PhD Programs of Study

Students in the MD-PhD Program pursue their PhD in any field of study offered at Harvard or MIT. Below is an illustrative, but not all inclusive, list of programs:

Basic Sciences

Harvard:
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
Biomedical Informatics
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Biophysics
Chemical Biology
Chemistry & Chemical Biology (CCB)
Immunology
Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB)
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB)
Program in Neuroscience
Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT)
Systems, Synthetic, and Quantitative Biology
Virology

MIT:

Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Brain & Cognitive Sciences (BCS)
Chemistry
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
Medical Engineering and Medical Physics (MEMP)

Social Sciences

Social Science applicants are encouraged to review details on the application process here.

Anthropology
Economics
Health Policy
History of Science
Population Health Sciences

  • Environmental Health
  • Epidemiology
  • Global Health & Population
  • Nutrition
  • Social & Behavioral Sciences

Religion