Departments & Institutes
Students enter graduate study in the Fall term, which is structured to expose students to meaningful research experiences and innovative curriculum before a formal commitment to a specific PhD graduate program (see below for details). Students join a Department or Institute-based PhD graduate program in January of the 1st year, and ultimately obtain their degree from that program. Our graduate programs award PhD degrees that involve original, thesis-based, independent research. To learn more about the breadth of research within a specific graduate program, select from one of the links below.
If you are interested in one of these graduate programs, you MUST apply through ILS.
If you are interested in one of these graduate programs, you can EITHER apply through ILS or through the graduate program of interest.