Anthropology, by its very nature, is an interdisciplinary enterprise and is sought out by many other disciplines for cross-fertilization of ideas. Emory’s graduate program in Anthropology grounds cultural and biological anthropology, placing special emphasis on cultivating dialogues and combinations of people, interests, and ideas that cross, connect, and transcend the field’s received sub-disciplines. Specialization within cultural or biological sub-fields is encouraged, as are combinations and creative dialogues between them.

Our doctoral program balances rigorous courses with a tutorial approach to advanced subjects and is designed to be intense and demanding for both students and faculty. We encourage a diversity of doctoral research agendas across the entire range of cultural and biological anthropology. We believe that the successful anthropologists of the future are created not through a monolithic theoretical orientation but through exposure to alternative explanatory paradigms. As a whole, our program provides students with a grounding in cultural and biological anthropology that is sophisticated and unique. Specialization within cultural or biological sub-fields is encouraged, as are combinations and creative dialogues between them.

Art History offers a doctoral program that explores cultural, formal, and theoretical concerns central to the visual arts. Academic concentrations include the art and architecture of: the ancient Mediterranean (Egypt, Greece, and Rome); the Ancient Americas; Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque Europe; modern and contemporary art and architecture in Europe, the United States, and Africa. We aim to train effective teachers and productive scholars who will contribute new and original insights into their fields.

Our strengths include our range of research interests and our interdisciplinarity. We have close relationships with a number of other programs in the broad fields of cultural studies, including Classics, Comparative Literature, History, Religion and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, as well as interdisciplinary programs such as Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Medieval Studies, African Studies, and Film and Media Studies.

BSHE is committed to applying a broad spectrum of behavioral and social science knowledge, theory and methods to promote health, prevent disease and improve quality of life. We apply a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to research and advocate an ecological perspective to understanding and influencing the factors that shape health and illness. We have full-time faculty representing the disciplines of health education, communications, psychology, educational psychology, sociology, nursing, anthropology, history, and demography. We are also supported by faculty in the schools of Medicine and Nursing and in Emory’s graduate programs of anthropology, sociology, and the Institute of Liberal Arts.

We are also committed to bringing applied public health experience to our research, teaching, and mentoring activities. Many faculty members have served at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in state or local health departments, or in international public health organizations. Leading health educators and behavioral scientists from the CDC, the Georgia Department of Human Resources, the American Cancer Society, the Arthritis Foundation, and The Carter Center serve as adjunct faculty who teach and work closely with students.

The life sciences are advancing at an unprecedented pace. At the core of these advances are three foundational life sciences: Biochemistry, Cell Biology, and Developmental Biology. Biochemists elucidate the chemical reactions that sustain all living things, Cell Biologists examine how these reactions govern cellular processes, and Developmental Biologists investigate the interactions of cells during the growth and differentiation of organisms.

The Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology (BCDB) program combines these complementary disciplines into an interdisciplinary doctoral training program of the highest caliber. BCDB faculty and students are making discoveries at the levels of molecules, cells and organisms that improve our understanding of biological processes, including those that cause or prevent human disease. 

BCDB is one of eight interdisciplinary PhD programs in the Graduate Division of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences.

The Master of Arts in Bioethics program provides rigorous, advanced, and interdisciplinary training for professionals and students interested in social and ethical challenges in health care and the life sciences. Students in the program are connected with a dynamic network of experts, like-minded professionals, scholars, and resources in order to prepare themselves professionally to address ethical considerations in biomedicine.

Rapid scientific discovery, the development of technological medicine, and globalization have raised new questions and concerns about how we develop new biomedical technologies and provide health care to growing populations. Research on and utilization of stem cells, artificial reproductive technologies, the ongoing need for human subjects’ protection, the role of corporate sponsorship in research, the public health needs of developing countries, and the fragmented and problematic economic infrastructure of health care delivery are only a few of the more vexing challenges that face us as we move into the twenty-first century. Our society -  and so our students - need to be prepared to face these and other bioethical challenges in the years to come.

As a leading research and teaching university, graduates of Emory’s Masters in Bioethics will be trained to help to advance the national conversation on important issues influencing public policy, scholarship, practice and education in the field. All students must have a degree from an accredited four year college or university before beginning the program. Many entering students will have also acquired an advanced degree in a related discipline, such as medicine, nursing, law, public health, or theology. Others may combine graduate work in Bioethics with other graduate or professional education, resulting in dual degrees.

The MA in Bioethics draws upon the resources of the Emory University Center for Ethics, the Laney Graduate School, and the six other graduate and professional schools of the University, as well as the Center’s close ties with leading state and national journals and organizations such as the Health Care Ethics Consortium of Georgia, CDC, and NASA. Faculty members of the Center for Ethics include scholars and practitioners in a variety of disciplines, including medicine, nursing, public health, law, theology, business, the life sciences, philosophy, religion, sociology, psychology.

The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME), a joint effort between Georgia Tech, Laney Graduate School, and the Emory School of Medicine, provides superb education and research in biomedical engineering with an emphasis on applications to human health. The BME PhD program is ranked second in the country by US News and World Reports. The curriculum integrates life sciences, engineering, and mathematics to train researchers who can formulate and solve significant biomedical problems quantitatively and with a systems perspective.

