Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Anthropology | |
Princeton University's Department of Anthropology specializes in interpretive approaches to contemporary cultures and their histories. Our framing of anthropological inquiry focuses on culture process and social change, the contested meanings of social action for participants and observers, the politics... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Architecture | |
The undergraduate program at the School of Architecture is known for its rigorous and interdisciplinary approach to pre-professional education. The four-year undergraduate program leads to an A.B. with a concentration in architecture. In addition to architectural design and the history and theory of... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Astrophysics | |
The undergraduate program in Astrophysics is relatively small but increasing, typically ten to fifteen Astrophysics majors annually. Our program is flexible and is open to a broad range of student interests -- from those interested in continuing their science education in Astrophysics graduate schools... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Chemical Engineering | |
A chemical engineering education can serve as a springboard into fields such as biochemical engineering, medicine, metallurgy, environmental management, applied mathematics, and nuclear engineering. However, many chemical engineers also use their rigorous technical background in fields such as banking... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Chemistry | |
Princeton Chemistry infuses a 200-year tradition of excellence with a distinctly non-traditional approach to graduate and undergraduate education. Using multi-disciplinary study and research, our philosophy is to craft individualized programs for students, enabling them to acquire new knowledge through... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
Civil and Environmental Engineering embodies engineering activities related to building society’s infrastructure and understanding the complex interrelationships between society and the natural and built environments. To fulfill these professional responsibilities, civil and environmental engineers... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Classics | |
The study of the literature, history, philosophy, and culture of Greece and Rome remains a basic component of any humanistic education. Princeton's Department of Classics presents students with the full spectrum of classical culture and its influence through subsequent ages.
Greek and Latin form the... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Comparative Literature | |
The Department of Comparative Literature invites students to approach literature from a broad, cross-cultural perspective. The curriculum encompasses both Western and non-Western languages and literatures, as well as interdisciplinary work of many types. While each student in the Department is expected... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Computer Science | |
Princeton has been at the forefront of computing since Alan Turing, Alonzo Church and John von Neumann were among its residents. The department has experienced significant growth over the last few years, and is now home to 30 faculty, with strong groups in theory, systems, graphics/media, programming... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
East Asian Studies | |
The Program in East Asian Studies is an interdepartmental plan of study directed by representatives of the cooperating departments: anthropology, art and archaeology, comparative literature, East Asian studies, economics, history, politics, religion, sociology, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Ecology | |
Research in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) in ecology spans the spectrum from the highly theoretical to the applied; indeed, most faculty span this spectrum in their own work. Global change, declining biodiversity and the goal of achieving sustainability in our use of natural resources motivate... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Economics | |
The Department of Economics has a worldwide reputation for outstanding teaching and research. Students have unusual access to the faculty, and nearly all faculty members teach undergraduates. There are approximately 50 full-time economics faculty members including department members with joint appointments... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Electrical Engineering | |
Our undergraduate students are drawn from across the United States as well as internationally. Students complete a four year degree program and graduate with an ABET accredited Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree. Currently, we have approximately 96 undergraduate majors (sophomores, juniors and... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
English | |
In the English Department, we read widely across different genres and periods of English, American, and Anglophone literature and explore numerous approaches to literary study with a distinguished, internationally renowned faculty. Our strength is our range and the excitement we bring to our reading:... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
French and Italian | |
The Department of French & Italian teaches these two languages, literatures and cultures at the 100, 200, 300, and 400 levels. It also offers a top-rated graduate program in French. The department is located on the third floor of the newly refurbished East Pyne Building, which also houses the University’s... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Geosciences | |
The Department of Geosciences covers a wide range of fields, and actively promotes interdisciplinary study and research. Students with interest in structural geology, tectonics and geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, mineral physics,geochemistry, biological oceanography, paleontology, paleoceanography,... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
German | |
The department offers five areas of concentration:
1. German Literature. This program focuses on the major periods and forms of German literature with emphasis on literary criticism and the historical context. Students will satisfy the general University requirement of eight departmental courses... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
History | |
The History Department offers forty different undergraduate courses each year. A combination of lecture classes and limited-enrollment seminars, History courses cover two thousand years of human experience in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The faculty approach these areas from a variety of disciplinary... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Mathematics | |
The usual underclass sequences for mathematics courses are 103-104-201-202, which emphasizes applications, or 103-104-203-204, which provides a mixture of theory and application. For students who are not prepared to begin with 103 there is a two-semester sequence, 101-102, providing an introduction to... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | |
Mechanical and aerospace engineers design, build and test devices and vehicles, such as cars, aircraft, satellites, engines, robots, and control systems. Increasingly, electronics, computers, and mechanical devices are more and more integrated, and mechanical and aerospace engineers must have very broad... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Molecular Biology | |
Molecular Biology focuses primarily on the events occurring on the surface of and inside cells. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) encompasses essentially everything else, including, for instance, the coordination of organs in the body via hormones; neural processing and the behavior it generates;... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Music | |
