"The Heinz Ph.D. program is an excellent and highly rigorous academic program. Heinz faculty are widely regarded as top-notch scholars in their individual fields. The Ph.D. coursework is highly quantitative and provides a solid methodological foundation for research."

-- Kartik Hosanagar (Ph.D. '03), Associate Professor of Information and Operations Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Data Privacy & Security Research: PhD students at Heinz College research many different topics. Learn more about the program from two current PhD students who are focusing on data privacy and security.
 

The Heinz College Impact: Click the image above to read about the recent NRC study that ranks the Heinz College Ph.D. program in the top five nationwide.
 

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Heinz College's Ph.D. program distinguishes itself from others because of its interdisciplinary nature and emphasis on solving business and policy problems. Our Ph.D. faculty members have expertise in a wide range of fields, including economics, negotiation, social networks, behavioral sciences, operations research, and computer science. Integrating disciplinary perspectives, advancing theoretical models, and improving the quality of methodological and computer-based tools in understanding these issues are the primary goals of research conducted by faculty and students in our program.

Heinz College's Ph.D. program is highly regarded and our alumni are professors at other top universities, researchers in think-tanks and leaders at various enterprises around the world.

The Ph.D. in Public Policy and Management equips students to address the increasing complexity of public policy issues in key areas like crime policy, drug policy, health economics, labor economics, and technology policy.

The Ph.D. in Information Systems and Management prepares students with a firm understanding of the technical and organizational aspects of information systems, and trains them in analytical and empirical skills to contribute to basic, scientific knowledge.

Features & Benefits:

• Create strong mentoring relationships with acclaimed faculty who closely supervise research projects, allowing you to identify and structure feasible and interesting research questions.
• Learn the value of using theory and methodologies provided by economics, information systems and technology, psychology, sociology, statistics, operations research and organizational behavior to analyze problems.
• Develop your abilities to conduct pathbreaking research in social science, information systems, and management.
• Joint Ph.D. programs with other units at CMU and elsewhere, including CMU’s Tepper School of Business; CMU’s School of Computer Science; CMU’s Department of Statistics; CMU’s Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Technological Change program; and the Ph.D. in Technological Change and Entrepreneurship with a consortium of universities in Lisbon, Portugal.
• Outstanding student placement at academic institutions like Cornell University, University of Florida, University of North Carolina, and Stanford University, as well as at other prominent non-academic organizations, including the Federal Reserve Bank, National Academy of Sciences and the RAND Corporation.