Overview

For more information about the concentration in biostatistics, please visit: https://sph.rutgers.edu/concentrations/Biostatistics-epidemiology/degrees-drph.html.

At the School of Public Health in New Brunswick

The Dr.P.H. degree requires a minimum of 72 credit hours for completion. Candidates for the degree will be required to pass a preliminary exam comprehensive, written and oral examinations, as well as complete and defend original dissertation research. In addition, the Dr.P.H. requires students to complete a practicum. Through doctoral-level research, students will develop expertise on a single topic, design and implement a research project, integrate and interpret complex data, and complete a comprehensive dissertation. Students must plan this carefully. Although the students will work closely with faculty advisers, students bear responsibility for developing research of publishable quality. The curriculum and academic progress of all doctoral students is monitored by the Doctoral Committee.

**UPDATE** Please note we are not accepting applications to the Dr.P.H. degree program for the 2018-2019 academic year as we revise the Dr.P.H. curriculum. The Ph.D. degree program is accepting applications and we expect to reopen admissions for the Dr.P.H. degree program in the 2019-2020 academic year.