PhD Admissions
Earn your doctorate at duke.
Completing a PhD program in engineering is hard. Really hard. But after years of preparation, frustration and celebration, a Duke doctorate stands out from the crowd.
Between field-defining faculty and a web of industrial, entrepreneurial and public-policy connections, with a Duke Engineering PhD, you can just about go anywhere and do just about anything your heart desires.
And with Duke’s comprehensive financial and professional support, you won’t take that journey alone.
Duke: The Path to a High-Impact Career
Wherever your path leads you, a Duke PhD will ensure you’ll arrive prepared to make a difference.
Biomedical Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
Guaranteed funding.
Duke provides significant financial support. And that’s just the beginning. There’s mentorship and career exploration support, too.
Generous Stipend
Guaranteed pay, 12 months a year, for the first five years
Paid Tuition
Covered by Duke during the first five years of study
For the first five years, Duke pays all mandatory fees
Insurance Coverage
For six years, Duke pays your health and dental premiums
Applying to Duke
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5 years of stipend—plus six years of health and dental coverage
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Diversity Makes Better Engineers
An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist? Half empty. An engineer sees a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be. Point is, engineers see things differently. Duke engineers see things very differently. Why use glass at all? Can we create a more efficient material? Ooh, should we include a water quality sensor? Here, we value different backgrounds and ways of thinking—because new approaches generate new solutions.
PhD students
Phd students per tenure-track faculty member, of our phd students received an nsf or other prestigious fellowship, in new research awards won in fy22, best graduate biomedical engineering program.
U.S. News & World Report
Lower cost of living in Durham vs. Boston
Facilities: welcome to wilkinson.
The newest of our buildings is 81,000 square feet of transformational design. Inside Wilkinson are research neighborhoods focused on advances in health, computing and the environment.
Dedicated workspaces for doctoral students feature natural light and campus views.
Durham and Beyond
Location. location. location..
At the north vertex of North Carolina’s famed Research Triangle, the city of Durham is essential to the Duke Engineering experience. Among our neighbors are hundreds of startups and standard bearers both private and public, a growing collection of James Beard Award-winning chefs, and a quickly growing community and skyline. River rafting, trail hiking, mountain climbing and sandy beaches are all just a couple hours’ drive away.
It doesn’t take an advanced degree to see why Durham is the #3 best place to live in America according to U.S. News and World Report, but come get one here anyway.
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To graduate from Penn State's 45-credit online Doctor of Engineering in Engineering program, you must maintain a grade-point average of 3.0 or better in all course work including: at least 9 credits of required core courses. at least 6 credits of research and statistics methods. at least 15 credits of technical electives.
Earn Your Doctorate at Duke. Completing a PhD program in engineering is hard. Really hard. But after years of preparation, frustration and celebration, a Duke doctorate stands out from the crowd. Between field-defining faculty and a web of industrial, entrepreneurial and public-policy connections, with a Duke Engineering PhD, you can just about ...