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The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which awards the Harvard PhD, offers 57 degree programs, including interfaculty PhD programs with Harvard’s professional schools. PhD students may broaden their programs by enrolling in a growing number of secondary fields of study.

Scholarly Life Articles


Dissertation Nuts and Bolts: Finishing and Submitting

Posted May 09, 2013

Advice from the experts on getting to the end of the line


Studying the Meaning of Adversity

Posted May 09, 2013

In the aftermath of trauma, a PhD student works to find happiness


Harvard Course in Reading and Study Strategies

Posted May 09, 2013

This non-credit course is helpful for students who find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer volume and complexity of their assigned reading.


Meet the 2013 Commencement Marshals

Posted May 08, 2013

GSAS students will lead all grads into Harvard Yard on the big day


Celebrating Diversity in the Sciences

Posted April 25, 2013

PhD students on the medical campus honor a champion of diversity at Harvard


Humanities Unbound

Posted April 11, 2013

New possibilities, new collaborative practices enliven the humanistic fields


Announcing the Inaugural Horizon Scholars

Posted March 29, 2013

Eight students named as finalists by Harvard Horizons, new GSAS initiative to celebrate the innovations of Harvard’s PhD community


Life Scientists as Artists

Posted March 28, 2013

A student exhibit explores connections between science and art


Architecture and the Street

Posted March 28, 2013

A conference explores the connection and shared history
of buildings and byways


Traditional Virtues in the 21st Century

Posted March 12, 2013

Howard Gardner says age-old virtues can still guide us, despite the tumult and truthiness of the 21st century.

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