The heart of NYU Wagner's programs is our faculty. An amalgam of full-time, clinical/research/visiting, and adjunct professors, they are outstanding teachers, expert researchers and committed practitioners.
The heart of NYU Wagner's programs is our faculty. An amalgam of full-time, clinical/research/visiting, and adjunct professors, they are outstanding teachers, expert researchers and committed practitioners.
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is home to research and policy centers, institutes, and initiatives that focus on solving urban problems and strengthening public policy and public service nationally and around the world.
Ranked #10 in Public Affairs by U.S. News & World Report, the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service educates the future leaders of public, nonprofit, healthcare and private sector organizations addressing the world's critical issues.
Students arrive at NYU with the desire to serve the public. They leave with the skills and experience to bring about change. Combining coursework in management, finance and policy with cutting-edge research and work experience in urban communities, the NYU Wagner education will enable you to transform your personal commitment into public leadership.
Whether in their first or last semester, students at NYU Wagner have many resources to help them navigate their way to graduation.
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False knowledge can be more dangerous than ignorance, as sages have noted. But much of what we think we know about public policy, finance, and management is based on exactly that—making well-designed research in these areas critical.
Through theoretical and methodological training, Wagner's doctoral students learn how to produce insights required for effective and equitable public and nonprofit programs and policies. Our program is interdisciplinary just like our faculty, so students can draw on economics, political science, sociology, psychology, organization studies and other fields, and it is flexible, allowing students to design a plan of study that takes advantage of the many courses offered at Wagner and NYU's other graduate schools.
We encourage students to study the questions that drive them, while providing the guidance necessary to have the greatest impact. And we emphasize research and teaching experience. Students have many opportunities to participate in research projects with individual faculty or through our affiliated research centers, as well as opportunties to lead classes as teaching colleagues and instructors.
Fast Facts: Wagner's Doctoral Program at a Glance
More information about the NYU Wagner Doctoral Program.
Critical milestones in the Doctoral Program include advanced coursework, a preliminary qualifying examination, three comprehensive field examinations (including one in research methods), participation in the NYU Wagner Research Colloquium, and a dissertation based on independent and original research defended before a faculty committee.
The program prepares graduates for careers at academic institutions, in think tanks, research firms, and research units of public, quasi-public and private organizations, as well as for other positions with substantial responsibilities for the supervision and administration of research.
Because the program has considerable flexibility in terms of course selection and preparation for the key milestones, faculty advisors play a pivotal role in the doctoral education process. For an overview of advisement relationships in the Doctoral Program, please visit the student advisement web page.
Research has long been a global enterprise, with scholars sharing their work and insights across national, cultural and linguistic borders and within international venues such as journals and conferences. No matter the subject, a researcher's work is enriched by findings from colleagues all over the world.
Located in New York City, an international crossroads, NYU embodies this stance with extensive international networks and an international program Wagner. Our doctoral students have the opportunity to focus their studies on international issues, approaches and institutions, especially those affecting development policy, finance and management. However, all our students can position their work in a global context and all can benefit from the far-reaching connections of our faculty.
10/29/2009
Lt. Gov. Ravitch sizes up state deficit at Rudin Center forum
06/15/2009
U.S. Labor Department Names Wagner Professor Sewin Chan to Advisory Panel on Pensions
03/14/2011
She's Got Street Smarts
- Daryl Collins [PhD Student] in Elle