page_title: Princeton University Graduate School
section_title: Degrees and programs
hierarchical_section_title: Princeton University Graduate School / Academics / Degrees and programs
caption_attribution_description: Clio Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
context_page_description: The Graduate School of Princeton University is the main graduate school of Princeton University. Founded in 1869, the School is responsible for the majority of Princeton's master's and doctoral degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. The school offers Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in 42 disciplines. It also administers several pre-professional programs, including the Master in Finance, Master of Science in Engineering, and Master of Engineering, Master in Public Affairs, Master in Public Policy, and Master of Architecture degrees.
  The Graduate School is widely considered to be one of the best academic institutions in the United States and in the world. Students are able to work directly with faculty advisors, many of whom are the leading scholars in their fields. The relatively small number of students allows doctoral education to be tailored to each students needs, emphasizing original and independent research in a tight-knit community of scholars. Students who complete the program continue on to careers in academia, government, and industry.
context_section_description: The Graduate School offers a number of degree-granting programs in the fields of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. In addition to its own Masters and PhD programs, the School oversees graduate degrees for the Bendheim Center for Finance, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School of Architecture, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
  Humanities
  Architecture
  Art and Archaeology
  Classics
  Comparative Literature
  English
  French and Italian
  German
  Music Composition
  Musicology
  Philosophy
  Religion
  Slavic Languages and Literatures
  Spanish and Portuguese
  Social Sciences
  Anthropology
  Economics
  Finance
  History
  Politics
  Sociology
  Statistics and Machine Learning
  Natural Sciences
  Applied and Computational Mathematics
  Astrophysical Sciences
  Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  Chemistry
  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  Geosciences
  Mathematics
  Molecular Biology
  Neuroscience
  Physics
  Psychology
  Engineering
  Chemical and Biological Engineering
  Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Computer Science
  Electrical Engineering
  Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  Operations Research and Financial Engineering
caption: Office of the Dean of the Graduate School
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