The Sanford School offers a wide range of programs - including five graduate-level programs and a PhD program as well as one of the most popular undergraduate majors at Duke University. Browse the options below.
Master's Programs
IMEP
The two-year international Master of Environmental Policy (iMEP) program prepares students to become global leaders in environmental issues and policies. The Sanford School, in collaboration with the Nicholas School of the Environment, offers this master’s program at Duke Kunshan University. (Based in China with some time at Duke.)
PhD Program
PhD
Duke’s PhD in Public Policy is distinguished by its truly interdisciplinary nature. This program enables students to collaborate with Duke’s top-rated faculty in public policy and around the beautiful Duke campus. In addition to working with Duke’s world-class faculties of public policy, economics, history, political science, psychology and sociology and psychology, PhD students interact with leading scholars from Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, and Duke’s Law and Medical Schools.
Undergraduate Program
Public Policy Studies (PPS)
Through this undergraduate major, develop expertise in analysis and help address the most pressing challenges in the world. Incorporating elements of political science, history, economics and ethics, this is a vital liberal arts degree for the 21st century. Any student admitted to Duke may major in public policy through the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences.