Graduate Degrees Offered

The University of Texas at Dallas offers 93 graduate degree programs across its seven schools.

Graduate Catalog

Find more information about graduate degrees in the current Graduate Catalog, along with Graduate Catalogs of previous years. The semester of your official entry into a program determines which catalog requirements apply.

Academic Advising

Meet regularly with an academic advisor to establish and review your degree plan. Our listings of graduate degrees below provide key information for each program, including advisor contact information.

Degrees by School

Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology

Master’s

Degree NameNotes
Animation (MFA)STEM-designated
Art History (MA)
Arts Technology and Emerging Communication (MA)
Arts Technology and Emerging Communication (MFA)
Game Development (MFA)
History (MA)
Humanities (MA)
Latin American Studies (MA)
Literature (MA)
Philosophy (MA)
Visual and Performing Arts (MA)

Doctoral

Degree NameNotes
Arts Technology and Emerging Communication (PhD)
History (PhD)
Humanities (PhD)
Literature (PhD)
Visual and Performing Arts (PhD)


School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Master’s

Degree NameNotes
Applied Cognition and Neuroscience (MS)STEM-Designated
Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders (MS)STEM-Designated
Psychology (MS)STEM-Designated
Speech-Language Pathology (MS)

Doctoral

Degree NameNotes
Audiology (AUD)
Cognition and Neuroscience (PhD)STEM-Designated
Psychology (PhD)STEM-Designated
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences (PhD)


School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences

Master’s

Degree NameNotes
Applied Sociology (MS)
Criminology (MS)
Cyber Security Technology and Policy (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated
Economics (MS)STEM-Designated
Geospatial Information Sciences (MS)STEM-Designated
International Political Economy (MS)
Political Science (MA)
Public Affairs (MPA)
Public Policy (MPP)
Social Data Analytics and Research (MS)STEM-Designated
Sustainability Planning and Policy (MS)STEM-designated

Doctoral

Degree NameNotes
Criminology (PhD)
Economics (PhD)STEM-Designated
Geospatial Information Sciences (PhD)STEM-Designated
Political Science (PhD)
Public Affairs (PhD)
Public Policy and Political Economy (PhD)



Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science

Master’s

Degree NameNotes
Biomedical Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Computer Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Computer Science (MSCS)STEM-Designated
Cyber Security Technology and Policy (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated
Electrical Engineering (MSEE)STEM-Designated
Materials Science and Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Mechanical Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Software Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Systems Engineering and Management (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated

Doctoral

Degree NameNotes
Biomedical Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Computer Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Computer Science (PhD)STEM-Designated
Electrical Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Materials Science and Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Software Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated


School of Interdisciplinary Studies

Master’s

Degree NameNotes
Interdisciplinary Studies (MA)


Naveen Jindal School of Management

Master’s

Degree NameNotes
Accounting and Analytics (MS)STEM-Designated
Business Administration (MBA)
Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (MS)STEM-Designated
Energy Management (MS)STEM-Designated
Finance (MS)STEM-Designated
Financial Technology and Analytics (MS)STEM-Designated
Healthcare Administration and Leadership (MBA)Program restricted to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center medical leaders and healthcare institutional partners.
Healthcare Leadership and Management (MS)
Information Technology and Management (MS)STEM-Designated
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MS)
International Management Studies (MS)
Leadership and Organizational Development (MS)
Management Science (MS)STEM-Designated
Marketing (MS)STEM-Designated
Supply Chain Management (MS)STEM-Designated
Systems Engineering and Management (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated

Doctoral

Degree NameNotes
Business Administration (DBA)STEM-Designated
International Management Studies (PhD)
Management Science (PhD)STEM-Designated


School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Master’s

Degree NameNotes
Actuarial Science (MS)STEM-Designated
Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Sciences (MS)STEM-designated
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (MS)STEM-Designated
Biotechnology (MS)STEM-Designated
Chemistry (MS)STEM-Designated
Data Science and Statistics (MS)STEM-Designated
Geosciences (MS)STEM-Designated
Mathematics (MS)STEM-Designated
Mathematics Education (MAT)
Molecular and Cell Biology (MS)STEM-Designated
Physics (MS)STEM-Designated
Science Education (MAT)STEM-Designated

