Degree Programs
Emory Graduate School offers three kinds of degree programs; scroll down or click on a degree to learn more about each.
To the right is a list of degree programs. Click on a program to learn more.
Emory also offers a wealth of programs, centers and institutes where scholars from many disciplines come together around a common field or topic of interest. Many of these programs and centers function as intellectual centers for faculty and gradaute students from different degree programs, offering seminars, speaker events, and other resources and opportunitites. To learn more about them, follow the link to the left.
To learn more about the wide range of research resources at Emory, as well as about some of the research currently under way, follow the link to the left.
If you are looking for policies and forms relating to academic requirements and progress, please go to our Resources page.
PhD Programs
Emory Graduate School has degree programs in the humanities, the social, natural and biomedical sciences, public health, nursing, and business. Some programs are aligned with traditional departments, but many are interdisciplinary collaborations involving faculty from several departments, disciplines or schools.
- Biomedical Engineering is a joint program between Georgia Tech and Emory,
- The Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS) consists of eight interdisciplinary PhD programs.
- The Graduate Division of Religion (GDR) provides 10 courses of study, ranging from American Religious Cultures to South and West Asian Religions.
- The Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts is an interdisciplinary program crossing boundaries within and between the humanities and social sciences.
- Psychology is home to three PhD programs, each of which collaborates with faculty in other disciplines and schools: Clinical Psychology, Cognition and Development, and Neuroscience and Animal Behavior.
- Women's Studies is an interdiciplinary program drawing together faculty with humanities, social science and science foci.
At Emory Graduate School, we seek to provide graduate education that crosses disciplinary boundries to bring together diverse perspectives on common concerns. Many times, the bridge for crossing boundries is a program or institute that cuts across disciplines:
- Many programs, centers or institutes focus on areas of study and offer seminars, speakers series, or other events that create and sustain intelelctual communities. Some of these programs provide Graduate Certificates (see below).
- A number of research parternships and institutes focus on a resource, method or subject-matter that brings together scholars from diverse fields, often from Emory as well as from other institutions.
To get an even broader view, explore Emory University's Academics and Research website areas.
Master's Degree Programs
Many doctoral programs offer their students a Master's degree as one step on the progression towards completing the PhD. But Emory also has several dedicated Master's programs where students can apply to study for a Master's degree:
The program in Film Studies, in addition to offering a Master's degree, works closely with doctoral students in other programs whose interests revolve around film.
Several programs offer more than one degree:
- Educational Studies offers both an Master of Arts and a Master of Arts in Teaching.
- Mathematics and Computer Science offers Master of Science degrees both in Computer Science and Informatics and in Mathematics.
- Music offers both a Master of Music and a Master of Sacred Music.
Graduate Certificates
Graduate certificates are organized sequences of courses designed to give students a level of systematic expertise in a field. Some certificate programs are offered by programs that also offer another degree, such as an MA or a PhD, while others are offered by programs or centers that do not offer any other graduate degrees.
- Comparative Literature (scroll to the bottom of the page): allows students to combine their disciplinary studies with literary and theoretical issues in Comparative Literature
- Film Studies: available to students in PhD programs that sponsor students interested in film (these include Art History, Comparative Literature, English, French, the Graduate Institute for the Liberal Arts (ILA), Sociology, and Women’s Studies). The certificate is designed to extend graduate students' range of knowledge of the twentieth century's most influential art form. (Film Studies also offers an M.A.)
- Human Rights: combines the teaching and research strength of Emory University with the applied programs of our professional partners, including CARE USA, The Carter Center, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among others.
- Jewish Studies: under development. Visit the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies website.
- Medieval Studies: PhD students currently registered as candidates include students in Art History, English, French, History, and Spanish.
- Psychoanalytic Studies: designed to give students a thorough knowledge of psychoanalysis across a range of disciplines. The PSP deals with the theory, application, and history of psychoanalytic thought and practice. It is not a clinical training program.
- Women's Studies: designed for doctoral students in other programs. Graduate students must obtain consent from their advisor before beginning the program, which constitutes the equivalent of one of the student’s fields for the doctorate.