Overview

Students and faculty engage in research that seeks to identify social, psychological, and behavioral risk factors for disease and illness; understand the psychosocial determinants of health care; understand health protective behaviors, relationships, and institutions; and develop and evaluate health-promoting interventions that are grounded in behavioral and social science theory.

Features

Students in the Doctoral Program in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences at Brown University demonstrate mastery of relevant theory and methods, assessed via coursework and examinations, and complete a dissertation that represents original research.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

A PhD degree in Behavioral and Social Health Sciences at Brown requires completion of 16 courses for students without a master's degree; up to four (4) of these may be fulfilled by prior graduate coursework.

Doctoral students must maintain an average of B or higher in the coursework required for the Ph.D., complete written and oral qualifying exams, and a dissertation representing original contribution to the field.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-09-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-12-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Providence, United States

Disciplines

Organisational Behaviour View 58 other PhDs in Organisational Behaviour in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

The most competitive applicants will have an earned master's degree in public health or in a behavioral or social science field (e.g., psychology, sociology, anthropology, education, communication).

To be prepared to complete the doctoral degree requirements, applicants should have taken quantitative courses, such as undergraduate or graduate level calculus, statistics or probability coursework; and demonstrate research experience relevant to public health.

A key element in evaluating applications is our assessment of the fit between applicant intellectual and research interests and those of one or more of the faculty. Students should identify potential faculty mentors in their application; advance correspondence with potential faculty mentors is highly recommended to establish fit. See a list of our faculty members open to taking students.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

71700 USD / year

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Out-of-State

71700 USD / year

≈ 71700 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

71700 USD / year

≈ 71700 USD / year

Living costs

Providence

United States

1030 - 1900 USD / month

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Scholarships Information

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

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Language

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Delivered

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

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Scholarships Information

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