North Carolina Doctoral Programs

University of North Carolina: Education Doctorate

• The School of Education at the University of North Carolina provides a doctoral degree program where candidates pursue any one of four fields: education, school psychology, curriculum and instruction, and educational leadership. The education doctorate also includes three specializations: early childhood, intervention an literacy; culture, curriculum and change; and educational psychology, measurement and evaluation. Students preparing to defend a thesis use a number of research centers affiliated with the university, such as the Center for Developmental Science, the National Research Center for Rural Education Support, and the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute.

  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  School of Education
  CB 3500 Peabody Hall
  Chapel Hill, NC 27599
  919-962-2211
  unc.edu

Wake Forest: Biology Doctoral Program

• Students pursuing a doctorate in biology from Wake Forest University begin studies as graduate students in a 24-credit program. During their second year in the biology department, masters candidates must past qualifying exams to begin their doctoral research. The coursework, although primarily research-oriented toward preparing a dissertation, does include a mixture of graduate classes and seminars. The university pays for the student's full tuition and offers a stipend that amounted to $14,000 in 2009. However, students work as teaching and research assistants. Many students use the departments popular Microscopic Imaging Core Facility for their research.

  Biology Department
  226 Winston Hall
  Box 7325 Reynolda Station
  Winston-Salem, NC 27109
  336-758-5322
  wfu.edu

Duke University: Doctoral Degree Programs

• The physics department at Duke University's Graduate School offers a doctorate degree in physics to graduate students interested in continuing studies beyond their masters degree. Upon completion of the degree, doctorate candidates decided upon an original thesis. All candidates receive a yearly stipend of $26,453 and work as either research or teaching assistants during their studies. Doctoral students research in a number of specific physics fields such as condensed matter physics, string theory, high energy physics and experimental nuclear physics. As of the 2010, the school enrolls approximately 70 students taught by 38 faculty members.

  Duke University Graduate School
  2127 Campus Drive
  Durham, NC 27708
  919-681-3257
  duke.edu