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Doctor of Business Administration
The Doctor of Business Administration at Curtin University develops highly skilled, critical thinking and practical managers who can read, carry out and apply the results of a research initiative.
Materials Engineering
The Materials Engineering program from University of Illinois at Chicago addresses the design, manufacture, and characterization of materials for specific applications. Materials development is an enabling step to the production of advanced engineering devices.
Mathematics
Graduate students of the Mathematics programme from Sabanci University may choose to follow the regular track of pure mathematics as well as joint work with other disciplines within the university such as the computer science or economics.

Medicine
Join our community of academics discovering solutions to some of today’s key global healthcare challenges. Our Medicine research at University of Southampton is having an impact in areas as diverse as asthma, osteoporosis, antibiotic resistance, developmental origins of adult disease, liver disease and diabetes. We also host the UK's first Centre for Cancer Immunology.
Economics and Econometrics
The Graduate Programme in Economics and Finance (GPEF) at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) trains students to achieve academic excellence in the area of Economics and Econometrics with a particular focus on policy relevant theoretical and empirical research.
Biomedical Engineering
The Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of South Florida prepares students to contribute, both as individuals and as members of research teams, in this highly interdisciplinary field that combines engineering and medicine.
Mind-Body Medicine - Integrative Mental Health
Enhance your capacity to heal those with acute and chronic mental health disorders through the Mind-Body Medicine - Integrative Mental Health course at Saybrook University, an advanced pursuit of indispensable, evidence-based behavioral, nutritional, and spiritual interventions.
Sustainable Built Environment
The Sustainable Built Environment at Cardiff Metropolitan University enables a broad range of professional disciplines to engage in masterminding a change in practice, leading to an enhanced sustainable built environment; focused on buildings, the landscape in which buildings are situated, or components within buildings or the landscape.
History of Books and Reading
The History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) Research Collaboration, based in English & Creative Writing at The Open University UK has made major contributions to the subject internationally.
Astronomy
The Astronomy degree at the University of California, Riverside is designed to provide a broad background in observational, theoretical, and computational astrophysics through a combination of courses and research.
Anthropology
PhD students in the Department of Anthropology at University of Hawaii at Manoa design and implement individualized problem-oriented anthropological research under the guidance of our world-class faculty.
Chemistry
The Chemistry Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston offers a comprehensive Doctor of Philosophy degree, dedicated to cultivating creative and conscientious scientists.
Multidisciplinary Research in Renewable Natural Resources
Sustainable use of resources is imperative for the future of humankind, nature and planet Earth. Many of the research fields included in the Multidisciplinary Research in Renewable Natural Resources programme from University of Helsinki integrate basic and applied research.
Chemical Sciences
At the Weizmann Institute, the breadth of Chemical Sciences research collaborations and an international student body combine to create an unusual atmosphere ─ and a profile that rivals that of any leading research institution in the world.
French
The French course from The University of Cambridge, is awarded on the basis of a thesis, a substantial piece of writing which reports original research into a closely defined area of enquiry.

Life Sciences
The University of Dundee is one of the leading universities in Europe for research in Life Sciences. We make fundamental discoveries on the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying health and disease in humans, animals, plants, parasites and bacteria.
Slavic Languages and Literatures
The Slavic Languages and Literatures program at the University of Pittsburgh encourages interdisciplinary work in training future scholars in Slavic Studies and it prepares students to be competitive on the national job market.
Law
Enhance your knowledge of a highly specialised area of Law by conducting your own research at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Ancient World
Encompassing the ancient world from the western Mediterranean to East Asia, from the Neolithic to the early Medieval period, ISAW is focused on creating a new generation of scholars whose work crosses over the disciplinary boundaries of traditional departments. We offer a Ancient World degree at the New York University.
Environmental Sciences
Learn to recognize environmental hazards, protect human health and improve environmental quality. With a strong basis in quantitative sciences, we prepare graduate students for challenging and exciting careers impacting the world around us. We offer a degree in Environmental Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno.