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Human-centered design+leadership at mit, integrated design & management.

A first-of-its-kind Master’s degree program that combines the inspired, intuitive methods taught in the world’s best design schools, with the systematic, analytical methods required by the world’s best engineering and business schools.

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The first PhD in design program in the US, Institute of Design’s PhD is a top-rated graduate program for those seeking to teach or conduct fundamental research in the field. Our PhD alumni have gone on to lead noted design programs at universities all over the world and lead practices at global corporations.

By pursuing rigorous research in an area that aligns with work by our PhD faculty, you’ll work directly in some of the most exciting design-focused work being done today. To learn more about research at ID and our PhD in Design, complete this form .

PhD Faculty Advisors

Weslynne ashton.

Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability & Food Systems Action Lab Co-Director

Anijo Mathew

Dean, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Urban Technology, & ID Academy Director

Assistant Professor of Data-Driven Design

Ruth Schmidt

Professor of Behavioral Design

Carlos Teixeira

Charles L. Owen Professor of Systems Design and PhD Program Director

Degree Requirements

All PhD students will work closely with their advisors to plan their course of study and research. Students complete a total of 92 credit hours:

• Up to 32 credits can be transferred from a master’s program
• 12 course credits
• 48 research credits

Courses may be selected from across the university’s course offerings to complement the objectives of the student’s program.

Admitted doctoral students will be required to submit and obtain approval for a program of study. Within two years of being admitted, students take a comprehensive examination, after which, students will be considered candidates for the PhD degree.

The research component of the program grows as the student progresses. The dissertation created from this work is intended to create a substantial and original contribution to design knowledge.

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Designed for professionals who want to reach the next level of design leadership, ID’s PhD Corporate Partnership provides candidates and organizations the tools and techniques needed to grow leadership and innovation within your organization.

Candidates should have a master’s degree in design (or equivalent) and/or significant experience as a professional designer.

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Across the entire school, ID alumni make up a strong network—a uniquely skilled set of more than 2,400 people across 32+ countries who deal with difficult issues and navigate them with clarity, purpose, and discipline.

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Tuition and research stipends are extremely limited. Only self-funded applicants will be considered.

Fall 2024 Admission

January 19, 2024 (priority admission) March 1, 2024 (final general admission)

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Doctoral Program FAQs

Candidates who do not have backgrounds in one of the School of Design's area of focus (Communication Design, Product Design, Interaction Design, UX design, Environments Design, Service Design, Design for Social Innovation, design research, design theory) would not be eligible for Teaching Fellowships. They may, however, be considered for the self-funded PhD option. Additional study, such as the School’s MA, MPS or MDes degree could make such candidates eligible for PhD Teaching Fellowships. Please contact us for advice on this matter.

Yes. Candidates with expertise on housing, interiors and smaller-scale architecture and an interest in Transition Design may apply and help the School build out its offerings in Environments Design.

No. The Human Computer Interaction Institute offers a PhD with pathways in Interaction Design. Consequently, applicants with research topics and approaches that demand significant amounts of coding or more cognitive science based research methods will be encouraged to apply to HCII.

In some cases, 3+ years of high-level professional design experience, demonstrated with a portfolio and a well-formulated research proposal may meet the application requirements.

In some cases, yes. Applicants with backgrounds in Business and Management, but with additional expertise and experience in Design, and who are interested in Transition Design, should apply to this program and will be encouraged to seek faculty advisers from other areas on campus. We would be particularly interested in candidates with business and management expertise related to Transition Design such as circular economies, sustainable design, and B corps.

Carnegie Mellon is a highly ranked research university and there are potential advisors from a wide range of disciplines on the campus. We also have a network of potential advisors who are based in other institutions.

No. The language requirements for application to the program cannot be waived. Please review these carefully.

No. Unfortunately we do not have the ability to review portfolio materials for each inquiry that we receive. To be considered for the program you will need to formally apply.

No. We do not currently offer an online option for our PhD degree. We hope to eventually offer a part time PhD degree but it is not an option at this time.

No. The only funding opportunity available is the Teaching Fellowship which requires students to teach 1-2 courses during the academic year.

 Ph.D. in Human Behavior and Design

The research tradition within the Human Behavior and Design major is based on the social sciences, in particular environmental psychology and human factors and ergonomics. The underlying premise is that systematic, empirical research based in the social sciences, when combined with an understanding of design processes, can contribute to the planning, design, and management of environments that enhance individual and organizational effectiveness.

Program Focus

The Ph.D. in Human Behavior and Design at Cornell University is a multidisciplinary program integrating the social sciences and design. Research focuses on environmental settings across a range of scales (from products to buildings to cities), that support safe, healthy and productive behaviors and foster sustainable design and lifestyles.

The program brings together faculty and students with expertise in the fields of interior, industrial and graphic design, architecture, art, design history, historic preservation, design with digital media, building technology, environmental psychology, human factors and ergonomics, economics, and facility planning and management to work on problems related to the interior environment.

The Ph.D. in Human Behavior and Design rests on the following basic premises:

• Development of the knowledge base guiding the planning, design, and management of physical settings requires systematic, empirical research.
• The physical environment affects the realization of human and organizational potential including health, safety, comfort, productivity and satisfaction.
• The users of environments are diverse and have different needs. Individual characteristics such as culture, gender, stage in the life course, family structure, role or task affect environmental needs.
• Organizational culture, goals, and structure help shape building design and use.
• The planning, design, and management of good environments require consideration of all users.
• Understanding organizational and human needs is no less critical than understanding financial, technological and aesthetic factors influencing the planning, design, and management of our physical surroundings.
• Multidimensional spatial experiences are heightened through an understanding of design elements, such as circulation, materials, lighting and acoustics.
• Theory provides a foundation that both informs and is informed by research and practice.

The program draws its strength from faculty knowledge and research in the following four areas:

• Environmental Psychology
• Facility Planning and Management
• Human Factors and Ergonomics

Ph.D. Requirements

Ph.D. in Human Behavior and Design curriculum requirements  and the graduate student handbook .

People who embrace thinking across disciplinary boundaries and who have a passion for teaching and scholarship are encouraged to apply. The strength of this unique new program is the integration of scientific and creative expertise within the same department. Applicants' prior disciplines might include (but are not limited to): social science, design, or engineering.

For more information, please contact the Graduate Field Assistant at [email protected] .

Applications are due November 1st . Applications are accepted for Fall Admission only.  

In addition to the online application via the Graduate School website , the following required documents must be submitted online:

• Academic Statement of Purpose (within 500 words)
• Personal Statement (limit 500 words)
• Three letters of recommendation
• Official transcripts
• Writing sample
• Curriculum vitae
• GRE general test (The desired combined score should be greater than or equal to 310—for the new scoring system effective November 2011—or, a combined score of 1200 for the old scoring system.)
• TOEFL - test for International students (DEA overall minimum: 105, plus Graduate School minimums must be met for each section: writing: 20; listening: 15; reading: 20; speaking: 22)
• OR IELTS - The Graduate School requires an overall band score of a 7.0 or higher on the IELTS

For additional information on how to apply, please visit Graduate School Admissions.

The intent of the Ph.D. in Human Behavior and Design program is that all admitted students will be fully funded with tuition, fees, and a stipend for a period of four academic (9 months) years contingent upon satisfactory progress toward the degree.

Prospective Ph.D. Student Application Requirement FAQ

Contact the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) at  [email protected] .

First, you should read papers written by faculty with whom you might like to work to see if your interests align. Carefully review the websites and online materials provided by the program. In your application, describe your experience related to research, statistics, design, etc. Demonstrate your research experience. Describe you interests – possible dissertation research directions. Indicate your goals following the PhD. Request letters of recommendation from people who can speak to your research aptitude, commitment, preparedness, work ethic.

Yes, the Graduate School can help with this, but you must still adhere to our requirements and deadlines. 

No, we only have one admission cycle, applications are due in November for PhD; students start in the Fall semester of the following year.

All application materials are submitted online via the Graduate School’s application system (available on the web at: http://www.gradschool.cornell.edu/admissions/applying/apply-now ). 

No, a portfolio is not required for the Ph.D. degree.

No, but scholarly writing sample submissions are preferred (ex: Master’s Thesis; Peer Review Journal Article; Senior Honors Project).

One writing sample is sufficient.

HCD provides four years of funding to Ph.D. students in HBD, as long as students’ progress and performance is satisfactory. This funding could take the form of teaching assistantships, research assistantships, fellowships, or some combination and is typically for the nine-month academic year.

No, it is not necessary to have an MS or MA before beginning the PhD.  The strongest applicants are those who have a foundation in research (e.g., have completed a research thesis (undergrad or graduate), have participated in a lab as a research assistant, have perhaps taken a social science research methods class).

For the PhD in Human Behavior and Design, a background in both design and research is preferred, but students may come from a variety of disciplines.

Yes, HOWEVER, if substantial progress has not been made on their Master’s, then it’s a long shot. Applicants should be told the following two things: 1. Their Ph.D. work will take 4 years to complete, and 2. Lack of substantial progress on their Master’s Thesis will be viewed as a liability.

Yes. Note that GRE scores must be less than five years old. See the language proficiency requirement here . 

No. Academic letters of recommendation are valuable and somewhat preferable; however recommendations should be from people who can best assess the qualities, characteristics, and capabilities of the applicant. 

Cornell’s institutional test code for ETS is 2098. DEA’s department code is 4499.

D+EA recommends a combined verbal/quantitative GRE score of 310 (new scoring system effective November 2011) or a combined score of 1200 (old scoring) but this is not an absolute cutoff. Candidates with strong applications, but scores below this level, may be considered. You may submit scores to D+EA more than once if you re-take the test. Your scores may not be older than 5 years. Please plan to take the GRE in time to submit your scores by the application due date. 

No, the GR’s can't be waived.

Yes, GREs can be retaken, but scores must be submitted by the application deadline. 

We strongly encourage you to take the GRE and TOEFL/IELTS tests early enough in advance that your scores will be received by our application due date. We may allow some latitude, however. If your official scores have not arrived by the due date, but your unofficial scores have, we may hold your application if approved by the DGS. Your scores are automatically reported to Cornell by the testing service (ETS) as soon as they are ready, and the Graduate Field Assistant will automatically add them to your packet.

Please see the graduate school's website .

D+EA recommends a GPA of 3.0 (minimum), but this is not an absolute cutoff.

The online application requires you to upload an unofficial copy of each official transcript from each college or university previously attended. To prepare your transcripts, follow the steps below:

Admitted students who accept the admission offer are required to submit an official  transcript prior to matriculation.  For more information visit:  https://gradschool.cornell.edu/admissions/prepare/transcripts/

It is advised that you periodically check your application on line to see if your application is complete, especially if you are waiting for letters of recommendation to be uploaded. D+EA’s Graduate Field Assistant may, as a courtesy, send you a reminder if you have missing information when the committee begins to review applications. If you have questions, please contact D+EA’s Graduate Field Assistant at [email protected] .

Yes, we allow deferments up to one year, but this must be decided when responding to the department’s offer.  To request a deferral, by the "reply by" date (typically April 15) an applicant must first accept the offer of admission and then request (and provide a reason for) the deferral.  Applicants cannot defer admission after declining our offer; instead the applicant must re-apply.

Yes, but this is on a case-by-case basis, and the D+EA Graduate Faculty will make decisions as to what is allowed or not allowed. Typically, you will need to provide a syllabus for your prior course(s).

 If you would like to schedule a visit, you should first make an appointment with D+EA’s DGS. If you would like to meet with other D+EA Faculty, you could also schedule meetings with them while you are on campus. Many students also enjoy taking a walking tour of campus while they are here: http://www.cornell.edu/visiting/ithaca/walking_tours.cfm .    Other useful links include the campus map  and the Visit Ithaca web site: http://www.visitithaca.com/

Ph.D. Program FAQ

Our Ph.D. students often find jobs in academia but some choose to pursue jobs in industry (e.g. Apple, Google) or as design researchers/environmental psychologists within large architecture firms.

Yes, The Graduate School regularly collects and shares information on graduate student experiences and outcomes to support prospective applicants in their decision-making process. For more information please see their metrics and outcomes data .

No, D+EA does not offer online classes for the Ph.D. program.

Yes, the Ph.D. program is STEM certified.

The first two years are dedicated primarily to course work (in your major field and two minor fields).  At the end of year 2, PhD students complete qualifying exams (“A Exam”).  Arrangements for you’re A-Exam are made with your dissertation committee. A dissertation is required.  Years 3 and 4 focus primarily on research and the completion of the dissertation.  The “B Exam” is the dissertation defense. 

Four years.

Yes, PhD students are expected to be on campus for the 4-year PhD degree. For more information please see: https://living.cornell.edu/live/wheretolive/housingoptions/index.cfm  

This depends on what sort of funding is awarded to the doctoral student. In most cases, Ph.D. students will be asked to function as a teaching assistant for at least part of their time in D+EA.

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Design can be employed strategically in firms. These PhD projects seek to better understand the strategic role of design.

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The technology feasibility process is full of risk and uncertainty, but has a major impact on product development. This PhD project seeks to better understand the characteristics of an effective feasibility process for medical devices.

From co-production to co-creation (CoCo) This project aims to identify co-production/co-creation activities and roles in B-to-B (Business to Business) service relationships and to develop models and management tools for effective and efficient co-creation of services.

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Mission of the programs

The PhD Program prepares students to become public intellectuals and transformative practitioners in shaping the environment at all scales – from the design of cities, buildings and landscapes, to interiors, products and graphics, to the arts.

Goals of the program

The PhD Program has two goals:

• To educate people who will pursue academic paths or assume leadership roles in professional design, environment and art practices, the public sector and the nonprofit sector.
• To educate people who will emphasize sustainability, innovation, community building, cultural and contextual awareness.

PhD interdisciplinary experience opportunities

The PhD in Design, Environment and the Arts Program in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts strongly believes in the benefits derived from an interdisciplinary experience while at ASU. Consequently, the PhD Program developed several academic connections with other programs at the university. Such connections provide our PhD students with enviable opportunities for interdisciplinary studies and research. For example, many courses offered in these programs are both relevant and available to PhD students. Furthermore, faculty members from these other programs can participate as members of a student's dissertation committee, although they cannot serve as chairs. 

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Ph.d. in planning, design and construction.

The Ph.D. in Planning, Design and Construction (PDC) program prepares students for advanced research careers and teaching in universities. We train researchers and professionals to address the planning, design and construction of the built environment —buildings, facilities, interior spaces, infrastructure, neighborhoods, and communities — an integral part of our society.

The PDC program offers three concentrations for the PhD degree:

• Construction management (CM)
• Environmental design (ED)
• Urban and regional planning (URP)

Degree Requirements

The Ph.D. degree requires completion of 45 credits with a minimum 3.0 GPA and culminates in a dissertation of original research which makes a significant contribution to knowledge.

Detailed degree requirements please see PhD Student Handbook

Please contact the Ph.D. Program Director for academic, research and program-related inquiries.

How to Apply

Applicants to the Ph.D. program must obtain a master’s degree in a related discipline and demonstrate strong capabilities to succeed in graduate study.

Applicants are highly encouraged to reach an agreement with an Advisory Faculty Member (listed below) in a desired concentration to serve as Major Professor and to secure possible funding support such as graduate assistantship.

Application deadline is February 1 . Perspective applicants should complete their application by January 1 for full consideration for financial aid including fellowships, assistantship, and scholarship which are often very competitive.

Detailed application requirements please see Admissions Requirements .   

Please contact the Graduate Program Coordinator for application, admission and administrative inquiries.

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Once you submit an application for admission, you will receive a confirmation email. You should then log into the student portal to see the status of your application and upload any needed documents.

Dong Zhao LEED®AP

Director, Planning, Design and Construction Doctorate Program [email protected]

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Jordan Kenyon

Graduate Program Coordinator [email protected]

Advisory Faculty for PhD Concentrations

George Berghorn, LEED AP BD+C, CGP

Assistant Professor, Construction Management and Research Director for Mass Timber at MSU [email protected] 517-353-8756

Assistant Professor, Urban & Regional Planning [email protected]

Associate Professor, Urban & Regional Planning Program [email protected] 517-353-3184

Mohamed El-Gafy, PE

Associate Professor, Construction Management [email protected] 517-432-6512

Zenia Kotval, Ph.D., FAICP

Professor and Program Director, Urban & Regional Planning [email protected] 517-353-9362

Zeenat Kotval-Karamchandani, AICP

Associate Professor, Urban & Regional Planning [email protected] 517-353-5460

Associate Professor, Interior Design [email protected] 517-432-3249

Assistant Professor, Interior Design [email protected] 517-884-7882

Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture [email protected] (517)353-9207

Trish Machemer

Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Program and Urban & Regional Planning Program [email protected] 517-353-9047

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Innovations in technologies redefine and reshape people's lives, changing social and cultural practices, norms and values, institutional processes, and economies and infrastructures. Working to develop new applications for existing and emerging human-centered technologies informed through rigorous, interdisciplinary research and managing socio-technical transitions is a fast-growing and highly important area of research across a number of fields and disciplines. The mission of the Tandon School of Engineering's Human-Centered Technology, Innovation & Design Ph.D. program is to educate and train scholars who will produce pioneering research and scholarship at the vanguard of technological practice and theory.

This program fosters student research through its focus on high-quality supervision and training by faculty members with significant research strengths in a diverse range of technology-related fields, including: digital media and creative practice, design and human-computer interaction, science and technology studies, urban and environmental studies, sociotechnical complex systems, and technology management and innovation. Students in the program typically follow an individualized path based in one of four main areas of focus:

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The Human-Centered Technology, Innovation & Design program is a unique interdisciplinary Ph.D. program, offering a rigorous and flexible course of study that unites the strengths of the Departments of Technology Management and Innovation and Technology Culture & Society at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. It is ideal for students who are primarily interested in pursuing teaching and/or research-based careers at higher education institutions. Universities with undergraduate and graduate programs that emphasize the integration of design and technology development with the critical study of society and technology or the management sciences are a primary source of career opportunities for our graduates. Similarly, government agencies, not-for-profit research organization, think tanks, corporate research centers, and research-based design and consulting firms also seek our graduates. 

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Admission to the Doctor of Philosophy in Human-Centered Technology, Innovation & Design program is based on an in-depth evaluation of the applicant’s academic record, professional experience, research potential, interest in doctoral study, and overall intellectual and professional qualifications. The GRE is optional, while proof of english language proficiency is required for international students.

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Degree Requirements and Curriculum

The curriculum for the Ph.D. in Human-Centered Technology, Innovation & Design Program fosters a research-intensive doctoral education relevant to understanding and shaping the impact of new technologies on a complex and rapidly-changing society and its institutions. We focus on how technology shapes and molds society and culture and how, in turn, social and cultural institutions respond to those impacts. 

The core coursework exposes students to advanced design and research skills modulated by the development of a critically reflexive understanding of the ways in which society and technology deeply influence design and development. Research methods courses help students develop advanced qualitative, quantitative, and practice-based research as the basis for inquiring into, designing, and evaluating new technologies in the service of society.

Thematic elective courses help students gain in-depth knowledge in a focused area related to the key themes of human-computer interaction, design research, and management science. Our faculty also specialize in several areas of focus: disability studies and inclusive design, citizen science, urban sustainability, design for social change, science and technology studies, design studies, and technology ethics and politics. Students and doctoral advisers work together to curate and develop a rigorous course of study in the program.

Students are required to complete 75 credits, including 51 credits from the course work, which includes doctoral seminars, research methods courses, and thematic electives, and 24 credits from the dissertation. For more information on specific faculty interests, please refer to the faculty pages under the relevant programs.

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Students are expected to work actively with one or more faculty each year, and focus on completing research. Students are strongly encouraged to present research in progress once a year and work towards publishable papers, usually with a faculty as co-author. Students are strongly encouraged to work with their primary advisors to outline a plan of study where they can be involved in institutional research. Every student participates in formal research seminars with departmental faculty and visitors.

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Applicants to the PhD program must have completed a four-year Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. A professional degree in architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning is recommended but not necessary. For students planning to pursue the Architectural Technology track within the PhD program, a background in architecture and/or engineering is required. For more information, please contact  Professor Ali Malkawi .

To be eligible for admission, applicants must also show evidence of promising academic work in their field of interest or in closely related fields. Students from outside the United States must demonstrate an excellent command of spoken and written English. Applicants from underrepresented and historically marginalized communities are particularly welcome and highly encouraged to apply. To attend a virtual information session, click here .

All applicants must indicate a proposed major area of study at the time of their initial application. These proposed areas of study should be congruent with the interests and expertise of at least one Graduate School of Design faculty member associated with the PhD program.

While the GRE is not required for admission, applications must include the following:

• Unofficial transcript(s).
• Three letters of recommendation.
• A statement of purpose that gives the admissions committee a clear sense of the student’s intellectual interests and strengths and conveys their research interests and qualifications.
• A short personal statement.
• A writing sample or samples (totalling no more than 20 pages, not including references). This can be a paper written for a course, journal article, and/or thesis excerpt. The writing sample should preferably focus on a subject related to architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning.
• Please note that unless a specific justification is provided by the applicant, design portfolios are not typically considered as part of the application.

Applications to the PhD program in Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning are received through the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. For more information on the application process, requirements, and its timeline, visit their website .

If you have additional questions, please contact Margaret Moore de Chicojay , the PhD program administrator and a key point of contact for incoming and current students.

Harvard Griffin GSAS and Harvard GSD do not discriminate against applicants or students on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry or any other protected classification.

PhD in Management - Design & Innovation

Delve into the disciplines of information systems and marketing and be prepared to research consequential issues faced by organizations and managers in Weatherhead School of Management’s PhD in Management - Design and Innovation program at Case Western Reserve University. 

Our world-class program seeks to develop scholars who challenge conventional wisdom, think critically and creatively, are skilled in rigorous research methods that transcend the qualitative/quantitative divide, and desire a career addressing significant organizational problems.

At a Glance

The weatherhead way.

At Case Western Reserve, you’ll study at one of the nation’s leading research universities—in one of the country’s most culturally robust neighborhoods. You’ll live and learn in a city known for industry and healthcare innovation, where nearly 40% of Fortune 500 companies are represented. You’ll learn breakthrough business concepts from the people who wrote the book on them.

Plus, you’ll:

• Learn more than just the core skills of business management,
• Discover yourself better as a person and as a leader, and
• Build the skills you need to reach beyond problem solving to solution innovation.

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Your PhD, Your Way

Market-driven Curriculum

You’ll engage with problems grounded in practice, building on traditions in the disciplines of information systems, strategy and marketing. A belief that informs our program is that action underlies inquiry, strategy informs action, and innovative action creates customer value.   

Leading Faculty

Our faculty will provide you with interdisciplinary theoretical grounding and methodological skills to enable you to carve your own path in research, prepare you to hold academic positions at top universities and research institutions, and establish you as a risk-taker who’s unafraid to embrace the unconventional.

A History of Firsts

Our program takes inspiration from our school's tradition of breaking new ground to launch a distinctive, one-of-its-kind doctoral program dedicated to a rigorous scholarship at the nexus of intelligence, innovation and customer interactions both external and internal to the enterprise.

At Weatherhead School of Management, we're home to the first:

• doctorate in operations research, grounded in analytic system science
• doctorate in organizational behavior, centered around a humanistic, appreciative approach to management inquiry.
• Doctor of Management program for practitioner-scholars, concerned with analyzing problems of management practice.

Your Next Step Starts Now

Ready to develop transformational ideas for the betterment of business and society? That’s the Weatherhead way. Get started today:

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THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE

The Design Management program curriculum is designed to develop strategic management skills in five areas related to design management: operations management, financial management, marketing management, organization and human resource management, and management of innovation and change. Courses are relevant and offer active learning experiences that provide participants with an integrated focus on the role of design in the creation and management of strategic and sustainable advantage and social innovation.

Offered at Pratt’s West 14th Street campus in Manhattan, classes meet every other weekend for two full days. In addition, students attend class for a full week each at the beginning and in the middle of the program. This integrative experience provides the opportunity for several brief, intensive courses, including behavioral simulation and negotiating modules. These weeks allow students to establish and maintain relationships with other students in each class, which many participants in executive programs consider especially valuable. The program has five required semesters—fall, spring, summer, fall, spring. Each semester is divided into two terms and participants enroll in two courses per term, with the exception of semesters four and five. Courses are taken in order as listed in the program curriculum. Participants are required to complete 42 credits in order to receive the accredited academic degree Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Design Management.

Learning Outcomes

Participants collaborate with faculty to achieve the following outcomes.

• Apply theory to practice to discover and define opportunities to bridge design and business
• Demonstrate the power of collaborative practice used to design and deliver innovative advantage in an organization
• Evidence the value of strategic design leadership and triple bottom line design
• Deepen reflective practice and professional development

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MS in Product Design

Students will learn technical skills in formulation and product science, coupled with skills development in innovation, project management, and entrepreneurship. Samiul Amin, Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering

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Mission statement.

• Provide high quality graduate education in fundamentals of formulation based product design, innovation management and entrepreneurship and in industry specific technical knowledge. This will prepare graduates for wide ranging professional careers and leadership roles.
• Conduct high quality applied research with industry guidance to advance current body of knowledge in complex product design.
• Serve the formulated product industries and engineering profession as a Center of Excellence for Product Innovation and Design through active engagement with industry, professional bodies and through contribution of professional expertise.

Program Goals

• Produce graduates with advanced knowledge in softmatter, colloidal systems, biomaterials and industry specific knowledge.
• Produce graduates with advanced knowledge in innovation, innovation management and entrepreneurship
• Produce graduates with potential to make significant contributions to product innovation across multiple industrial sectors. 

Learning Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate an advanced knowledge of both formulation principles  and innovation management
• Students will demonstrate an advanced ability to identify, formulate and solve product design and product engineering problems to carry out supervised research
• Students will demonstrate an advanced ability to generate technical and business strategy contributions and effectively communicate that to the industrial R&D and scientific community.

Program Concentrations

• Nanotechnology
• Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical
• Cosmetics and Consumer Goods

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�        PREPARATORY COURSES (1 YEAR)

o    1 st semester: Russian language

o    2 nd semester: Russian language, Mathematics, Chemistry , Physics (all in Russian)

�        BACHELOR’S DEGREE (4 YEARS)

o    AEROSPACE FACULTY

�   Power Engineering (Specializations: Automated hydraulic and pneumatic systems and apparatus; Gas turbine, steam turbine units and engines)

�   Materials Science and Technologies (Specializations: Design and production of composite materials)

�   Construction and Technological Support in Mechanical Engineering (Specializations: Technology, design and automation of mechanical engineering processes)

o    TRANSPORT AND ROAD FACULTY

�   Operation of Transport and Technological Machines and Systems (Specializations: Automobile servicing; Servicing of transport and technological machines and systems (construction, road building and public service machines)

�   Construction (Specializations: Roads and aerodromes; Bridges and transport tunnels)

�   Technosphere safety (Specialization: Environmental protection technologies)

o    MINING AND OIL FACULTY

�   Oil and Gas Engineering (Specializations: Oil and gas well-drilling; Construction and servicing of pipeline transport; Operating and servicing of oil extraction equipment)

�   Technological Machines and Equipment � (Specialization: Machines and equipment for oil and gas industries)

o    FACULTY OF HUMANITIES

�   Advertising and Public Relations (Specialization: Advertising and public relations in business)

�   Linguistics (Specialization: Translation studies)

�   Sociology (Specialization: Social structure, social institutes and processes)

�   Economics (Specializations: Economics and business management in engineering industries; Business economics)

�   Management (Specialization: Marketing and innovations)

�   State and Municipal Management (Specialization: State and municipal management)

o    MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY

�   Metallurgy (Specialization: Metal science and technologies of heat treatment of steel and high-strength alloys)

�   Mechanical engineering (Specializations: Machinery, technologies and automation of engineering industries; Machinery and technologies of foundry engineering; Machinery and technologies of welding engineering)

�   Materials Science and Technologies (Specialization: Science and technologies of nanomaterials and nanosystems)

�   Quality Management (Specialization: Quality control � in industrial engineering systems)

o    CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY

�   Civil Engineering (Specializations: Industrial and civil engineering; Water supply and drainage; Manufacturing of construction materials, components and structures; Urban development and management; Heat and gas supply and ventilation; Real estate survey and management)

o    APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS FACULTY

�   Applied Mathematics and Information Science (Specializations: Mathematical modeling; Mathematics and information science in economics)

�   Applied Mechanics (Specializations: Computational mechanics and computer engineering; Dynamics and durability of machines, and devices; Computer methods in biomechanics)

�   Photonics and Optoinformatics (Specialization: Fiber optics)

�   Information Systems and Technologies

o    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY

�   Technological Machines and Equipment (Specialization: Oil and gas processing equipment)

�   Automation of Engineering Processes and Industries (Specializations: Automation of chemical engineering processes and industries; Computer quality management systems for automated industries)

�   Chemical Technology (Specializations: Chemical technology of inorganic substances; Chemical technology of natural energy carriers and carbonic substances; Chemical technology of pulp and paper industry)

�   Biotechnology (Specialization: Biotechnology)

o    ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY

�   Electrical Power and Engineering (Specializations: Electroinsulation, cable and condenser technologies; Electric drive and automation; Electric power supply; Management in electrical power and engineering; Electromechanics)

�   Information and Communication Technologies and Communication Systems (Specialization: Communication networks and switching systems)

�   Management in Engineering Systems (Specialization: Management and information technologies in engineering systems)

�   Automation of Engineering Processes and Industries (Specializations: Automation of engineering processes and industries; Automated control and information processing systems)

�   Innovation Studies (Specialization: CALS-technology in innovation management)

�   Information Science and Computer Engineering (Specializations: Automated information processing and management systems; Computers, computer complexes, systems and networks)

�   Software Engineering (Specialization: Software and information systems development)

�   Information Security (Specialization: Complex protection of automation objects)

�        SPECIALIST PROGRAMMES (5 YEARS)

�   Information Protection in Automated Systems (Specialization: Information security in distributed information systems)

�   Applied Geodesy

�   Mining Engineering (Specializations: Mining machines and equipment; Mining geodesy; Underground ore mining; Electric drive and � automation of technological processes of mining and oil production)

�   Physical Processes of Mining or Oil and Gas Production (Specializations: Physical processes of mining; Physical processes of oil and gas production)

�   Applied Geology (Specialization: Geology of oil and gas)

�        MASTER’S DEGREE (2 YEARS)

�   Power Engineering (Specialization: Gas turbine engines and hybrid power systems)

�   Material Science and Technologies (Specializations: Mechanics of composite materials and structures; Material science and pyrolysis technology of carbon materials; Computer modeling of production, processing and treatment of materials)

�   Electrical Power and Electrical Engineering (Specialization: Electromechanics)

�   Technosphere Safety (Specializations: Emergency prevention; Industrial safety; Safety systems in construction; Safety systems in transportation)

�   Operation of Transport and Technological Machines and Systems (Specializations: Technical operation of automobiles; Technical operation of road-building and public service machines)

�   Technosphere Safety (Specializations: Utilization and recycling of industrial waste; Roads and aerodromes)

�   Sociology (Specialization: Sociology of labour and business)

�   Economics (Specialization: Business economics)

�   Management (Specialization: Innovation management)

�   Mechanical Engineering (Specialization: Design and reliability of mechanical engineering machinery; Machinery and technologies of foundry engineering; Beam technologies in welding)

�   Design and Technological Support of Mechanical Engineering (Specializations: Technological support of quality control in mechanical engineering)

�   Civil Engineering (Specializations: Construction materials and components; Underground and urban construction; Technical use and reconstruction of buildings and structures; Technology of system analysis of problems of urban innovational development; Real estate management technology; Engineering systems in buildings, structures and territories in housing and public utilities and industry; Information technologies and systems in industrial and civil engineering; Urban environment design (English is mandatory); Computer technologies in design and safety assessment of buildings and structures)

�   Applied Mathematics and Information Science (Specializations: Mathematical modelling; Mathematical methods in economic process management)

�   Economics (Specialization: Mathematical methods of analysis in economics)

�   Applied mechanics (Specializations: Computational mechanics and computer engineering; Dynamics and durability of machines and devices; High-efficiency computational technologies; Mechanics of deformable solid bodies; Computer biomechanics)

�   Automation of Engineering Processes and Industries (Specialization: Automation and management of chemical engineering processes and industries)

�   Biotechnology (Specializations: Industrial biotechnology and bioengineering; Ecobiotechnology)

�   Electrical Power and Engineering (Specialization: Management and information technologies in electrical engineering; Electromechanics)

�   Information and Communication Technologies and Communication Systems (Specialization: Communication networks and nodes and information distribution)

�   Management in Engineering Systems (Specializations: Information technologies in production process management; Distributed computer information and management systems; Service-oriented corporate management systems)

�   Automation of Engineering Processes and Industries (Specialization: Integrated industrial management systems)

�   Information Science and Computer Engineering (Specializations: Automation in business process and financial management; Intelligent systems; Distributed automated systems)

�   Information Security (Specialization: Complex information security systems)

�        POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES

There is currently a dynamic and diversified system in place at PNRPU for the training of academic personnel. It includes:

-       Doctorate;

-       Postgraduate studies;

-       Preparation of Doctoral and PhD dissertations;

-       Training for and conduction of PhD examinations;

-       Scientific training;

-       Dissertation councils.

PNRPU trains highly qualified personnel in 19 doctoral specialties and 62 specialties in postgraduate studies (in 11 scientific fields).

PhD and Doctoral dissertations are considered by the University dissertation councils.

PNRPU doctoral and postgraduate alumni go on to have successful careers at the University, scientific and educational institutions, in various fields of industry, culture, politics and business.

�        DOUBLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES

o    Bachelor’s degree: Management and Marketing Department, Faculty of Humanities, PNRPU + International Business Program, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany (in German);

o    Master’s degree: � Microprocessor Automation Technologies Department, Electrical Engineering Faculty, PNRPU + Information Management, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany (in English).