The Graduate School-New Brunswick participates in the Interuniversity Doctoral Consortium, an arrangement among the eight major arts and sciences graduate schools in the New York metropolitan area that enables Ph.D. students in the arts and sciences to take courses offered by other consortium members through a simple interuniversity registration process. The other participating graduate schools are Columbia, Fordham, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New School University, New York University, Princeton, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Arts and sciences Ph.D. students in their second year of graduate study and beyond are eligible to apply through the graduate school dean`s office.
