PhD Programs of Study
Students in the MD-PhD Program pursue their PhD study in a variety of fields at Harvard and MIT. Listed here are the major programs of interest.
Basic Sciences
Harvard:
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics (BIG)
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Biophysics
Chemical Biology
Chemistry & Chemical Biology (CCB)
Immunology
Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)
Neuroscience
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB)
Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT)
Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
Virology
MIT:
Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Chemistry
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Medical Engineering and Medical Physics
Social Sciences
Social Science applicants are encouraged to review details on the application process here.
- Please Note: Per the Harvard University Anthropology Department, the PhD Program in Anthropology will be taking a temporary pause for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle; therefore, we are unable to accept MD-PhD applications in the field of Anthropology for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle.
Economics
Health Policy
History of Science
Population Health Sciences
- Environmental Health
- Epidemiology
- Global Health & Population
- Nutrition
- Social & Behavioral Sciences