Georgia Tech offers 30 doctoral degree programs, with degree options in virtually every science- and engineering-related discipline, as well as technology-focused degrees in areas such as business administration, public policy, international affairs, economics, and more. Our doctoral programs offer excellent preparation for those who are interested in careers in research, management development, design, or consulting; who aspire to formulate and administer policy; or who wish to pursue a career in higher education.
College of Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in areas such as aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, aeroelasticity and structural dynamics, flight mechanics and control, propulsion and combustion, structural mechanics and materials behavior, and system design and optimization.
Doctor of Philosophy in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization
Focus: furthering the study of discrete structures in the context of computer science, applied mathematics, and operations research.
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioengineering
Focus: advancing research that integrates engineering principles with the life sciences to improve health, the environment, and engineering applications.
Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics
Focus: preparing graduate students to reach the forefront of leadership in the field of bioinformatics and computational biology; and integrating research and education on the use of information technologies in biology and medicine.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering
Focus: integrating life sciences, engineering, and mathematics with the goal of enabling students to postulate and solve biomedical problems quantitatively and with a systems perspective.
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in areas such as catalysis, reaction kinetics, complex fluids, microelectronics, microfluidics, optimization, bioinformatics, polymers, sustainable development, pulp and paper, separations, carbon capture, biomedicine, solar energy, thermodynamics, MEMS, environmental science, reaction engineering, cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, biofuels, air quality, modeling, and process synthesis and control.
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in areas such as construction engineering; environmental engineering; environmental fluid mechanics, and water resources; geosystems engineering; structural engineering, mechanics and materials; and transportation systems engineering.
Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Science and Engineering
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in computer-based models of natural phenomena and engineered systems with an emphasis on integrating principles from mathematics, computer science, and engineering to be able to create significant computational artifacts (e.g., software).
Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in areas such as bioengineering, computer engineering, digital signal processing, electrical energy, electromagnetics, electronic design and applications, microsystems, optics and photonics, systems and controls, and telecommunications.
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Science and Mechanics
Focus: concentrating on advanced research geared toward engineering and physical science majors with interests in fundamental mechanics and engineering science.
Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Engineering
Focus: concentrating on advanced research that employs scientific disciplines and engineering principles to address emerging environmental issues such as sustainable air, water, and land resources; human health; and environmental restoration.
Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in areas such as supply chain logistics and manufacturing, economic decision analysis, applied statistics, and human-integrated systems.
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in areas such as metallurgy, polymers, ceramics, paper science and engineering, and functional electronic materials.
Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
Focus: concentrating on advanced research geared toward students with backgrounds in engineering, mechanics, mathematics, physical sciences, and life sciences
Doctor of Philosophy in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering
Focus: concentrating on advanced research in areas such as nuclear power engineering, radiological engineering, and medical physics.
Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research
Focus: advancing knowledge and research in areas such as mathematical optimization; stochastic and probabilistic methods; statistical modeling and analysis; design and analysis of algorithms; and computational and numerical methods.
Doctor of Philosophy in Paper Science and Engineering
Focus: employing multiple science and engineering disciplines to advance knowledge and research in the production of paper, tissue, and other products from natural fiber.
Doctor of Philosophy in Robotics
Focus: educating a new breed of multidisciplinary researchers in robotics who will provide leadership in this rapidly evolving discipline and help meet the growing industrial and societal demand for advanced education and research in robotics.
