PhD Network Science

The PhD in Network Science is an interdisciplinary program supported jointly by the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, the College of Social Sciences and Humanities, the College of Science, the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, and the College of Arts, Media and Design. The interdisciplinary program provides the conceptual and mathematical tools needed to describe and predict networks in an ever-evolving field. You’ll learn a range of network-based approaches, and will become proficient in relational (graph-based), mathematical, and algorithmic techniques, as well as fundamental network theories that can be used to explain mechanisms and processes of networks across domains—in physical, technological, informational, and social systems.

As the first network science program based in the United States, our curriculum provides a scholarly experience that is truly one of a kind. The program fosters intellectual and quantitative agility, enabling you to combine theoretically-driven inquiries with data collection, analytic tools, and theories and also to understand when, and in what contexts, particular techniques are appropriate and meaningful. You’ll engage in intensive research early in your doctoral experience, on projects led by renowned faculty from our innovative Network Science Institute.