At Princeton, there are two main aspects to studying music. The first is to build a firm basis for further study, to learn fundamental and basic things, particularly about Western music yesterday and today. The second is to engage an area of special interest, which may have been a student's overriding... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Near Eastern Studies | |
The Program in Near Eastern Studies provides students in any department of Princeton University the opportunity to study the languages, modern history, contemporary institutions, and problems of the Near East. Its purpose is to enhance a liberal education and to offer additional training for students... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Operations Research and Financial Engineering | |
Welcome to The Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE) at Princeton University, part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. We are taking part in creating a new discipline within engineering; a discipline dedicated to solving the problems arising from the complexity... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Philosophy | |
Different branches of philosophy are distinguished by the kinds of questions they treat: Metaphysics is concerned with what is, ethics and philosophy of value with what ought to be, logic and philosophy of science with what is knowable. Since important contributions have been made since the earliest... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Physics | |
Physics addresses the material universe at its most fundamental levels. The laws revealed by careful study and experiment should apply from subatomic to cosmological scales. (In fact, these two extremes turn out to be intimately related.) With currently-understood physical law and mathematics as a foundation,... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Politics | |
Princeton University has one of the largest undergraduate programs devoted to the study of politics in the country. In a typical year, the Department of Politics offers approximately 50 regular courses to undergraduates and supervises independent work for more than 200 concentrators (juniors and seniors... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Psychology | |
PREREQUISITES FOR ENTERING THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT: Successful completion of Psychology 101, Introduction to Psychology and Psychology 251, Quantitative Methods by the end of the sophomore year. Students may also fulfill the Quantitative Methods prerequisite by substituting either ORF 245, or ECO... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Public Policy | |
The Undergraduate Program is a departmental concentration for juniors and seniors enrolled at Princeton University. Students have the opportunity to study major problems of contemporary public policy by means of an inter-disciplinary program rooted in the social sciences. The program is unique in its... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Religion | |
The Department. Princeton University has long been committed to the idea that religion, like politics or art, is an important sphere of life and merits systematic attention within the curriculum. The primary responsibility for instruction in this area has, for more than half a century, been entrusted... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Slavic Languages and Literatures | |
A minimum of eight departmental courses is required. Four upper-level (200 and above) courses must be within the department; the other four courses may be from cognate areas depending on the student's particular interests. For example, if the major field of concentration is 19th-century prose, the program... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Sociology | |
Many people who major in sociology had never heard of it before they came to Princeton. These students learn that we offer a cutting edge undergraduate major for people interested in the social dimensions of politics, economics, history, psychology, and demography. We are also a department in which concentrators... |
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Princeton University
Bachelor degree
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures | |
The Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures offers a liberal arts major in Spanish and/or Portuguese designed to give students a thorough grounding in the language, literature, and cultures. Students are encouraged to complement their courses in Spanish or Portuguese with related... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Anthropology | |
Princeton University's Department of Anthropology specializes in interpretive approaches to contemporary cultures and their histories. Our framing of anthropological inquiry focuses on culture process and social change, the contested meanings of social action for participants and observers, the politics... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Applied and Computational Mathematics | |
First Year of Graduate Study:
After the arriving student has his or her feet on the ground, it will be the student's responsibility to choose three areas in which to be examined out of a list of six possibilities to be specified below. This choice of topics should be achieved by the end of October.... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Architecture | |
From the beginning, the School of Architecture's curriculum has always responded to changes in the profession and in architectural education, providing students with courses that reflect contemporary and emerging issues in architecture. Within this flexible academic framework, the School of Architecture... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Art and Archaeology | |
The graduate program in Art and Archaeology is designed to prepare students for teaching and research at the university level, curatorial positions in museums, and other careers in the visual arts. The department's relatively small size, together with Princeton's commitment to teaching, ensures flexibility... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Astrophysics | |
The Ph.D. program in astronomy at Princeton is unusual in providing an early opportunity to engage in research. It typically takes only four years to complete.
In the first two years, a student completes three or four research projects under supervision of faculty members. Although they are called semester... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Chemical Engineering | |
Our mission is to educate the leaders in Chemical Engineering by conducting research that defines the frontiers of knowledge in our field. We prepare chemical engineers for careers in teaching, research and development, and management in academia, government, and industry. Building on world-class research... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Chemistry | |
Established in 1901, the Princeton University Graduate School has won international recognition in the natural sciences, mathematics, philosophy, and humanities. Its graduate students in chemistry learn in an especially stimulating educational environment. The program is small and highly personalized,... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
Study leading to the degree of doctor of philosophy is offered in two areas: environmental engineering and water resources and mechanics, materials, and structures. Each program has procedures for the completion of the general examination outlined under the appropriate areas of study.
Teaching experience... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Classics | |
Graduate study at Princeton has the twin goals of preparing students to become teachers of the classical heritage and of equipping them with the skills and critical methods required for creative and worthwhile scholarship.
The Princeton Classics Ph.D. Program fully recognizes the importance of the diverse... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Comparative Literature | |
The degree of doctor of philosophy in comparative literature is offered by the department in cooperation with the other departments of literature. The program of study enables students with exceptional training in languages and literatures to profit from the increased awareness and understanding that... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Computer Science | |
The departmental Ph.D. program complies with the regulations of the Graduate School. This is a full-time program only.
All non-native English speakers who have not received a university-level degree from a U.S. college or university must pass the University's mandatory English Language Program by the... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Demography | |
A small number of entering graduate students with a strong interest in population and a strong quantitative background, often in statistics, mathematics, or environmental sciences (though not limited to these fields), will be accepted into a course of study leading to a Ph.D. in Demography.
As part... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
East Asian Studies | |
Doctoral training in East Asian languages, literature, history, and civilizations is offered by the Department of East Asian Studies, while programs in art, comparative literature, modern history, religion, politics, and sociology, with a principal focus on the civilizations or societies of East Asia,... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | |
Graduate study in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton leads toward the Ph.D. degree. The special areas of strength in the department are evolutionary ecology, behavioral ecology, theoretical ecology, population and community ecology, physiology, ecological and evolutionary... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Economics | |
The Department of Economics has a worldwide reputation for outstanding teaching and research. Students have unusual access to the faculty, and nearly all faculty members teach undergraduates. There are approximately 50 full-time economics faculty members including department members with joint appointments... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Electrical Engineering | |
Electrical Engineering is a dynamic and broad field. In our department it encompasses the basic physics of semiconductors, through electronic and optical devices, the design of computers, to algorithms and structures for biological and information technologies. By Princeton standards our department is... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
English | |
The aim of the Princeton graduate program in English is to produce well-trained and productive scholars, sympathetic and intelligent critics, and effective and imaginative teachers. The five year Ph.D. program is intense but also supportive. Princeton maintains a feeling of intimacy despite being a high-powered... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
French and Italian | |
The Department of French and Italian offers students a thorough grounding in the language, literature, and culture of one or more of the subjects it teaches, seen as independent disciplines or in combination with other languages and cognate subjects. Its courses provide practical instruction in the... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Geosciences | |
The Department of Geosciences covers a wide range of fields, and actively promotes interdisciplinary study and research.
Students with interest in structural geology, tectonics and geophysics, geochemistry, petrology, mineral physics,geochemistry, biological oceanography, paleontology, paleoceanography... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
German | |
Each year the department admits a small number of highly motivated students who intend to obtain the Ph.D. degree. It does not offer a special M.A. program, but an M.A. degree is awarded, upon request, after successful completion of the general examination. The only major formal requirements for the... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
History | |
The History Department at Princeton University offers course work at the undergraduate and graduate level in a large number of fields. A traditional strength has been European and United States history, but the department for many years now has established a preeeminent reputation for its expertise in... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Mathematics | |
Language exams:
The student satisfies the language requirement by demonstrating to a member of the mathematics faculty a reasonable ability to read ordinary mathematical texts in at least two of the following three languages: French, German, and Russian. One language test must be passed before the... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | |
The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department (MAE) has a long and distinguished history in education and research. Our graduates include many talented individuals who now hold major leadership positions in industry, government and academia. Members of our faculty and staff are intellectual leaders... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Molecular Biology | |
The Graduate Program in Molecular Biology fosters the intellectual development of modern biologists. We welcome students from a variety of educational backgrounds and offer an educational program that goes well beyond traditional biology. The Molecular Biology Department at Princeton is a tightly knit,... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Musicology | |
Musicology embraces the study of history, theory, and practice of music from many points of view; graduate study in musicology may cover approaches such as historical and ethnographic investigation as well as music theory, hermeneutics, and criticism. Students are expected to become familiar with a wide... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Near Eastern Studies | |
The Program in Near Eastern Studies enables students to add a coordinated course of study in the languages, contemporary institutions, and modern history of the Near East to their doctoral training. Students interested in this course of study enter one of the following departments, in accordance with... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Operations Research and Financial Engineering | |
The Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE) is part of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at Princeton University. ORFE is engineering for business, commerce, and industry. Students in the Department of Operations Research & Financial Engineering are both... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Philosophy | |
Graduate education at Princeton is distinguished by its residential character, the small size of its formal seminars (usually 5 to 15 students), and the opportunity for a good deal of individual consultation with members of the faculty. The total number of graduate students in Philosophy who are in... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Physics | |
Graduate education in physics at Princeton is based on the premise that the Ph.D. is a research degree. The program has two main goals: the development of a broad background in basic physics, and, through the completion of a thesis, the expansion of research abilities in a more specialized area. The... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Politics | |
Princeton's Ph.D. program in Politics is among the strongest in the United States . With one of the largest political science faculties of any institution, the Department offers graduate students an opportunity to work with prominent scholars in almost every part of the discipline.
If you ask graduate... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Psychology | |
The program of graduate work in psychology within the Department of Psychology emphasizes preparation for research and teaching in psychology, with specialization in the following broad areas: systems neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, perception and cognition, and personality and social psychology,... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Public Affairs | |
The School's Ph.D. program bases its degree requirements on the doctoral requirements of its affiliated Departments of Politics, Economics, Sociology, and several science departments in conjunction with the Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy. Woodrow Wilson School Ph.D. students... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Religion | |
Princeton University pioneered in developing the study of religion outside the context of theological seminaries and without formal ties to particular religious traditions. In 1946 Princeton founded a Department of Religion in the division of the humanities and nine years later began a graduate program... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Slavic Languages and Linguistics | |
Students do course work in the Structure of the Russian Language (two semesters), Common Slavic and Old Church Slavonic, Old Russian texts, the History of Russian, Comparative Slavic, and one or more of the other major Slavic Languages (Czech, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian). In order to ensure a... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Sociology | |
Graduate studies in the Department of Sociology at Princeton prepare students for the degree of doctor of philosophy. The program focuses on guiding students who have excelled as consumers of knowledge through the transition to becoming producers of scholarship. Students are encouraged to focus on independent... |
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Princeton University
Doctor's degree
Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures | |
The aim of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures is to train students to become effective teachers and scholars of Spanish language and culture. (The department does not offer a graduate program in Portuguese; it does, however, teach graduate-level courses in Portuguese literature... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Architecture | |
The master's degree program is structured around a rigorous sequence of design studios. Studio work is complemented by courses in technology, history, theory, and analysis and representation. Each student constructs an individual program of study to meet course and distribution requirements. Students... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Chemical Engineering | |
Princeton's program in chemical engineering is part of a distinguished tradition of graduate education and scientific research at the University.
Our mission is to educate the leaders in Chemical Engineering by conducting research that defines the frontiers of knowledge in our field. We prepare chemical... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Chemistry | |
The Princeton University Graduate Program in Chemistry is flexible and provides students with the opportunity to create an appropriate curriculum for their specific interests and career plans. Currently, there are more than 160 graduate students and 80 postdoctoral students in Chemistry. There are no... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
A Master of Engineering degree is offered to those students who are interested in the applied aspects of engineering and wish to prepare for professional practice and consulting. The department offers two such programs, the master of engineering in structural engineering and the master of engineering... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Computer Science | |
Princeton has been at the forefront of computing since Alan Turing, Alonzo Church and John von Neumann were among its residents. The department has experienced significant growth over the last few years, and is now home to 30 faculty, with strong groups in theory, systems, graphics/media, programming... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Electrical Engineering | |
The research in the Department of Electrical Engineering focuses on four broad areas: computer engineering, electronic materials and devices, information sciences and systems, and optical and optoelectronic engineering. These disciplinary lines are informal, and interaction and cooperation between areas... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Finance | |
The distinctive feature of Princeton’s Master in Finance program is its strong emphasis on financial economics in addition to financial engineering and computational methods. Graduates of our program have a solid understanding of the fundamental quantitative tools from economic theory, probability,... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | |
The Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department (MAE) has a long and distinguished history in education and research. Our graduates include many talented individuals who now hold major leadership positions in industry, government and academia. Members of our faculty and staff are intellectual leaders... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Near Eastern Studies | |
The Program in Near Eastern Studies enables a very limited number of students to take a two-year multidisciplinary course of study under the guidance of the director of the program leading to the degree of master of arts in Near Eastern studies. Students take
1. appropriate language training and
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Operations Research and Financial Engineering | |
The program is designed to prepare the student for research and teaching. The aim is to provide a strong disciplinary background, coupled with significant competence in some area of application. The emphasis is on the conceptual foundations, mathmatical models, and computational issues in practical... |
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Princeton University
Master's degree
Public Policy | |
The Master in Public Policy degree is an intensive one-year program that provides rising leaders in international and domestic public policy with an opportunity to broaden their economic, policy, and leadership skills. This rigorous in-residence program is designed for mid-career professionals with at... |
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