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Engineering

PhD Public Affairs at University of Texas at Dallas

University of Texas at Dallas, United States

Programme overview

Through a faculty-guided program of instruction, research and mentoring, students in the Public Affairs doctoral program develop a firm understanding of the broad intellectual tradition of public administration and related fields. The guiding philosophy of this research-oriented degree is that "public affairs" involves more than a merely functional administration, policy implementation or quantitative policy analysis.

Faculty: School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences  |  Location: Richardson, TX, United States

What you will study

Requires 54 semester credit hours beyond the Master's degree. Structure: Required courses and dissertation:.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Application Deadlines: Due to the cohort nature of the PhD program in Public Affairs, admissions are limited to the fall semester only. The application deadline for students seeking funding through assistantships is January 15. The application deadline for students not seeking funding is May 1.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms: Fall, Spring and Summer; doctoral programmes follow their own deadline schedule and available terms.

Doctoral applications: Fall opens August 1 of the prior year, priority December 15, closes May 1; Spring opens January 15 of the prior year, priority May 15, closes October 1; Summer opens August 1 of the prior year, priority October 15, closes March 1. Programmes may set their own schedules. The application fee is $75.

Apply through the official page: https://enroll.utdallas.edu/

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