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  1. Ph.D. Programs

    Ph.D. Programs. * - Denotes Ph.D. admitting programs. Students may apply and be admitted directly to these departments or programs, but the Ph.D. is offered only through one of the participating departments identified in the program description. After their second year of study at Duke, students must select a participating department in which ...

  2. Programs and Degrees

    The Duke University Graduate School offers master's and doctoral degrees in more than 80 departments and programs of study, as well as certificate programs; dual, joint, and 4+1 degrees; and graduate programs at Duke Kunshan. Our graduate students have the opportunity to work closely with faculty across Duke's nine other schools and to ...

  3. Ph.D. in Psychology and Neuroscience

    Graduate training leading to a Ph.D. in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is offered through a unique program that merges social sciences and natural sciences in the study of brain, behavior, and cognition in humans and animals. Program tracts are offered in Clinical Psychology, Cognition & the Brain, Developmental (DEV), Social ...

  4. Ph.D. in Chemistry

    Kevin Welsher Director of Graduate Studies Department of Chemistry Duke University Box 90347 Durham, NC 27708-0347 Phone: (919) 660-1503 Email: [email protected]

  5. Homepage

    Duke's graduate programs are designed so that students work closely with top experts in their fields. | See our 1,300+ graduate faculty. Image. Strong Student Support. You will find numerous resources and services to support your academic, financial, social, physical, and mental wellbeing. | See student resources.

  6. PhD Program in Nursing

    With Duke University's PhD in nursing program, you'll be able to: Master key concepts in health equity and nurse-led models of care to improve health outcomes. Design and conduct research using interdisciplinary. Evaluate research with a focus on health equity and nurse-led models of care. Maintain ethics and integrity in research.

  7. Ph.D. in Neurobiology

    Jorg Grandl Director of Graduate Studies Department of Neurobiology Box 3209 Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC 27710 Phone: (919) 684-1144 Email: [email protected]

  8. PhD Admissions

    Earn Your Doctorate at Duke. Completing a PhD program in engineering is hard. Really hard. But after years of preparation, frustration and celebration, a Duke doctorate stands out from the crowd. Between field-defining faculty and a web of industrial, entrepreneurial and public-policy connections, with a Duke Engineering PhD, you can just about ...

  9. Clinical Psychology

    Duke University's Clinical Psychology Program is annually ranked among the top clinical psychology programs in the United States. Duke's doctoral program in Clinical Psychology is a member of The Academy of Psychological Clinical Science, which is a coalition of doctoral training programs that share a common goal of producing and applying ...

  10. PhD in Biochemistry

    The mission of the Duke University Biochemistry Graduate program is to educate and mentor students from diverse backgrounds in the fundamentals of biochemical principles and practice through courses and research by (1) guiding students in their thesis research project, and (2) preparing them for a career in research, education, or other ...

  11. PhD Program

    During the Duke BME admission process we'll begin an immersive discussion about your interests. Based on those discussions, once accepted you'll be admitted directly to a lab. Your Advising Team will including your program director, a team of faculty members and senior PhD students as well as dedicated resources available through the ...

  12. Graduate Program

    Our Ph.D. program merges social sciences and natural sciences in the study of brain, behavior, and cognition in humans and animals. The program includes tracts or graduate training areas: Students apply to and are admitted to a specific training program. Only primary faculty (with appointments to Duke's graduate faculty) and joint graduate ...

  13. Biomedical PhD Programs

    The following programs are administered in the School of Medicine by the Office of Biomedical Graduate Education (OBGE). Each PhD program has its own course work and preliminary exam requirements, but all programs follow a general academic pattern. The first year is generally devoted to course work and laboratory rotations.

  14. Program in Cell and Molecular Biology

    Biomedical PhD Programs; ... (CMB) is an interdisciplinary Ph.D. program at Duke University that empowers diverse students to become rigorous, responsible, independent scientists, equipped with the technical, operational and professional skills needed to thrive in the modern biomedical workforce. CMB achieves this objective through a safe ...

  15. Ph.D. Degree

    Year 6. You should be ready to defend by the end of this year. The Graduate Program in Literature is a doctoral program, which means that all students enrolled prepare for the Ph.D. degree. The program does not grant M.A. degrees along the way. The typical time to completion for the doctoral program is 6 full years.

  16. PhD Admissions

    PhD Admissions. Esteemed Faculty. Interdisciplinary Research. When you join the thriving, interdisciplinary research community at Duke BME, you gain access to unique opportunities in translational research. Come to Duke and Durham, and get a PhD experience like no other. Contact Admissions How to Apply.

  17. Doctoral Program

    In addition to working with Duke's world-class faculties of public policy, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology and psychology, PhD students interact with leading scholars from: Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences; Duke's Fuqua School of Business; Duke's Law and Medical Schools.

  18. PhD in Population Health Sciences

    The Duke PopHealth PhD program prepares researchers to formulate important research questions, design studies to answer them, organize resources to carry out relevant studies, and analyze the results to contribute scientific and policy insights. Our coursework, experiential learning, and professional development help prepare PhD students to be ...

  19. Ph.D. Application Process

    Each year we matriculate ten to twelve new candidates to our doctoral program. You can apply to our Ph.D. program through the Duke Graduate School. See the Graduate School website for procedures and deadlines. Application Fee. The Graduate School provides a limited number of application fee waivers to promote a diverse applicant pool.

  20. University Program in Environmental Policy (UPEP)

    Duke's University Program in Environmental Policy (UPEP) PhD is a 5-year program for intense research training, combining disciplinary specialization − in economics or political science − with an emphasis on understanding policy settings and the precise nature of the problem we hope to solve with policy. That requires integrating multiple ...

  21. Request Information

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  22. Pharmacology PhD Program

    The Pharmacology program at Duke is consistently ranked among the top pharmacology graduate programs in the nation. Its focus is to prepare qualified individuals for a career in independent research. Pharmacology is the science of drug action on biological systems. It encompasses the study of targets of drug action, the mechanisms by which drugs act, the therapeutic and toxic effects of drugs ...

  23. Ph.D. Requirements

    Course Requirements. At Duke, the doctoral candidate must be enrolled for six semesters of full tuition. Students must successfully complete eleven graduate courses for credit in their first two years, but they may, of course, take more than the minimum number of courses, either as audits or for credit: typically students take between twelve ...

  24. Ph.D. in Political Science

    We are ranked as a top-ten research department and our graduate program has an excellent job placement record. Over the past decade, the vast majority of our PhD graduates have gone on to attain tenure-track positions, and many other students have become leaders in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. In addition to a demanding sequence of courses during the first two years, our ...

  25. Meet the Duke Cyber alums: Sarah Alrefai, GRC specialist for NEOM Saudi

    Sarah Alrefai, a Spring 2023 graduate, is a Cyber GRC specialist for NEOM Saudi Arabia, a global business hub. Read an interview about her Duke journey and the impact of the Master in Cyber program on her career. ... As someone with an engineering background, my Duke ME program has equipped me with a solid set of skills in both technical ...

  26. Ph.D. Graduate Program in Psychological Sciences and Human Development

    The Ph.D. Graduate Student Handbook (Quick Guide) can be found here. The Ph.D. program in PSYHD is a research focused, apprentice-styled (mentor-mentee) graduate program. The curriculum and requirements are designed for a 5 year program; the median time to complete the Ph.D. is 5.5 years.

  27. Duke Basketball: National Expert Names Preseason All-Americans

    Multiple Duke basketball players have All-American potential, but only one is a surefire preseason selection. ... is UNC basketball graduate guard and defending ACC Player of the Year RJ Davis, a ...