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Human Behavior and Design (PhD) at Cornell University

Cornell University, United States

Programme overview

The Ph.D. in human behavior and Design at Cornell University is a multidisciplinary program integrating the social sciences and design. Research focuses on environmental settings across a range of scales (from products to buildings to cities), that support safe, healthy and productive behaviors and foster sustainable design and lifestyles.

Faculty: Cornell Graduate School  |  Department: Design and Environmental Analysis  |  Duration: 8 semesters minimum  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: Fall  |  Location: Ithaca, NY, United States

What you will study

Concentrations: Human behavior and design.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A student who wishes to enroll in the Ph.D. program in human behavior and design must apply to and be accepted by the field of design and environmental analysis. Prospective graduate students will complete and submit an online application with the required documents outlined below. Applicants who embrace thinking across disciplinary boundaries and who have a passion for teaching and scholarship are encouraged to apply. The strongest applicants are those who have a foundation in research (e.g., have completed a research thesis (undergrad or graduate), have participated in a lab as a research assistant, have perhaps taken a social science research methods class). Application deadline: Fall, December 1; no spring admission

USD 20,800 a year (2026-27). Doctoral tuition per year ($10,400 per semester); the source states $20,800 applies to Ph.D., D.M.A. and J.S.D. programs in endowed and contract colleges; tuition only. Source

Graduate School applications are submitted online through the Graduate School application; the application fee is $105. Each graduate field sets its own deadlines, and many fall between early December and mid-January.

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