You must meet both the general and the discipline-specific criteria for admission and be recommended for admission by the doctoral faculty review group in at least a primary discipline (some primary disciplines require a co-discipline admission simultaneously). If you are admitted to a primary discipline only, you must choose and activate a co-discipline by the end of the first semester.
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program application deadlines |
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Discipline |
Coordinator |
Notes |
Application Deadline for Fall |
Application Deadline for Spring |
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Biomedical and Health Informatics |
Dr. An-Lin Cheng |
Requires a second "supplementary" application through the School of Medicine. |
January 1 - April 1 rolling deadlines, with all materials due April 1 |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Cell Biology and Biophysics |
Dr. Jeffrey Price |
Only Fall admissions. Contact Coordinator if you plan to apply after December 15. |
Dec. 15 first consideration, rolling deadlines after that as cohort space allows |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Chemistry |
Dr. David VanHorn |
April 15 first consideration, with rolling deadlines after that as funding allows |
Oct. 15 first consideration, with rolling deadlines after that as funding allows |
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Computer Networking and Communication Systems |
Dr. Baek-Young Choi |
Rolling deadlines |
Rolling deadlines |
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Computer Science |
Dr. Yugyung Lee |
Rolling deadlines |
Rolling deadlines |
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Curriculum and Instruction |
Dr. Candace Schlein |
Only Fall admissions |
Feb. 15 |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Economics |
Dr. Scott Fullwiler |
Feb. 1 |
Oct. 1 |
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Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations |
Dr. Eric Camburn |
Only Fall admissions |
Feb. 15 |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Dr. Ahmed Hassan |
Rolling deadlines |
Rolling deadlines |
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Engineering |
Dr. Ceki Halmen |
Rolling deadlines |
Rolling deadlines |
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English |
Dr. Anthony Shiu |
Only Fall admissions |
Jan. 15 |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Geosciences |
Dr. Fengpeng Sun |
March 31 |
October 1 |
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History |
Dr. Matthew Osborn |
Faculty sponsor required - please contact the Coordinator |
Jan. 15 |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Mathematics |
Dr. Liana Sega |
March 1 first consideration for assistantships/funding, with further applications accepted until April 15 |
October 1 first consideration for assistantships/funding, with rolling deadlines after that |
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Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
Dr. Jeffrey Price |
Only Fall admissions. Contact Coordinator if you plan to apply after December 15. |
Dec. 15 first consideration, rolling deadlines after that as cohort space allows |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Music Education |
Dr. Joseph Parisi |
Only Fall admissions |
Feb. 15 |
Discipline only admits in Fall |
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Oral and Craniofacial Sciences |
Dr. Mary Walker |
Contact Coordinator if you plan to apply after March 1. |
March 1 first consideration, with rolling deadlines after that as cohort space allows |
Rolling deadlines |
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Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Dr. Kun Cheng |
Summer admission available upon request to the Coordinator. |
Feb. 1 |
Oct. 1 |
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Pharmacology |
Dr. Gerald Wyckoff |
Summer admission available upon request to the Coordinator. |
Feb. 1 |
Oct. 1 |
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Physics |
Dr. Paul Rulis |
Feb. 1 first consideration for assistantships/funding, with rolling deadlines after that |
Rolling deadlines |
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Social Science Consortium |
Dr. Marc Garcelon |
Available as a co-discipline only |
April 1 |
Oct. 30 |
If you have questions regarding the application process, please contact the School of Graduate Studies at 816-235-1301.