At the top of the 2010 "U.S. News & World Report" list of business schools is the Harvard University Business School. Harvard's business program emphasizes doctoral-level research in the business field in a variety of sub-disciplines within the field. Harvard emphasizes nine research areas within its business Ph.D. programs, including fields such as organizational behavior, business economics and finance, health policy management, and business strategy. Part of the reason for Harvard's success in various fields of research is the amount of money it invests in business research each year. The Harvard annual research budget for business alone regularly exceeds $100 million (more than any graduate business program). In addition to funding, Harvard makes use of its extensive network of connections throughout the world to place its graduates in prominent positions both within academia and in the business world.
Harvard University
Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
617-495-6128
hbs.edu
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) offers the highest-rated Ph.D. program in the field of engineering according to the 2010 "U.S. News & World Report" rankings. The engineering program at MIT is famous for its research in various engineering fields, such as aeronautics, nuclear science, and engineering and chemical engineering. MIT is home to numerous prominent engineering research centers such as the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the Center for Clean Water and Clean Energy, and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. Numerous other research centers along with top faculty members make the MIT engineering program the first choice on most prospective students' lists of potential schools.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
School of Engineering
77 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3291
engineering.mit.edu
Harvard University also tops the list of top Ph.D. programs in medical research. "U.S. News & World Report" ranked Harvard as the top medical program for medical research in 2010; Harvard also ranked No. 1 in the "Times Higher Education" rankings for top medical schools in the world for 2009. Harvard's reputation in the field of medicine stems largely from its Ph.D. programs that it offers in addition to the traditional M.D. degree. Harvard's annual budget for medical research exceeds $500 million. Students can pursue joint M.D./Ph.D. programs in various fields such as virology, biological and biomedical science, public health, systems biology, organismic and evolutionary biology, biophysics, cellular and molecular biology, immunology, and epidemiology.
Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck St.
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-1000
hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp