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157 Best Engineering Doctoral Degree Programs for 2024

Discover the leading Engineering Doctoral Degree programs for 2024. Our list of 157 courses is tailored to help you excel in your chosen field with WeUni.

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Ph.D. in Energy Engineering

University of North Dakota College of Engineering and Mines

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Online

United States of America (USA)

Renewable Energy, Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

This UND graduate program focuses on energy engineering fundamentals, along with independent research and career preparation. You will have the flexibility to attend online or on campus and customize your doctoral program according to your greatest interests.

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3 Years

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PhD in Engineering Education

University of Connecticut College of Engineering Graduate Programs

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Education

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

PhD in Engineering Education. While there has been extraordinary engineering education happening at UConn since 1916, the field of engineering education is its academic study. A Ph.D. in engineering education from UConn will prepare students with the skills and competencies needed to conduct high-quality educational research in the context of engineering programs at both the pre-and post-secondary levels.

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4 Years

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PhD in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Tulane University - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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United States of America (USA)

Biotechnology, Engineering, Chemical Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Ph.D. degree requires a student to reach a critical understanding of the basic scientific and engineering principles underlying their field of interest. In addition, the student must demonstrate the ability to conduct independently an intensive research project and document their results in the form of refereed publications, presentations, and a final thesis dissertation.

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4 Years

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Systems Engineering Doctorate

University of Louisiana at Lafayette College of Engineering

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Systems Engineering is geared toward the rapid design and development of large and complex systems. Systems Engineering integrates all the specialty and sub-specialty groups of engineering disciplines into a team whose efforts result in a structured development process that proceeds from concept to production to operation. Example systems include coastal ecosystems, water treatment facilities, computer networks, visualization platforms, deep-water drilling operations, highway safety systems, biofuels production facilities, robotic units, refineries, fiber optic networks, aircraft, vehicle control systems, biomass gasification units, management of utilities during disaster events, and power grids.

Ph.D. in Engineering

University of Alaska Anchorage College of Engineering

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Engineering Management

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Ph.D. in Engineering - Recognizing that many prospective Engineering Ph.D. candidates are at a point in their lives where moving their residence for one year is not feasible, UAA’s College of Engineering and the College of Engineering and Mines at UAF are now collaborating to allow Anchorage-based students to complete their Ph.D. in Engineering degree while remaining in Anchorage. Previously, the program required students to reside in Fairbanks for 3 semesters. Under a new agreement, although 9 credits of coursework must still come from UAF courses, candidates may request a residency waiver, allowing this work to include independent study courses co-taught by UAA and UAF faculty or courses that are distance delivered to UAA.

Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering

University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Aerospace Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Aerospace Engineering's BioServe Space Technologies has designed, built, and flown 50+ payloads on 40+ spaceflight missions on space shuttles, the International Space Station, and Russian and commercial spacecraft. Students at the NASA-sponsored Colorado Space Grant Consortium, headquartered in engineering's Discovery Learning Center, have designed, built, and flown three space shuttle payloads, two orbiting satellites, 10 sounding rocket payloads, and hundreds of balloon payloads.

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering

University of Rhode Island

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Chemical Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Ph.D. program is research-focused. It provides an opportunity to deepen your chemical engineering knowledge through pursuing a research project chosen from within a broad range of specializations. Coursework can draw from many disciplines.

PhD in Computational Science and Engineering

Michigan Technological University MTU

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Computer Science

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Understand scientific and engineering challenges. Realize the computational theories and methods behind the solutions. Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) at Michigan Technological University is a Ph.D. program engaging faculty and students in interdisciplinary research and teaching, focusing on computational aspects of science and engineering.

PhD Transportation and Logistics

North Dakota State University

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Department of Transportation, Logistics, and Finance offers a Ph.D. degree in Transportation and Logistics. The degree is awarded through the College of Business in collaboration with the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute. The program takes an interdisciplinary approach to transportation and supply chain and attracts students with backgrounds in supply chain management, transportation, agribusiness, applied economics, civil engineering, construction management, emergency management, finance, geosciences, and industrial/manufacturing engineering.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Electrical Engineering

College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

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United States of America (USA)

Physics, Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Electrical Engineering (EE) graduate program at UVM offers you the chance to contribute to EE innovation, while also expanding your career options. UVM offers an M.S. degree with research, project, or course-work options, an accelerated M.S. degree track for qualified undergraduate students as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree. UVM has outstanding EE faculty, who work closely with talented...

MB/PhD – Course Content

Hilderstone College

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Online

United Kingdom

Biomedical Engineering, Health Sciences, Medicine

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The clinical course is based in Cambridge, but students will also study at several Regional Partner NHS Trust hospitals and in general practices throughout the East of England, to take advantage of the different educational opportunities which they can offer.

