Joint PhD Societal Computing and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University

The joint PhD in Societal Computing (SC) and Engineering and Public Policy (EPP) is offered by the Software and Societal Systems Department and the Engineering and Public Policy Department. It serves students who conduct research at the intersection of computer science and its societal applications and want to inform public policy. Candidates form one defense committee, give one proposal and one final defense, and submit a single dissertation, with two advisers (one in each programme) or one jointly appointed adviser.

Faculty: Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science  |  Department: Software and Societal Systems Department (joint with Engineering and Public Policy, College of Engineering)  |  Intake: Fall (August); one admission cycle per year  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Pittsburgh, PA, United States

What you will study

Candidates satisfy both departments' requirements with overlapping courses: EPP courses 19-701 and 19-702, 19-703 and 19-704 (counted as the SC statistics course), quantitative methods, economics, social science electives, the SC practicum, the EPP qualifying exams (Parts A and B), SC speaking, writing and computational requirements, and one teaching internship in each department.

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