Ph.D. in Media Arts & Sciences

The freedom to research your passions.

Whether you want to dive more deeply into a current interest or branch out into fresh fields of inquiry, we’ll prepare you for a successful career in academia. Our Ph.D. in media arts and sciences program is one of the top research programs in media and communication, with one of the most productive graduate student research records in the world.

Our customizable curriculum will give you plenty of room to grow and explore. It grants the opportunity to dive deeply into your disciplinary focus, but also provides a space in which you can explore meaningful interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations. Our doctoral students research topics as varied as embodied cognition, Israeli satire, and black Twitter.

Last but not least, you’ll join a dynamic, diverse group of students who share your love of media research.

The Media School combines decades-long traditions of journalism and communications with a commitment to preparing students for 21st-century media careers.

Our graduates are journalists and marketing professionals, advertising executives and public relations experts, filmmakers and directors, scholars, game designers, researchers, and more.

Our faculty has the experience that’s just as varied. They’re Pulitzer Prize and Emmy winners, internationally recognized scholars and writers, filmmakers, and game designers.

Together, we’re creating the media landscape of the future.