NOWNano DTC: The North West Nanoscience Doctoral Training Centre

NOWNano The University of Manchester and Lancaster

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United Kingdom

Natural Sciences, Physics, Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

NowNano DTC students undertake a four-year doctoral training programme. A major aim of the DTC is to create a cohort of researchers that are able to draw

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4 Years

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MD-PhD Program

Yale University School of Medicine

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United States of America (USA)

Genetics, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Whether you are a prospective or current student, alumnus, faculty or staff member, you are here because of a shared interest in how physician-scientists can advance patient care through their unique and rigorous training in both clinical medicine and research.

PhD Material Sciences and Engineering

University of Connecticut College of Engineering Graduate Programs

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Materials science and engineering is an interdisciplinary field that studies the structure, properties, and performance of materials such as metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, biomaterials, nanomaterials, composites, and more. It combines principles from chemistry, physics, and various engineering disciplines to understand how materials form, how they behave under real-world conditions, and how they can be used to create new technologies and products.

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4 Years

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Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP)

The University Of Texas Medical Branch

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United States of America (USA)

Biology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, Health Sciences, Medicine

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) at UTMB established in 1981 was the first Ph.D. program in neuroscience in Texas. The rich interdisciplinary program of course work and research provides an internationally competitive education that enhances a trainee's ability to become a scholarly and productive contributor to our knowledge of nervous system function and disease mechanisms.

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research

University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering

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United States of America (USA)

Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

Industrial engineers (IEs) are systems thinkers who combine math, data science, engineering, economics, social science, and business methods to help organizations improve their products and services, mitigate risks, and, more generally, make better decisions.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Civil and Environmental Engineering

College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences

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United States of America (USA)

Environmental Science, Engineering

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Ph.D. program provides an outstanding education in a small focused setting. The doctoral program focuses primarily on the environmental area and computational modeling and information technology applications in civil engineering...

PhD in Systems Science

Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca

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Italy

Engineering, Industrial and Systems Engineering, IT & Computer Science

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Ph.D. Program in Systems Science aims to provide the necessary methodological skills to analyze technological, natural, economic, and social systems by means of descriptive and predictive mathematical models.

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3 Years

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PH.D. IN Earth Systems and Built Environments

Università degli Studi "Gabriele d'Annunzio"

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Italy

Environmental Science, Sustainability, Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The doctorate trains PhDs on broad themes of Architecture, Earth Sciences and the Planets and Civil Engineering. This interdisciplinary research platform includes topics that concern the natural and man-made environments, the risks associated with them (hydro-geological risk, risks and safety of the built environment at different scales, planning, design and conservation of buildings and urban settlements), and georesources. In this context interdisciplinary, it is possible to develop specific doctoral themes capable of generating repercussions scientific and applicative in line with an increasingly complex society. The research activity follows an initial period of basic training and develops collaborations with research institutions and universities which, where possible, will allow doctoral students to obtain an Italian and foreign qualification (in co-tutorship) and any additional certification of Doctor Europaeus or Network Doctorate International.

PhD in Photonics

Max Planck School of Photonics

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Germany

Physics, Engineering, Optometry

PhDs (Doctor of Philosophy)

The Max Planck School of Photonics (MPSP) is a top-tier interdisciplinary graduate school in Germany that provides a unique PhD program (as well as a combined MSc and PhD program) in Photonics for excellent graduates from all over the world. We are not a single university, but a network of 19 top universities and research institutions across Germany. Therefore, we combine the knowledge of the best researchers and offer our students a unique graduate school experience: • Full funding and no tuition fees • Excellent teaching and research facilities • Outstanding network of world-renowned Fellows • Additional curriculum bundling the knowledge of our Fellows and preparing you for your career • Very good connections to industry After completing our "study phase" or if you apply with a qualifying MSc degree you can start your PhD research project. In the 3-year "research phase" you conduct your doctoral project in photonics under the supervision of our MPSP Fellows at one of our 19 research institutions.

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3 Years

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Doctoral Degrees, Engineering

Doctoral degrees, also known as PhDs, are the highest level of academic achievement. They require original research and the completion of a dissertation. Doctoral programs offer specialized knowledge in a specific field, preparing students for careers in academia, research, or leadership roles in various industries.

Engineering is a diverse field that applies scientific and mathematical principles to design, develop, and maintain structures, machines, systems, and processes. Engineers play a crucial role in shaping the world around us, from building bridges and skyscrapers to developing cutting-edge technology and sustainable solutions for global challenges.