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PhD Programs

Northeastern’s PhD programs offer ingredients essential for excellence: a world-class faculty, expanded mentoring, robust resources, and experiential opportunities inside industry, government, and other universities and nonprofits.

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Economics

The PhD in Economics is a small and focused program, with students concentrating in one of two areas of specialization: Industrial Organization, Competition Policy, and Regulatory Economics and Labor Economics. The program is applied in nature and is designed for students who are considering work in the government and private sectors as well as academic jobs.

History

The PhD program in History is one of the leading programs in the country that specifically emphasizes World History as a primary field. The department’s 19 full-time faculty members offer courses spanning the globe: from Asia to Africa to Latin America to Europe to the United States. Interdisciplinary and multidimensional, the program has particular strengths in gender, social, cultural, and legal history.

Network Science

The Network Science PhD program provides tools and concepts for understanding the structure and dynamics of networks across a wide range of domains, including human behavior, socio-technical infrastructures, and biological agents and epidemic diseases and engages faculty across Northeastern's colleges.

Sociology

The PhD in Sociology is designed to prepare students for a range of career options, post-graduate educational opportunities, and a life of engaged, democratic citizenship. Through a rigorous curriculum, students experience methodological, theoretical, and substantive training aimed at enhancing critical thinking, social awareness, and a globally-oriented conception of inequality and justice.

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Professional Doctorates

Northeastern offers customizable courses of study, flexible formats, and challenging work experiences that propel careers forward.

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