in the fall of 2021, the Post-Master’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner- Acute Care certificate option is designed for master’s or doctorally-prepared advanced practice nurses who were prepared as a pediatric nurse practitioner-primary care, clinical nurse specialist, neonatal nurse practitioner, or family nurse practitioner who desire additional education and training in caring for more acute, complex pediatric patients. The applicant is required to be licensed as an Advanced Practice...

PMC - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

The Post-Master’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) Certificate option is intended to prepare the master’s-prepared pediatric clinical nurse specialist or master’s-prepared family nurse practitioner who desires formal education and clinical training in pediatric primary care in order to become eligible to apply for certification and advanced practice licensure as a pediatric nurse practitioner. This Post-Master’s Certificate option builds on the existing curriculum of the PNP specialty and a...

PMC - Psychiatric-Mental Health NP

The Post-Master’s Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Certificate option is designed for individuals who have a master’s degree in nursing and have found a high rate of psychiatric problems in their practice that are difficult to assess and manage. Just as medical problems go unrecognized in psychiatric settings, psychiatric problems are also unrecognized in non-psychiatric settings. The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the general population is on the increase and cons...

PMHNP - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

The Psychiatric–Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) specialty prepares students for advanced practice in the provision of psychiatric–mental health services to individuals across the lifespan and their family members in a variety of settings.

PNPAC - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Acute Care

The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care (PNP-AC) specialty prepares graduates for the advanced practice role of providing complex, comprehensive care to infants, children, and adolescents. With a foundation in primary care and the study of more complex acute or chronic health conditions, there is an emphasis on integrating current evidence-based research, family-centered care, and cultural humility into clinical practice.

PNPPC - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care

The pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP-PC) specialty prepares graduates for advanced practice roles in the provision of primary care for children and adolescents within the context of the family and the community. Evidence-based research and concepts from nursing, medicine, community health, child development, health promotion, and the natural and social sciences provide a foundation for clinical practice. The role of the PNP-PC as a member of an interprofessional team and health care coordin...

Political Science

Yale’s Ph.D. program has a strong historical record of producing leading scholars in the field of Political Science. (Please note: The department does not offer a stand-alone MA in Political Science. Information about the Jackson Institute MPP in Global Affairs.) Many Yale graduates have also had successful careers in government, politics, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. This historical strength is matched by a strong faculty deeply engaged in training current graduate stude...

Political Science

Political science addresses how individuals and groups organize, allocate, and challenge the power to make collective decisions involving public issues. The goal of the major is to enable students to think critically and analytically about the agents, incentives, and institutions that shape political phenomena within human society. The subfields of political philosophy and analytical political theory (which includes the study of both qualitative and quantitative methodology) support the acqui...

Portuguese

The major in Portuguese is a liberal arts major intended to develop competence in the Portuguese language and to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge of the literatures and cultures of Portugal, Brazil, and African and Asian lands of Portuguese language or influence.

Practical Theology

The Practical Theology concentration is an interdisciplinary academic program for students engaged in the study of lived religion and theologically grounded research in the practices of persons and communities. Students may focus their work within one of practical theology’s subdisciplines (e.g., homiletics, liturgical studies, pastoral care, religious education, spirituality), or they may design a focus of study across subdisciplines in consultation with practical theology faculty. The conce...

Preventative Medicine Advanced Professional

This program is designed for physicians doing residencies or fellowships in preventive medicine as part of their board eligibility.

Psychology

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind, the brain, and human behavior. The Psychology department offers coursework and research opportunities in the fields of clinical, cognitive, developmental, neuroscientific, and social psychology. By studying psychology, students better understand human behavior, including who we are, how we do the things we do, and how we enhance our lives and society. The Psychology major provides a foundation for careers in education and research; law; medicine...

Psychology

The primary goal of graduate education in psychology at Yale University is the training of researchers, for academic and applied settings, who will broaden and deepen the knowledge base on which the science of psychology rests. The graduate program in the Department of Psychology annually enrolls about 15 new Ph.D. students. When applying to the Department, each potential graduate student indicates one of five areas of concentration, and usually has a “home” in a particular lab, but it is als...

Public Education Management

The Master’s in Public Education Management gives highly motivated, accomplished K-12 education professionals the skills and broad perspective to grow as education leaders who make real, lasting impact for students and families. Master's students keep equity and excellence at the forefront of their work while turning persistent challenges over in a new way.

Public Health

Yale School of Public Health’s MPH program is designed for highly motivated students and professionals to begin or continue their journeys in improving the health of populations across the globe. Programs range in focus from management, practice policy, and research. Students are encouraged to tailor their course of study to their interests and chosen specialty.