The BME doctoral program has identified five critical areas of research where our combined strengths are the foundation of strong research programs:

• Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
• Biomedical Imaging and Optics
• Cellular, Molecular and Biomaterials Engineering
• Computational Biomedical Systems Analysis
• Healthcare Informatics and Technology

The department now offers a unique joint degree with Peking University -- scroll down or click the link to the right for more information. Students apply to the program through the school designated as the home campus, either the Department of Biomedical Engineering at PKU in Beijing or the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory in Atlanta. Students will have an advisor at the home campus and co-advisor at the secondary campus, and will spend at least one year taking classes and participating in research in the co-advisor's lab on the secondary campus. A single dissertation will satisfy the thesis requirements of all three institutions. For details, follow the links at right.

The PhD program in Biostatistics prepares students for research careers by offering a blend of theoretical and methodological courses. Biostatistics and Bioinformatics faculty collaborate with researchers in a variety of disciplines, developing and applying statistical methodology in search of solutions to medical and public health problems. Our teaching curriculum is based on the principle that almost every biostatistician will have to spend at least some of his/her time on statistical analysis of real-life data. Therefore, we prepare our students to be familiar with a variety of statistical methods and approaches by exposing them to real‑life problems through consulting activities, field studies, and internships.

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics faculty collaborate with researchers in a variety of disciplines, developing and applying statistical methodology in search of solutions to medical and public health problems. They have ties with many affiliates both within Emory and in the broader health research community, including the Carter Center of Emory University, the Emory School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital, the Georgia Department of Human Resources, the Georgia Mental Health Institute, the Georgia Medical Care Foundation, the Atlanta Veteran’s Administration Center, the American Cancer Society national hea dquarters, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and various branches of the National Institutes of Health.

The Business doctoral program, offered through the Laney Graduate School, provides students the opportunity to pursue one of the following academic areas: Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Operations Management, Marketing, or Organization & Management. We seek doctoral students with superior intelligence, a strong work ethic, and a desire to take their place on the faculty of the best business schools in the world. Our doctoral program is highly selective and enables a small and closely-knit environment that promotes interaction between students and faculty.

The Cancer Biology Program provides training opportunities in every aspect of cancer research, from basic to translational. This includes molecular and cellular biology, genetics and epigenetics, signal transduction, genetic engineering, nanotechnologies and many other disciplines used to understand the development and progression of cancer.

The Program provides training in three areas that correspond to the scientific focus groups of the Winship Cancer Institute:

• Genetics and Genomics
• Signal Transduction
• Cancer Therapeutics

Many different approaches are applied to a range of model systems to address how a normal cell becomes a cancer cell, how cancer progresses to a metastatic state at the molecular level and how our understanding of these mechanisms can be exploited for cancer therapy.

At the completion of their training, students will be able to design and conduct hypothesis-driven research using state-of-the-art techniques. Students will be able to critically interpret scientific literature and use effective written and oral communication to present their scientific discoveries.

The Cancer Biology program offers a "4+1" BS/MS degree in Cancer Biology and Translational Oncology, providing outstanding training opportunities at the MS level in every aspect of cancer research, from basic to translational research, to qualified Emory undergraduate students.  Visit the website for application information.

The doctoral program in Chemistry offers a research oriented education that draws on an outstanding faculty and excellent research facilities in four major areas of concentration. Faculty engage in cutting-edge research, often in collaboration with faculty from related disciplines across the university.

In addition to the traditional disciplines of chemistry, we have strong research programs in interdisciplinary areas including biomaterials, organometallic chemistry, medicinal and bioorganic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, and various collaborations of computational chemistry with each of these areas. Chemistry at Emory is a thriving research community, working on the frontiers of the field with state-of-the-art techniques and equipment.

The graduate program in Clinical Psychology educates clinical psychologists with a firm grounding in research, theory, and practice. We are a clinical science program, which means that we encourage students to make substantive contributions to the understanding of the assessment, etiology, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology. We also encourage them to become competent clinicians who know how to make use of the available evidence and to contribute to the training of future psychologists.

A clinical scientist is defined not by where s/he works (e.g., in a university vs. in private practice) but in how s/he thinks. We expect that students who complete our program will be able to apply the perspective and skills of a clinical scientist to research, teaching, and/or clinical work in various professional environments including academic departments, research institutes, medical schools, community mental health facilities, or other practice settings.

For application deadlines, visit the program's website, and click on "Training Resources."

The Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR) program provides didactic and mentored clinical and translational research training designed for participants who hold a doctoral or equivalent degree and have demonstrated a commitment to a career in clinical investigation.  Pre-doctoral (medical or graduate) students may apply to the MSCR through the TL1-Medical Scientist Training Program (dual degree program).

Investigators undertaking clinical and translational research must couple their knowledge of medicine and biology with analytic sciences including statistical reasoning, decision analysis, probability theory, analytical epidemiology, and informatics. They must also have an understanding of the principles of evidence-based medicine, implementation science, bioethics, clinical trial design, regulations involving human subjects and animals, scientific and grant writing, and responsible conduct of research.

The Program in Cognition and Development at Emory approaches the study of cognition from multiple perspectives including adult and child behavioral perspectives, neuroimaging and neuroscientific perspectives, computational perspectives, and social/situated perspectives. We train students for research and teaching at the forefront of cognition and its development.

Our goal is to ground students in an interdisciplinary understanding of the basic issues in cognition from the perspectives of cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive and affective neuroscience, and computational modeling. Through research training, coursework, and teaching, students acquire the professional skills necessary for careers in academic research and training institutions, as well as in other public and private research settings.

The Cognition and Development Program’s multi-faceted training features the following:

• The program covers six primary areas of study: Memory, Language, Conceptual Processes, Grounded Cognition, Emotion, and Social/Cultural Processes.
• Students and faculty attend and participate in a variety of talks and research groups designed to foster interaction across labs and experimental approaches.

The Comparative Literature program offers students a wide-ranging theoretical and interdisciplinary curriculum that prepares them to engage in research and teaching across traditional disciplinary boundaries and to interrogate the definition of the literary itself. Teaching faculty are drawn from departments throughout the University, representing a variety of literatures and related disciplines.

• We emphasize the primary expertise and goals of Comparative Literature: close reading and deep knowledge of literary theory, employed to compare literatures in different languages across national boundaries and to engage in theoretical explorations across disciplinary boundaries such as psychoanalysis and philosophy.
• We recognize the crucial significance of engaging “languages” more broadly defined, including, for instance, those languages or symbolic systems that are central to developments in the sciences and in technology.
• We encourage innovative theoretical reflection across linguistic and disciplinary boundaries, that grounds the work of comparison in theoretical rigor and in close reading, paying vigilant attention to the intricacies and performative powers of language.

The Computer Science and Informatics PhD program is uniquely tailored to Emory's special strengths, both within the program and across the University's renowned health science departments. Aimed at educating the next generation of computer scientists and informaticists, the PhD is suitable for those wishing to pursue careers in academics, industry, government, or healthcare. 

• Application deadline: January 1, 2018

The MS in Computer Science is suited to individuals with an undergraduate degree in computer science or mathematics with computational experience. Those obtaining the degree may pursue careers in industry or enter a Ph.D. program in Computer Science.

• Application deadline: April 30, 2018

The MS in Computer Science with Computation Science Concentration combines key elements of graduate study in Computer Science augmented with advanced coursework and projects in computationally focused scientific inquiries. This concentration will prepare students to apply quantitative and computing methods to emerging challenges in the natural and physical sciences.

• Application deadline: April 30, 2018

The Master's in Development Practice (MDP) program at Emory combines experiential learning and field-based practicum with rigorous academic training in a broad range of disciplines to meet the challenge of sustainable develoment. This integrated approach aims to produce a new generation of development professionals - prepared and committed to serving as catalysts to vulnerable people's own efforts to pursue livelihood security, economic opportunity, and meaningful empowerment.

Emory's MDP program is a two year course of study and practice that builds on an organic fusion of core scientific disciplines, development themes, and pragmatic skills. The program capitalizes on its partnership with prestigious development-oriented institutions, like CARE, the Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These partners' global reach, and the grassroots experience of collaborating organizations in the global South, will provide students with invaluable exposure to the way development practitioners operate in the real world and with a perspective on the different institutional contexts in which they will serve after completion of their degrees.

In research institutions across the world, advanced technologies, computer hardware, software, and networks are significantly affecting the nature of scholarly exchange and collaboration. Emory’s four-course DSMS certificate program offers graduate students in the humanities and social sciences a way to enhance their knowledge, teaching skills, and career prospects in digital scholarship. 

Emory’s doctoral program in Economics puts students on the “intellectual frontier” by introducing them to the leading-edge theories and techniques in the Economics profession. With this training, students can actively investigate research questions they find of particular interest and importance. Our graduates are well prepared for research positions in industry, government, and research organizations, as well as for careers as productive scholars and effective teachers at colleges and universities.

The hallmark of our program is close interaction between faculty and students. Classes are small and interactive, and students have the opportunity to obtain a deep understanding of the material presented in class. Many students write research papers with the faculty, and in some cases this work develops into part of the dissertation. Other joint work stands alone, and is submitted to academic journals for publication. Almost all of this work is presented in the weekly departmental research seminar.

Emory’s doctoral program in English offers an environment that is both intellectually rigorous and collegial, a place where graduate students learn from faculty conducting cutting-edge research, and grow to become researchers and teachers in their own right. We are committed to a thriving and genuine intellectual community that supports rigorous work in fields across English and into other fields and disciplines. 

Our program is the right size. We have a graduate faculty of approximately 30 members, and accept seven to nine new doctoral students each year. We are large enough to support a full range of interests in literary and cultural studies, and small enough that students enjoy ample access to faculty and to courses. In our program, students work closely with faculty members to craft programs of study that reflect their own individual interests.

We support innovative work that crosses disciplinary boundaries. Our graduate students frequently enroll in courses in other programs such as Comparative Literature, Film Studies, the Institute for Liberal Arts (including American Studies), and Women’s Studies. Our graduate students are also active in the Psychoanalytic Institute. Several of these programs offer organized sequences of courses that lead to a graduate certificate in the field.

The PhD program in Environmental Health Sciences seeks to improve human health by better understanding the impact of environmental factors in the development of disease. Graduate students will receive comprehensive training to become fluent in population and laboratory-based research in environmental health science by bridging the interdisciplinary areas of human populations and laboratory-based toxicological and analytical chemistry research.

Students will work with faculty whose research and expertise in air pollution, neurological disorders, global environmental health, pesticides, disease ecology, and exposure assessment have made the Department of Environmental Health a global leader in environmental health research. Due to their close proximity to Emory, students will also have access to global health institutions and partners such as the CDC, the Carter Center and CARE. 

The Master’s in Environmental Sciences at Emory University integrates ecological and earth sciences with policy and social sciences in a two-year program with a strong emphasis on quantitative research and practice. Benefiting from a growing program with ready access to faculty, students will participate in interdisciplinary research aimed at understanding and resolving complex environmental issues facing humanity in the 21st century.

The Environmental Sciences (ENVS) graduate program is designed to train the next generation of professionals to effectively address a suite of complex environmental issues, with a goal of understanding and resolving interactions between humans and the environment. Interdisciplinary in its design and quantitative in its approach, the master’s program will equip graduates with the necessary conceptual and quantitative skills to conduct applied research in environmental sciences, critically evaluate scholarly work, and communicate scientific findings to policy makers.

The Epidemiology program trains future leaders in public health. Our curriculum is grounded in the methodologies of epidemiology and biostatistics enabling graduates to contribute new thinking to the field. These methodologies are applied to a broad range of clinical and public health concerns domestically and globally, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, environmental exposures, infectious diseases, and reproduction.

Our graduates leave with strong methodological skills, poised to expand the scientific knowledge of the nature of disease in human populations by developing new theories and testing those theories through epidemiologic studies. They are well prepared for positions in academia, government, or private industry.

We are committed to a vision of epidemiology as more than a career for the disciplined mind. Epidemiology is a profession where one works collaboratively with others to solve real-world problems. It is a field for researchers who are concerned for others and seek to contribute to the betterment of mankind.

THE FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES GRADUATE PROGRAM IS NOT ADMITTING STUDENTS AT THIS TIME.

The Film and Media Studies program at Emory University trains astute and discriminating critics and analysts of film art; it strengthens their critical thinking through an awareness of the philosophical and aesthetic debates in film theory; and it provides thorough knowledge of the cinema’s history as a dynamic form of cultural expression. Students in Film Studies benefit from a small program closely tailored to their individual interests.

We offer two degrees: a free-standing master’s degree, and a graduate certificate for doctoral students based in other programs.

Our faculty’s research and teaching interests span the globe, ranging from Hollywood through Western Europe, Eastern Europe and South and East Asian cinemas. Faculty in other graduate programs teach courses on Latin American cinema, Middle Eastern and African cinema, and we encourage our graduate students to formulate an interdisciplinary approach to the study of film.

The French department offers a doctoral program with a strong critical, cultural, and historical orientation. In addition to their respective specialties in French and Francophone literature, the faculty pursue research in related disciplines such as philosophy, aesthetics, psychoanalysis, rhetoric, intellectual history, and postcolonial studies. 

Our interdisciplinary curriculum is designed to train teachers and researchers who:

• understand the nature of French literature and the theoretical idioms that inform and shape our understanding of that literature; 
• are acquainted with the critical tradition, especially the main currents of continental theory that have in recent decades oriented literary critical studies in America; 
• are familiar with current developments in the field of criticism, such as the rise of cultural studies; and 
• know the fundamentals of second language acquisition and technology-aided instruction.

Graduate courses reflect the faculty’s interest in viewing French literature  from multi-disciplinary critical approaches, emphasizing both the close reading of texts and modern theories of interpretation. Through cooperation with programs in Comparative Literature, Philosophy, Women’s Studies and Film Studies, students can readily incorporate an interdisciplinary focus into their coursework and dissertation.

Today, the opportunities in the fields of genetics and molecular biology are amazing. The wealth of genetic information and the potential to use this information for developing novel medical therapies and diagnostic procedures is unprecedented. With this in mind, the goal and philosophy of the doctoral program in Genetics and Molecular Biology is to provide both in-depth training in a core area of genetics and molecular biology and broad-based training in the related disciplines of biochemistry, cell biology, statistics, and bioinformatics. This combined education is designed to develop the scientific leaders of the 21st century.

Research Foci:

• Regulation of Gene Expression
• Genetics of Development and Differentiation
• Cancer Genetics and Human Disease
• Human and Medical Genetics
• Bioinformatics and
• Comparative Genomics
• Genome Stability, Replication, and Repair

Within these areas, model genetic system— bacteria, yeast, C. elegans, Drosophila, zebrafish, and the mouse — are used to explore genetic and molecular biology principles.

Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) is one of eight interdisciplinary PhD programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS).

The ILA PhD program is no longer accepting applications.

Emory’s Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts (ILA), one of the first interdisciplinary PhD programs in the United States, provides a unique, interdisciplinary environment for the pursuit of intellectual projects that cross conventional disciplinary and methodological boundaries, particularly those between the social sciences and humanities. The Institute has a tradition of fostering emergent fields of study and has encouraged the practice of new modes of inquiry at Emory and beyond. It provides a challenging, interdisciplinary space for both faculty and students to pursue theoretically sophisticated and historically grounded studies of culture and society.

Emory’s Health Services Research and Health Policy (HSRP) program trains students to undertake original research, relying on social science theory and using sophisticated empirical analyses, to evaluate current issues in health policy. Our program combines a strongly interdisciplinary and policy-oriented public health approach with rigorous social science training in either economics or political science. We train future researchers and policy analysts for positions in academia, in industry, in research and consulting organizations, in government, and in non-profits focused on health policy and health services research. The HSRP program brings together academic knowledge with applied research aimed at improving the delivery and management of health care services.

Research interests of faculty in the Department of Health Policy and Management incllude the costs of chronic conditions and obesity, measuring outcomes in cardiac care, structuring health insurance markets, health reform in the U.S. and in Europe, and the impact of cancer screening on patient outcomes. The program also benefits from collaboration with several faculty members in the Department of Economics who specialize in the economics of health behaviors and prevention. Our program is closely aligned with Emory's Center on Health Outcomes and Quality and Emory's Institute for Advanced Policy Solutions.

The interdisciplinary PhD program in Hispanic Studies focuses on the language, discourse, and cultural production/practices of the Spanish-speaking societies of the Americas and Spain, with the option of comparative study of the Lusophone world. The program is organized around three thematically-defined research areas:

• Narratives/performance of identity and citizenship 
• Empire, colonialism, and post-coloniality
• Translating language and culture

Other key features of the program include:

• Incorporation of core faculty from diverse departments and programs (Spanish and Portuguese, History, Anthropology, English, Linguistics) along with affiliated faculty (Art History, Comparative Literature, Public Health)
• Structured yet flexible curriculum that facilitates completion of the doctorate in five years 
• Pedagogical preparation: Seminar on teaching of language and culture; teaching opportunities at all levels (four courses total during five years); close mentoring 
• Preparation for academic and non-academic careers with training in grant-writing, presentational skills, and long- and short-form writing 
• Generous base stipend and research support

Global History, Ancient Greece and Rome, Empire, Europe, Colonial and Post-Colonial History, United States, Slavery, Indigenous Peoples, Jewish, Environmental, Latin America, Disease and Public Health, Japan, Frontiers, China, Diasporas, India, Gender, Africa

The History Department offers a dynamic program that combines training in geographic and chronological areas with comparative, thematic, and interdisciplinary study. We provide rigorous preparation in historical scholarship and intensive training in the teaching of history. Our program cultivates a supportive and collegial academic community in which students work closely with faculty mentors. Emory’s state of the art resources and the vibrant city of Atlanta enhance students’ academic experiences and opportunities.

Doctoral candidates in History receive a broad introduction to historical scholarship and preparation in specific skills needed for research in a variety of fields, including work in affiliated departments. Students also participate in an innovative program of mentoring and teacher preparation. The program offers all incoming students with financial support for five years, including tuition, stipend, health insurance, and generous funding for research and travel. Graduates hold positions at universities, colleges, research centers, and in government in the United States and abroad.

History graduate students work closely with faculty mentors to develop a tailored program of study that combines regional and chronological specialization with training in theoretical and interdisciplinary approaches. Working with nationally and internationally recognized scholars, students build a specialized course of study that suits their interests and positions them strategically for their post-PhD careers. Our PhD’s compete successfully for highly competitive jobs, publish outstanding works, and garner the most coveted awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship “genius prize.”

The program’s strengths lie in its student-centered philosophy, flexibility, and strong relationships with other departments in the university. The size of our program facilitates close relationships with peers and faculty mentors, who produce cutting edge historical research and regularly win prestigious fellowships, such as the Guggenheim and American Council of Learned Societies Faculty Fellowships. Emory’s rich library holdings, Center for Digital Scholarship, and affiliated Carter Center broaden student opportunities to expand their research skills and experiences. The city of Atlanta – one of the most diverse and vibrant urban centers in the United States – contributes to the program’s distinctive character by virtue of its cultural offerings and resources.

The Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis (IMP) program offers exceptional interdisciplinary training in molecular and cellular immunology and the role of the immune system in the pathogenesis of infectious disease. The IMP program provides students with a unique opportunity to study all aspects of pathogenesis, ranging from basic immunology to the molecular biology of viral, bacterial, and protozoal pathogens.

The research programs of the faculty members use a wide range of experimental approaches in immunobiology, molecular and cell biology, pathobiology, and genetics. In addition, a number of IMP faculty work at the interface between basic and applied research (i.e., translational research).

A number of faculty in Emory’s IMP program collaborate closely with scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is located directly adjacent to Emory. The CDC is the world leader in uncovering new diseases and identifying infectious agents. It has strong basic science programs in mole ular pathogenesis covering a broad range of microbes, including viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. Several CDC scientists are faculty members in the IMP program.

Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis (IMP) is one of eight interdisciplinary PhD programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS).

The purpose of this program is to prepare graduate students to become leaders of injury and violence prevention within their chosen discipline by:

• Raising awareness of the importance of injury and violence prevention within the graduate student population and engaging Emory’s scholars around an issue of great relevance to society;
• Increasing the understanding of the causes, consequences and control strategies for injury and violence among students in varied disciplines;
• Educating graduate students on research design and analysis methods used to study injury and prevention;
• Exposing students to a vast network of injury experts and practitioners to aid in their professional development.

Islamic Civilizations Studies at Emory University offers a unified thematic approach to the global impact of Islamic civilizations. Focusing on the trans-regional and trans-national connections that have been part of Islamic civilizations from the beginning, the program promotes a multi-perspectival examination of Islamic civilizations by drawing on the multiple disciplines of Emory’s faculty.

By using a broad-based and integrated multidisciplinary approach to understanding and analyzing the Islamic world, graduates of the ICIVS program will be well prepared to assess and make sense of the momentous changes that have and are taking place in this region in a wide range of professional capacities.

The Certificate in Jewish Studies is designed for Ph.D. students in discipline-based departments in the Laney Graduate School who wish to certify a specialization in Jewish studies. The goals of the program are:

• To provide a framework through which students may supplement their doctoral program with broad training in the data, methods, approaches, and languages of Jewish studies;
• To provide students with access to cross-disciplinary perspectives that they may not gain in their doctoral programs;
• To create, through participation in coursework and related programs, a sense of community for students working in Jewish studies;
• To facilitate mentoring and support in identifying professional opportunities such as conference attendance, for grants, fellowships, and jobs, and to prepare students for the professional culture of Jewish studies; and
• To provide a formal framework through which students may demonstrate credentials in Jewish studies for potential employers and granting agencies.

The Mathematics graduate program offers a vital intellectual community that combines cutting-edge research with a friendly and supportive atmosphere. We have active research groups in several areas, including collaborations with faculty members from other programs and schools at Emory and with researchers at universities across the world.

The program offers two degrees in Mathematics:

• PhD in Mathematics (apply by December 15, 2017). Our Mathematics PhD program is suitable for those wishing to pursue careers in academics or industry. Possible areas of research specialization include Algebra/Number Theory, Analysis/Geometry, Combinatorics/Graph Theory, Computational Mathematics, and Topology.
• MS in Mathematics (apply by January 31, 2018). The degree is suited for those with an undergraduate degree in mathematics. Those obtaining the degree may pursue careers in industry or enter a Ph.D. program in Mathematics.

The MD/PhD Program (Medical Scientist Training Program) provides the initial, pre-doctoral training for a career in academic medicine. It is designed to provide highly qualified students with the in-depth, high-caliber research training and medical education needed by biomedical academicians of the future.

The Emory MD/PhD Program combines a rigorous preparation in clinical medicine with interdisciplinary training in the basic sciences. The program design allows students considerable flexibility in arranging both the graduate and medical school phases of study.

The Emory MD/PhD Program provides the research training necessary to work at the forefront of a scientific field while concurrently developing outstanding clinical skills. Upon completion of the program, students receive appointments to the nation’s top residency training and post-doctoral training programs, generally receiving their first choice of appointments.

The Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) provides training in the study of microorganisms and the use of microbial models to investigate basic problems in molecular genetics.

Our faculty members have a wide range of expertise and interests, and our program offers a comprehensive education in the biology of microbes: bacterial genetics and physiology, microbial development, molecular biology of viruses and bacterial pathogens, mechanisms of bacterial and viral pathogenesis, molecular biology of gene regulation, antibiotic resistance, antiviral and vaccine development.

The central goal of the MMG program is to train successful independent investigators in microbiology research. We teach our students the basic principles of microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and molecular genetics, and train our students to read the original literature and interpret it critically. Our goal is to enable our students to construct hypotheses and to design experiments using contemporary technologies to tes  these hypotheses. We emphasize training in effective communication, both oral and written.

The program is designed both for students interested in academic careers in teaching and research and for those interested in careers in related aspects of medicine and industry.

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) is one of eight interdisciplinary PhD programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS).

The certificate in Mind, Brain, and Culture provides an opportunity for students to engage in a cross-disciplinary training experience to broaden their knowledge of and experience with concepts, theories, and methods pertaining to the study of mind, brain, and culture from fields outside their own. Students from any doctoral program interested in issues associated with mind, brain, culture or their intersections are eligible to pursue this certificate.

The goals of this certificate program are to (1) facilitate doctoral students’ appreciation of multi-disciplinary approaches to research in their areas of interest, (2) provide a formal means for pursuing the cross-disciplinary training experiences that many students are otherwise compelled to seek and attain in an ad hoc fashion and (3) provide a formal credential in multi-disciplinary study that will increase student marketability in an environment that increasingly values interdisciplinarity.

The Molecular and Systems Pharmacology (MSP) graduate program at Emory University has a great deal to offer students interested in learning how the drugs of today work and how the novel therapeutics of tomorrow can revolutionize healthcare. The program also offers broad training in the biomedical sciences that prepares students for diverse careers in medical research.

Each year brings the development of exciting new therapeutics in the treatment of cancer, heart disease, AIDS, diabetes, psychiatric disorders, and other diseases. Pharmacology seeks to understand how such therapeutics work and to use this knowledge, along with techniques such as molecular modeling and computer-aided design, to develop new ideas that may lead to the revolutionary drugs of the future. Pharmacology also includes toxicology, the study of the adverse effects of certain drugs and environmental pollutants.

Emory University was recently rated by The Scientist magazine as the #1 university in the world in terms of impact in pharmacology and toxicology research. Particular strengths within the MSP program include neuropharmacology, cancer biology, AIDS research, cardiovascular pharmacology, toxicology, and chemical biology. Trends in NIH funding rank Emory among the fastest growing medical centers in the USA. 

Molecular and Systems Pharmacology (MSP) is one of eight interdisciplinary programs in the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS).

Emory’s doctoral program in Neuroscience provides broad interdisciplinary doctoral training in the study of the nervous system, ranging from the molecular and cellular level to systems neurobiology covering developmental, behavioral and cognitive levels of organization.
The broad spectrum of research expertise provides our students a unique environment in which to pursue their graduate education.

The program includes over 120 neuroscientists drawn from more than 20 different departments in the University, the Medical School, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and Georgia Institute of Technology as well as collaborators from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Thus, our program provides access to excellent labs focused on a wide variety of specialties within neuroscience.

The first-year core curriculum focuses on basic cellular, molecular and systems neuroscience, coupled with research rotations that lead to selection of a thesis advisor. Subsequent years of study are flexible and can be tailored to each student’s specific interests and individualized program of study. The Program’s research enterprise is highly interactive, leading to numerous multidisciplinary collaborations between investigators and students in different research specialties. A hallmark feature of the Neuroscience Program is leveraging the strength of the Program’s interdisciplinary research breadth to generate compelling thesis projects.

The program in Neuroscience and Animal Behavior (NAB) emphasizes behavior as a biological phenomenon, approaching topics within the areas of neuroscience, behavioral endocrinology, learning, cognition, and ethology as a unified entity. Our program integrates research on:

• brain-behavior relationships, particularly regarding social behavior and cognition;
• the ongoing and evolutionary factors influencing individual adaptations; and
• how animals function in their natural environment.