Doctoral

Degree NameNotes
Chemistry (PhD)STEM-Designated
Data Science and Statistics (PhD)STEM-Designated
Geosciences (PhD)STEM-Designated
Mathematics (PhD)STEM-Designated
Molecular and Cell Biology (PhD)STEM-Designated
Physics (PhD)STEM-Designated

Alphabetical Listing

A

Degree NameNotes
Accounting and Analytics (MS)STEM-Designated
Actuarial Science (MS)STEM-Designated
Animation (MFA)STEM-designated
Applied Cognition and Neuroscience (MS)STEM-Designated
Applied Sociology (MS)
Art History (MA)
Artificial Intelligence for Biomedical Sciences (MS)STEM-designated
Arts Technology and Emerging Communication (MA)
Arts Technology and Emerging Communication (MFA)
Arts Technology and Emerging Communication (PhD)
Audiology (AUD)

B

Degree NameNotes
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (MS)STEM-Designated
Biomedical Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Biomedical Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Biotechnology (MS)STEM-Designated
Business Administration (DBA)STEM-Designated
Business Administration (MBA)
Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (MS)STEM-Designated

C

Degree NameNotes
Chemistry (MS)STEM-Designated
Chemistry (PhD)STEM-Designated
Cognition and Neuroscience (PhD)STEM-Designated
Computer Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Computer Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Computer Science (MSCS)STEM-Designated
Computer Science (PhD)STEM-Designated
Criminology (MS)
Criminology (PhD)
Cyber Security Technology and Policy (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated
Cyber Security Technology and Policy (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated

D

Degree NameNotes
Data Science and Statistics (MS)STEM-Designated
Data Science and Statistics (PhD)STEM-Designated

E

Degree NameNotes
Economics (MS)STEM-Designated
Economics (PhD)STEM-Designated
Electrical Engineering (MSEE)STEM-Designated
Electrical Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Energy Management (MS)STEM-Designated

F

Degree NameNotes
Finance (MS)STEM-Designated
Financial Technology and Analytics (MS)STEM-Designated

G

Degree NameNotes
Game Development (MFA)
Geosciences (MS)STEM-Designated
Geosciences (PhD)STEM-Designated
Geospatial Information Sciences (MS)STEM-Designated
Geospatial Information Sciences (PhD)STEM-Designated

H

Degree NameNotes
Healthcare Administration and Leadership (MBA)Program restricted to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center medical leaders and healthcare institutional partners.
Healthcare Leadership and Management (MS)
History (PhD)
History (MA)
Human Development and Early Childhood Disorders (MS)STEM-Designated
Humanities (MA)
Humanities (PhD)

I

Degree NameNotes
Information Technology and Management (MS)STEM-Designated
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MS)
Interdisciplinary Studies (MA)
International Management Studies (MS)
International Management Studies (PhD)
International Political Economy (MS)

L

Degree NameNotes
Latin American Studies (MA)
Leadership and Organizational Development (MS)
Literature (MA)
Literature (PhD)

M

Degree NameNotes
Management Science (PhD)STEM-Designated
Management Science (MS)STEM-Designated
Marketing (MS)STEM-Designated
Materials Science and Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Materials Science and Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Mathematics (MS)STEM-Designated
Mathematics (PhD)STEM-Designated
Mathematics Education (MAT)
Mechanical Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Mechanical Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Molecular and Cell Biology (MS)STEM-Designated
Molecular and Cell Biology (PhD)STEM-Designated

P

Degree NameNotes
Philosophy (MA)
Physics (MS)STEM-Designated
Physics (PhD)STEM-Designated
Political Science (PhD)
Political Science (MA)
Psychology (PhD)STEM-Designated
Psychology (MS)STEM-Designated
Public Affairs (MPA)
Public Affairs (PhD)
Public Policy (MPP)
Public Policy and Political Economy (PhD)

S

Degree NameNotes
Science Education (MAT)STEM-Designated
Social Data Analytics and Research (MS)STEM-Designated
Software Engineering (MS)STEM-Designated
Software Engineering (PhD)STEM-Designated
Speech Language and Hearing Sciences (PhD)
Speech-Language Pathology (MS)
Supply Chain Management (MS)STEM-Designated
Sustainability Planning and Policy (MS)STEM-designated
Systems Engineering and Management (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated
Systems Engineering and Management (MS)Joint Program
STEM-Designated

V

Degree NameNotes
Visual and Performing Arts (MA)
Visual and Performing Arts (PhD)