Public Health

This doctoral program is designed to be flexible and inspire interdisciplinary research. There are six concentrations that students can choose from including biostatistics, health policy and management, chronic disease epidemiology, and more. With over 24 research centers across public health field, this program helps students become more proficient and effective researchers. It is a perfect fit for any scholar looking to make bold strides in the public health field.

Religion and Ecology

The concentration in Religion and Ecology is an interdisciplinary program based in the YDS curriculum and draws on faculty resources in biblical studies, ethics, liturgical studies, pastoral care, spirituality, theology, and world religions and ecology. It spans the study of eco-theology; eco-spirituality; eco-feminism; theologies of embodiment, place, land, race, and indigeneity; environmental ethics; liturgy and creation; and cosmology and ecology. At least fifteen credit hours must be take...

Religion and the Arts

Students in the Religion and the Arts concentration elect one of three tracks: Literature, Visual Arts, or Music. The emphasis in each track is on history, criticism, and analysis of past and present practice. Each requires twenty-one credits in the area of concentration: in visual arts or music, twelve of these credits must be taken with ISM faculty; in literature, six must be taken with ISM faculty. In addition, at least fifteen credits shall be devoted to general theological studies: six c...

Religious Studies

Religious Studies

Religious Studies offers a curriculum of challenging coursework that explores and critically analyzes religious traditions and systems of value. The many diverse courses delve into the history and meaning of rituals, canonical and non-canonical texts, and theological and social categories and how they have been shaped by and construct institutions, habits, hierarchies, and collectives. The study of religion probes the organization of society, gender roles, global affairs, war, violence, terro...

Religious Studies

Students must enroll in one of the following fields of study: American religious history, Asian religions, Early Mediterranean and West Asian religions, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, Islamic studies, Medieval and modern Judaism, philosophy of religion, religion and modernity, religious ethics, and theology.

Russian

The major in Russian offered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures acquaints students with Russian literature and culture, develops students' appreciation of literary values and skill in literary analysis, and gives them a basic competence in Russian. For an area major in Russian studies, see Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, an interdisciplinary program administered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies

The major in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, administered by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of a broad region: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Caucasus, and central Asia; Poland, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republics, and other areas in east central Europe; and the Balkans. Students majoring in RSEE may concentrate exclusively on Russian Studies, or on East European or Eurasian Studies. The major is appropria...

Sacred Theology

Sculpture

The sculpture program offers students the opportunity to develop their work in a supportive environment consisting of critical feedback in a broad array of diverse voices. The field of sculpture includes a varied collection of working methods and outcomes—one set of tools is not privileged over another—creating a healthy and experimental program that mirrors the issues facing artists outside of the institution. Students work independently in individual studio spaces and have access to common ...

Second Temple Judaism

The M.A.R. in Second Temple Judaism has a primary focus in the period between the Babylonian Exile (586–539 BCE) and the Jewish revolts against Rome in the period 66–135 CE. The rich literature of Second Temple Judaism includes many of the books of the Hebrew Bible and many New Testament texts, as well as a wide variety of texts not included in the later Jewish and Christian canons. Coursework therefore includes extensive work in Hebrew Bible and/or New Testament in addition to courses on oth...

Slavic Languages & Literatures

Our program values interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives on Russian, East European, and Eurasian literatures and cultures. While maintaining a foundation in the study and teaching of language and literature, the department sees both as embedded in a global context and a broad network of cultural production. Students are encouraged to develop their primary fields of study as well as meaningful connections with other disciplines, including comparative literature, history of art, film a...

Social and Behavioral Sciences

The MPH degree requires a total of 20 course units. The MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) requires the student to complete or acquire an exemption from the following courses. Full time students must carry a minimum of 4 course units each semester. If a course is waived, a substitute course must be identified. In addition, all 2-year MPH students are required to complete an Applied Practice Experience (APE). An internship may fulfill this requirement if it meets certain conditions. P...

Social and Behavioral Sciences Advanced Professional

The Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) teaches students about the social and structural factors that interact with behavioral and biological factors to influence health, illness and recovery. The impetus comes from the increasing recognition that social and structural factors (e.g., stigma, housing, poverty, social relationships, norms) play a crucial role in epidemiology and public health, both as risk factors for adverse health outcomes and in strategies to promote health an...