Although our students and faculty are diverse, our shared interest in the mechanisms of behavior sets us apart from other graduate programs of comparable scope. Our research is conducted primarily with animal subjects, although human studies are also performed by some of our faculty. We seek to apply findings to understanding human as well as animal behavior and cognition. 

Emory’s PhD program in Nursing is committed to improving human health, the experience of health, and the provision of health care through the discovery of new knowledge and its translation into practice. The program is designed to prepare researchers who want to revolutionize health care and improve health outcomes for diverse populations.

Our PhD program is a full-time, intense learning experience designed to develop the next generation of researchers, a generation that will change the face of health care. It is built on the research strengths of its faculty in areas of the management of chronic illnesses, the biological and psychosocial bases of behavior, global health, and health care systems, with special emphases on women’s health and the health of vulnerable populations. The program is interdisciplinary, drawing on the strengths of Emory University and its partners in areas as varied as the humanities, natural and social sciences, public health, engineering, theology, law, and business.

The faculty, staff and students of the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing are dedicated to the values of scholarship, leadership and social responsibility in shaping our current and future work as members of a leading private school of nursing.

Emory’s strongly interdisciplinary doctoral program in Nutrition and Health Sciences (NHS) provides the expertise and skills necessary for original research into the relationship between nutrition and human health.

Nutritional science is an increasingly prominent aspect of biomedical science as well as public health programs and policies. Nutrition focuses on foods and nutrients — the composition of foods, the determinants and patterns of food consumption, the relation of foods consumed to physiological needs, and the fate of the nutrients in biochemical processes. Nutritional science investigates these phenomena on many levels, ranging from biochemical processes on the molecular level to population- level determinants of nutrition in the context of social environments.

Nutrition is the quintessential translational science in which discovery, development, and delivery intersect. Advances in the understanding of biochemical processes change the management of clinical disease and public health programs; clinical observations drive future research into the mechanisms of pathophysiology and disease progression; and the need for effective public health programs leads to research on behavior modification and the social processes that influence dietary habits.

The Philosophy PhD program at Emory aims to produce teachers and scholars with a broad and systematic understanding of the history of philosophy. We welcome a diversity of approaches to the study of philosophy, including: analytic, continental, historical, literary, multicultural, and pragmatic. We seek to prepare our graduate students to make scholarly contributions in their areas of expertise and to become responsible members of the philosophical community. 

Our department has both historical and systematic interests. We are particularly strong in four areas:

• The history of philosophy: the expertise of our faculty covers all of the canonical periods in the history of philosophy, including the Middle Ages, nineteenth-century philosophy and twentieth-century philosophy.
• Continental philosophy: several faculty members are noted for their contributions to philosophical scholarship in the continental tradition.
• Culture, history and social theory: philosophers have long emphasized the import nce of society in their reflections on human existence, and our program has more faculty members working in this field than any other in the United States.
• Ethics and political philosophy: our program has expertise in a number of areas, including the American tradition, recent continental ethics, multicultural and feminist approaches, Hume’s ethics and political philosophy, and several more.

The graduate program in Physics offers a comprehensive education in physics and opportunities to engage in experimental and theoretical research with internationally-recognized groups using state of-the-art techniques and instrumentation. We also offer a collegial, supportive atmosphere, with close interactions among students, faculty and staff that are unique to a “research-1 university.”

The research in the program is focused in four principal areas, which are currently among the most active in the basic and applied physical sciences. Both experimental and theoretical research is conducted in the program in each of these areas.

• Biophysics investigates problems at the interface of physical and life sciences.
• Condensed Matter Physics and Optics group at Emory investigates  nanoscale systems where surfaces, interfaces, and confinement effects result in new physical phenomena.
• Soft Matter Physics research addresses the properties of materials that display both fluid and solid behavior ("complex fluids").
• Statistical and Computational Physics addresses both equilibrium and nonequilibrium properties of condensed matter.

Physics researchers at Emory benefit from close interdisciplinary interactions and collaborations with faculty in other graduate programs and research centers at the University. The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is located with Physics in the Math and Science Center Building, and the Department of Chemistry and the Emerson Center for Scientific Computation are located across the street. Medical and Biological Sciences researchers that are part of Emory’s renowned School of Medicine are a short walk away.

Our program awards both a PhD in Physics and a combined Physics PhD/Computational Science MS degree.

The study of politics is one of the oldest scholarly disciplines, with an intellectual lineage that includes Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Locke, and Tocqueville. Political scientists approach the study of politics from a variety of theoretical, normative, and methodological perspectives, all oriented toward understanding and explaining political life. At Emory, we engage in a broad range of approaches to the study of politics, but share a strong commitment to systematic, methodologically rigorous research. Our goal is to train political scientists to engage in research and teaching.

Our greatest strength is our faculty. Thirty internationally recognized faculty cover a wide range of scholarly interests, including international conflict, international political economy, American and comparative judicial politics, congressional politics, elections, urban public policy, political philosophy, the politics of authoritarian regimes, the politics of Southeast Asia, gender and politics, Islam and politics, and the European Union. The department has achieved national stature; Emory has been ranked as a top 20 department by a number of measures of faculty research productivity.

