Doctoral Degree Programs in Minnesota

The Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics offers a PhD degree program which emphasizes engineering sciences basic to fluid mechanics, aerospace s…

The American Studies PhD is an interdisciplinary, interdepartmental program. The graduate faculty consists of core American Studies faculty members and gradu…

The Animal Science PhD program concentrates on one of the animal sciences emphasis areas: genetics, nutrition, physiology, or production systems. Students ha…

The Department of Anthropology offers graduate education in sociocultural and linguistic anthropology, archaeology, and biological anthropology. The program …

The Applied Economics PhD program prepares students for careers in academia, government, and the private sector. All students are required to complete a sequ…

Applied Plant Sciences is an interdisciplinary program for educating students to become professional scientists well-grounded in the applied disciplines of a…

The University of Minnesota's doctoral program in art history trains scholars who go on to careers in universities, colleges, museums, and other arts institu…

The Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures and Media (AMCM) program enables students to pursue the study of Asian texts and media, broadly understood. The program…

Astrophysics is the study of the universe and its constituent parts. The Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics conducts research in observational, theoretical…

The AuD program, designed to meet audiologist licensure/certification standards, emphasizes diagnostics, rehabilitative techniques and technology, counseling…

The Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (BMBB) graduate program is an interdisciplinary program that is supported by the College of Biological Sci…

The Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICB) program offers a curriculum individualized to fit the student's interests, research direction, and profes…

Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and methods to problems in biology and medicine. The discipline includes the study of fun…

The PhD offered by the Bioproducts and Biosystems Science Engineering and Management (BBSEM) graduate program provides a strong foundation in the basic scien…

The biostatistics PhD prepares graduates to conduct original research, collaborate and consult with biomedical researchers, implement and disseminate results…

The Carlson Business Administration PhD program is a rigorous, research-based program designed to prepare students for future research, academic, organizatio…

The proposed 57-credit, cohort-based DBA program is an applied, professional doctoral program directed at high-level executives working in China and the surr…

Research activities in the Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) Department focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, the soluti…

Chemical physics focuses on research areas where the techniques of chemistry and physics are combined for the study of atoms and molecules; their interaction…

While modern research in chemistry is very interdisciplinary, graduate work in the Department of Chemistry falls broadly into the focus areas of analytical c…

The Civil Engineering PhD degree combines coursework and independent research in a comprehensive program for those wishing to attain mastery of their field. …

Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures (CNRC) is an interdisciplinary department that brings together faculty and graduate students who might in o…

Cognitive science is broadly concerned with integrating contemporary approaches to the study of the mind/brain and with the systems and processes underlying …

The Communication Studies program has a national reputation for excellence in the areas of critical media studies, interpersonal communication, and rhetoric.…

The mission of the Comparative and Molecular Biosciences (CMB) program is to train outstanding scientists in the basic mechanisms of animal and human health …

Comparative literature is the oldest field of literary criticism, dating back to the seventeenth century. Among the wide range of studies currently conducted…

While most traditional humanistic disciplines tend to focus either on a given mode of discourse (e.g., art history, musicology) or a specific cultural contex…

The Computer Science PhD offers coursework from across a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied computer science, combined with research opportunities in …

The conservation sciences (CS) program has two complementary objectives leading to a unique multidisciplinary program. The first is to provide students with …

The Design PhD program focuses on the study of relationships between humans and their designed environments. This focus is based on the assumption that desig…

The PhD in developmental psychology focuses primarily on training for research in normal human development. The goal of the program is to train all students …

The Physical Therapy Program is committed to diversity and educating students who will make the population of health care professionals a true representative…

The modern earth sciences are a remarkable synthesis of the physical and biological sciences. They are at the forefront of inquiry into and solutions of most…

The graduate program in ecology, evolution, and behavior (EEB) links faculty and students interested in the biology of organisms from molecules to ecosystems…

Note: Students are admitted only for the PhD in economics; the MA is an optional part of the PhD program. The economics graduate program offers degree work i…

The educational psychology program has four tracks: school psychology; special education; psychological foundations of education (with emphases in learning a…

Focusing on the curricular and instructional processes central to all educational endeavors, graduate programs within the Department of Curriculum and Instru…

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers diverse educational programs that encompass nearly all aspects of modern electrical and computer…

Over the past 20 years, the field of English studies has changed dramatically from a discipline concerned with studying the literary works produced by Englis…

Entomology centers on the study of insects and includes specializations in ecology, behavior, molecular biology, microbiology, neurobiology, physiology, popu…

Environmental health is the study of how exposures to external hazards, including chemical, physical, and biological agents, affect human health. Environment…

The Epidemiology PhD program trains students to use rigorous quantitative methods to build evidence for public health and clinical care. Training covers desc…

The Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (ECP) graduate program was designed specifically for students interested in clinical research. Its goal is to adva…

Family social science (FSoS) offers a unique program of study using insights and methods of the social sciences to examine how families work within various c…

The Ph.D in Feminist Studies is designed to help students develop a high level of competence in feminist theories, research methods, interdisciplinarity, and…

Food science applies scientific principles to the manufacture, distribution, marketing, and consumer aspects of food. Food scientists apply the basic princip…

The French PhD program covers all areas of French literature and culture from the renaissance to the present. Traditional areas of study and scholarship are …

The geography graduate program at Minnesota reflects the intellectual breadth of the discipline by maintaining strengths in the broad areas of human geograph…

The Germanic studies program in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic & Dutch (GNSD) is distinguished for its interdisciplinary approach to the study of l…

Health informatics (also known as biomedical informatics) is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that applies computer, information, statistical, manag…