Sociology

Sociology provides the theoretical and empirical foundation for understanding how societies function and how they change over time. Sociologists are interested in the causes and consequences of processes such as the social construction of groups and identity, the evolution of culture, intersubjective meanings, intergroup relations, and hierarchies and social norms. They conduct research on individual behavior and outcomes such as educational attainment, jobs and careers, religious commitment,...

Sociology

The doctoral program in sociology prepares students for careers in research and teaching. While most of our graduates teach in colleges and universities, others hold research appointments in government agencies, think tanks, tech companines, health centers, consulting firms, and non-profit organizations.

South Asian Studies (2nd Major Program Only)

The program in South Asian Studies combines the requirements of a discipline-based first major with significant coursework in South Asian Studies. South Asian Studies can be taken only as a second major. The major is intended to provide students with a broad understanding of the history, culture, and languages of South Asia, as well as the region's current social, political, and economic conditions. Work in a discipline-based major coupled with a focus on South Asia prepares students for grad...

Spanish

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese provides instruction in the languages, literatures, and cultures of the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian worlds. Courses in Portuguese and the requirements of the major are described under Portuguese; the names of faculty teaching Portuguese courses are included in the faculty roster. The major in Spanish is a liberal arts major that offers a wide range of courses in the language, literatures, and cultures of the twenty Spanish-speaking countries in Europe,...

Spanish & Portuguese

The Ph.D. program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese explores the dynamic fields of Latin American, Luso-Brazilian, Latinx, and Iberian studies in all their rich and diverse linguistic, literary, and cultural traditions, and adopting multiple intellectual approaches. The Ph.D. program encourages students to engage with related disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including African American Studies, Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Film and Media Studies, History of...

Special Divisional Major

A Special Divisional Major affords an alternative for students whose academic interests cannot be met by an existing departmental or special major. Students may, with the approval of the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing, design majors of their own in consultation with members of the faculty and in accordance with the procedures outlined below.

Stage Management

The Stage Management program is designed to prepare the qualified student for professional stage management employment, with the intended goal of assisting the student to recognize and fulfill the role of passionate artistic collaborator and effective organizational manager throughout the entire production process. The role of the production stage manager requires a deep commitment to the artistic process and a fundamental desire to support the work through the creation of an environment in w...

Statistics

The Department offers a broad training program comprised of the main areas of statistical theory (with emphasis on foundations, Bayes theory, decision theory, nonparametric statistics), probability theory, stochastic processes, asymptotics, information theory, machine learning, data analysis, statistical computing, and graphical methods.

Statistics and Data Science

Statistics is the science and art of prediction and explanation. The mathematical foundation of statistics lies in the theory of probability, which is applied to problems of making inferences and decisions under uncertainty. Practical statistical analysis also uses a variety of computational techniques, methods of visualizing and exploring data, methods of seeking and establishing structure and trends in data, and a mode of questioning and reasoning that quantifies uncertainty. Data science e...

Statistics and Data Science

Fields of study include the main areas of statistical theory (with emphasis on foundations, Bayes theory, decision theory, nonparametric statistics), probability theory (stochastic processes, asymptotics, weak convergence), information theory, bioinformatics and genetics, classification, data mining and machine learning, neural nets, network science, optimization, statistical computing, and graphical models and methods.

Statistics and Data Science

The Department offers a broad training program comprised of the main areas of statistical theory (with emphasis on foundations, Bayes theory, decision theory, nonparametric statistics), probability theory, stochastic processes, asymptotics, information theory, machine learning, data analysis, statistical computing, and graphical methods.

Systemic Risk

This year-long, specialized program gives early- and mid-career employees of central banks and other major regulatory agencies exposure to leading ideas in macroprudential policy, financial crisis management, global financial regulation, monetary economics, crisis communications, and central banking.

Technical Design & Production

The faculty of the Technical Design and Production (TD&P) program, through a curated curriculum, aims to train global technical managers and change-makers who center anti-racism in their decision-making. The program brings together dedicated full-time faculty, lecturers, and production staff members with a focus on supporting students in their career goals. In a field with rapidly evolving technology and spectacle, we train technical managers who put people before products while achieving art...

Technical Internship Program

Within the TD&P program, the David Geffen School of Drama offers a one-year technical internship training certificate for those seeking to become professional scenic carpenters, sound engineers, projection engineers, properties supervisors, scenic artists, costumers, or production electricians. This certificate combines six graduate-level courses with closely guided and monitored practical production work. Interns receive individual attention, training, and supervision from their program advi...

Technology Management

The Master's in Technology Management is a prestigious, comprehensive one-year program crafted exclusively for Yale College's graduating engineering students. You’ll immediately learn the business and leadership tool set you need to launch a new venture, start a career at a major tech player, or create a service that can revolutionize the world.

Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

The mission of the program in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) is to cultivate adventurous artists and scholars with a serious commitment to craft and extensive understanding of the contexts in which cultural productions emerge. Introductory, term, and capstone courses reiterate the core learning objectives of the program: collaboration, craft, the integration of practice and theory, interdisciplinarity, and new work development.

Theater Management

The Theater Management program prepares aspiring managerial and artistic leaders to create inclusive organizational environments favorable to theatrical creation, supportive of artists and other theater workers, conducive to collaboration, and responsive to their communities. Individually and collectively, we are committed to implementing and practicing anti-racism and anti-oppression in our workplaces and our classrooms. We strive to model equitable policies and practices. The program offers...

The Global Financial Crisis

Learn about the causes| events| and aftermath of the global financial crisis.

Theology

The program in Theology permits concentration in theological studies with a sequence of courses totaling eighteen credit hours selected for this purpose. Suggested concentrations are systematic, historical, or liberation theology. The foundation courses in Old and New Testament Interpretation (REL 503, REL 504, REL 505, and REL 506) or their equivalents are required of all candidates, as are six credit hours in the history of Christian theology. Individual programs are designed utilizing thes...

The Science of Well-Being

Engage in a series of challenges designed to increase your happiness and build more productive habits.

Translational Biomedicine

The Program in Translational BioMedicine (PTB) seeks to provide a rich training environment for graduate students who wish to study human disease through the lens of fundamental mechanisms. In contrast to department-embedded graduate programs, PTB students train with faculty mentors across the entire Yale School of Medicine who share a common vision and commitment to translational science. PTB students therefore benefit from both the specialized community in their home department and the broa...

Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong

Learn to critically evaluate medical research to make informed health decisions.

Urban Studies

Urban Studies is an interdisciplinary field grounded in the physical and social spaces of the city and the larger built environment. The Urban Studies major is situated within Yale’s liberal arts framework and draws on the broader academic context and expertise of the Yale School of Architecture, including the areas of urban design and development, urban and architectural history, urban theory and representation, globalization and infrastructure, transportation and mobility, heritage and pres...

WHNP - Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

The Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) program prepares students for the role of a patient-centered primary health care provider who focuses on gender related health care needs.

Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Students majoring in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies take a series of core courses, develop an individual area of focus, and write a yearlong or single-term senior essay. The program encourages work that is interdisciplinary, intersectional, international, and transnational. Individual focus areas evolve along with students’ intellectual growth and academic expertise. Recent examples of areas of focus include literature and queer aesthetics; transnational feminist practices; the intell...

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in Religion

The concentration in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies trains students in a number of skills pertinent to gender and sexuality studies, including textual interpretation and analysis, historical thinking, and approaches to visual and material culture, all with a relation to the religious (broadly construed). Students are encouraged to develop their own research agendas, which may be thematic, historical, theological, theoretical, or take a number of other forms, and to make use of resourc...

Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

The WGSS Program at Yale is proud to announce our new Combined PhD degree! We are thrilled to work with a new generation of scholars committed to feminist and queer inquiry, and to researching gender and sexuality across axes of difference and inequality. Our faculty work on questions of gender and sexuality from a wide range of theoretical and methodological locations, concentrating our attention on transnational politics and security regimes, public law and sexual violence, reproduction and...

Women's Leadership Program

Women continue to face unique challenges in the workplace that can complicate their ascent to higher leadership roles. But this doesn’t dampen their ambitions—they fearlessly seek ways to leap over the hurdles in their path. Yale’s Women’s Leadership Program serves as a powerful springboard, igniting a journey of self-discovery and professional growth that drives women forward in their careers.

World Christianity/Missions

The concentration in World Christianity/Missions is designed for students who are interested in the historical expansion of Christianity and/or who wish to spend a period of time working with churches and organizations in other countries or who wish to pursue graduate studies in a relevant field. Students are required to take a range of courses dealing with Christianity in its historical, biblical, and theological dimensions as well as Christianity’s interface with culture and with other reli...

Yale Global Executive Leadership Program

The Yale Global Executive Leadership Program (YGELP) prepares you to lead with vision. Yale's renowned faculty share groundbreaking research, tools, and frameworks to build out your executive toolkit, equipping you to make sharper decisions. Conversations with industry legends give you first-hand insights into overcoming critical challenges. Connections with accomplished peers broaden your perspective and open doors to new opportunities.