Population biologists pursue research focused on understanding the basis, causes, maintenance, dynamics, and effects of variation in natural populations in systems ranging from viruses to humans.The focus on the use of quantitative methods and models is a strength of Emory’s program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (PBEE). The program in PBEE includes six main areas of inquiry, which broadly encompass major areas of research pursued by our graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty mentors. These include (in alphabetical order):

• Bioinformatics and Biostatistics
• Biology of Species Interactions
• Disease Ecology
• Ecological and Evolutionary Modeling
• Genetics of Complex Traits
• Population and Comparative Genomics

The program is committed to training outstanding researchers capable of original work at the forefront of contemporary interdisciplinary biological science. Coursework provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to become successful, independent researchers. Frequent interaction between professors and students across the  PBEE program facilitates an atmosphere of open discourse, cooperative research, and discovery.

Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution (PBEE) is one of nine interdisciplinary PhD programs in the Graduate Division of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS).

Emory University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences offers a certificate in psychoanalytic studies. The Psychoanalytic Studies Program (PSP) deals with the theory, application, and history of psychoanalytic thought and practice. It is not a clinical training program. Designed to give students a thorough knowledge of psychoanalysis across a range of disciplines, the certificate requires participation in series of informal talks by faculty and students, attendance at colloquia provided by faculty and psychoanalysts, completion of a four-course curriculum, preparation of a substantial paper of publishable quality and inclusion of a section on Psychoanalytic Studies in departmental doctoral examination.

The program draws faculty from Emory College, the Law School, and the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine. In addition, faculty affiliated with the Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute, the Atlanta Foundation for Psychoanalysis, and the Atlanta Psychoanalytic Society participate in the program, linking the academy with the psychiatric and psychoanalytic communities. Some psychoanalytic studies program courses enroll both analytic candidates and graduate students, fostering a rare opportunity for dialogue between traditionally disparate worlds.

The PSP students are provided a great deal of flexibility in designing courses of study to suit their unique needs and interests. Because psychoanalytic thought is not bound to one discipline, students are encouraged to cross disciplinary and intellectual boundaries.

The Graduate Division of Religion (GDR) prepares scholars and teachers of religion and theology, requiring mastery of a specialized field in the context of a general knowledge of the study of religion and the varieties of religious expression and practice.The GDR is unique because of the collegiality and collaboration that characterize this mix: not only faculty working with students, but also theologians working with sociologists, ethicists working with lawyers, Islamicists working with Buddhist scholars, ethnographers working with historians.

The GDR offers 9 distinct courses of study: American Religious Cultures; Ethics and Society; Hebrew Bible; Historical Studies in Theology and Religion; Jewish Studies; New Testament; Person, Community, and Religious Life; Theological Studies; West and South Asian Religions.

The GDR stands at the center of one of Emory’s deepest and broadest communities of inquiry. At Emory, religion is a major focus of interest and research for scholars not only in religion and theology, but also in such areas as African-American studies, anthropology, comparative literature, history, law, medicine, Middle Eastern studies, neurophysiology, nursing, psychology, public health, sociology, South Asian studies, and women’s studies.

The GDR brings together faculty from the Emory's Candler School of Theology and the Emory College Department of Religion.

Emory’s doctoral program in Sociology features an internationally recognized faculty dedicated to both research and teaching, to preparing students for a range of academic and research careers, to high levels of faculty-student interaction and publishing, and to extensive interdisciplinary connections.

We provide rigorous training in theory, research design, and statistics, as well as extensive preparation in these major substantive areas:

• Comparative political economy and global analysis: political sociology; political economy; global development and change; social movements; revolutions; world-systems; welfare states.
• Culture: mass media; religion; social change; world culture; music, literature, and the arts; popular culture; identity construction.
• Social psychology: interpersonal and group processes; status and power; racial attitudes; justice; legitimacy, emotions; identity processes, causes of crime, health and well being.
• Social inequality: education, complex organization; work and industry; medical sociology; gender, race, class, and ethnicity.

We also collaborate in exploring links across these areas. Ongoing projects explore the effects of inequality on physical, mental, and social well-being, the interface between social psychology and culture, and the globalization of cultural objects such as Sudoku and institutions such as religion and trade.

The Certificate Program in Translational Research is multidisciplinary program of the Emory Laney Graduate School for PhD students, Emory postdocs and faculty members who seek to conduct research at the interface between basic science and clinical medicine.

Despite the explosive growth in biomedical knowledge, it has been increasingly difficult to translate this knowledge and discovery into applications for the treatment of disease and to benefit human health. Thus, there is an urgent need to facilitate the translation of biomedical knowledge to improve human health and to address the gap between biology and medicine. This certificate program will enhance and transform translational research training for PhD students at Emory University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Morehouse School of Medicine.

The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program supports a generous and pluralistic understanding of scholarly research on women and gender in relation to other aspects of identity, including race, ethnicity, religion, class, disability, nationality, and sexuality.

Emory was the first university to offer the Ph.D. in Women's Studies, establishing its program in 1990. It remains the only Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies PhD program supported by a private institution. The WGSS emphasizes a wide interdisciplinary range of comparative feminist theories and empirical perspectives as well as grounding in traditional disciplines. Our program supports several distinctive interdisciplinary areas of study:

• Feminist and queer theory
• Race, difference, and justice
• Health, science, and embodiment theory
• Transnational, postcolonial, and political economies

The PhD program offers a great deal of flexibility in shaping a student’s curriculum and generative mentorship from diverse faculty. All students admitted to the PhD program receive full funding for five years. We also offer a graduate certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies for PhD candidates from other programs at Emory.