Military PhD Programs

Naval Postgraduate School

• Students attending the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Ca., have a number of different military-sponsored Ph.D. degree options available. Students have the option of pursuing degrees in operations and information sciences in the areas of operations analysis, operational logistics, computer science, software engineering, modeling, virtual environments and simulation and information sciences. The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences offers Ph.D. degrees in the fields of meteorology, applied mathematics, engineering acoustics, physics, applied physics, engineering acoustics, mechanical and electrical engineering, astronautical engineering and security studies.

  Naval Postgraduate School
  Public Affairs Office -- Code 004
  1 University Circle
  Monterey, CA 93943
  831-656-2023
  nps.edu

Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

• The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) is the U.S. Military's training ground for graduate studies in the field of health sciences and medicine. Many of the graduate degree programs offered at USUHS are interdisciplinary programs. Ph.D. degrees are offered in fields such as clinical psychology, preventative medicine and biometrics, emerging and infectious diseases, neuroscience, molecular and cell biology and medical and clinical psychology. A joint Ph.D. physician/scientist program is offered as well.

  Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
  4301 Jones Bridge Rd.
  Bethesda, MD 20814
  301-295-9004
  usuhs.mil

Duke University

• A third option for those intending to either teach and perform research in a military-related field is to pursue a Ph.D. in a field such as military history. The U.S. military regularly employs historians in all branches of the armed services. Students of military history holding a Ph.D. are qualified to teach at military colleges and universities, along with non-military institutions. Duke University offers a Ph.D. in military history. Areas of study covered by the program include subjects such as modern terrorism, studies in World War I history, nationalism and exile, Islamic civilization, the military in Germany and the U.S., history at sea and global France.

  Duke University
  Department of History
  226 Carr Building (East Campus)
  Durham, NC 27708
  919-684-2343
  www-history.aas.duke.edu