collageGraduate Programs in History of Science
Note: This site is intended to begin the process of creating a more up-to-date list of graduate programs in the history of science and related fields.
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Graduate Programs in History of Science and Related Studies
US / International
| University (US) | Degrees Offered | Department Name |
| Arizona State University | MS and PhD in Biology, Concentration in Biology and Society (focus on History and Philosophy of Science); PhD in History and Philosophy of Science; PhD in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology (Graduate College) | Center for Biology and Society |
| Auburn University | MA and PhD (focus in history of technology) | Department of History |
| Brown University | PhD (focus in history of science, technology, environment, and medicine) | Department of History (with access to a university-wide Graduate Certificate Program in Science, Technology, and Society) |
| Brown University | PhD (track in history of the exact sciences in antiquity) | Department of Egyptology and Assyriology |
| Carnegie Mellon | PhD (focus in technology, environment, science, and health) | Department of History |
| Case Western Reserve University | MA and PhD (Program in History of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine) | Department of History |
| City University of New York | PhD (focus in history of science, medicine, public health, environment) | Department of History |
| Columbia University | PhD (focus in history of socio-medical sciences) | Department of History (in conjunction with the Mailman School of Public Health) |
| Cornell University | PhD | Department of Science and Technology Studies |
| Duke University | Graduate Certificate | Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine |
| Florida State University | MA | Program in History and Philosophy of Science |
| Georgia Tech | MS or PhD | School of History and Sociology of Technology and Science |
| Harvard University | MA or PhD | Department of the History of Science |
| Indiana University | MA or PhD | Department of History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine |
| Johns Hopkins University | PhD | Joint Program in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine: Department of History of Science and Technology or Department of the History of Medicine |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | PhD | Program in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS) |
| Michigan State University | PhD (focus in history of science and medicine) | Department of History |
| Mississippi State University | PhD (focus in history of science and technology) | Department of History |
| Montana State University | MA or PhD (focus in history of science, technology, and society) | Department of History and Philosophy |
| Northwestern University | Graduate Cluster in Science Studies | Science in Human Culture Program |
| Oregon State University | MA, MS, PhD in History of Science | History of Science Program in Department of History |
| Princeton University | PhD | Program in History of Science |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | MS in Science, Technology, and Public Policy | Science, Technology, and Society/Public Policy Department |
| Rensellaer Polytechnic Institute | PhD | Department of Science and Technology Studies |
| Rutgers | PhD (Focus in history of science, technology, environment and health) | Department of History |
| Rutgers-Newark / New Jersey Institute of Technology | MA and MAT (focus in history of technology, environment, and medicine/health) | Federated History Department of Rutgers University – Newark and New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Stanford University | PhD, History of Science, Medicine and Technology (History Department) or History and Philosophy of Science (Philosophy Department) | Program in History and Philosophy of Science |
| SUNY Stony Brook | MA and PhD (focus in health, science, environment) | Department of History |
| UC-Berkeley | MA and PhD | Department of History, coordinated with Office for the History of Science and Technology |
| UC-Davis | PhD (emphasis in science and technology studies) | Department of History with Designated Emphasis in STS |
| UCLA | PhD (program in History of Science, Medicine, and Technology) | Department of History |
| UC-San Diego | PhD | Science Studies Program |
| UC-San Francisco | MA and PhD in History of Health Sciences | Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine in School of Medicine |
| UC-Santa Barbara | PhD (focus in history of science) | Department of History |
| University of Chicago | PhD (program in History of Science and Medicine) | Department of History, coordinated with Fishbein Center for the History of Science and Medicine |
| University of Chicago | PhD | The Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science |
| University of Delaware | MA and PhD in History (focus in history of capitalism, technology, and culture) | Department of History, in conjunction with the Hagley Graduate Program |
| University of Illinois | PhD (focus in history of science, technology, and medicine) | Department of History |
| University of Maryland | MA or PhD (focus in history of technology, science and environment) | Department of History |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA in Public Policy with focus in Science, Technology & Society; STS focus for PhD students in other departments | Science, Technology, and Society Initiative |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst | MA and PhD (field in history of science and technology) | Department of History |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | MA and Graduate Certificate | Program in Science in a Changing World |
| University of Michigan | Graduate Certificate | Science, Technology, and Society Program |
| University of Minnesota | MA and PhD in History of Science and Technology or in History of Medicine; Graduate Minor in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine |
| University of Notre Dame | PhD in HPS; concurrent Master’s Degree or Graduate Minor for students in other programs | Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values History and Philosophy of Science Program |
| University of Oklahoma | MA and PhD in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; Dual MA-MLIS in History of Science, Technology and Medicine and Library and Information Studies | Department of the History of Science |
| University of Pennsylvania | PhD, MA, MD/PhD | Department of History and Sociology of Science |
| University of Pittsburgh | MA and PhD | Department of History and Philosophy of Science |
| University of South Carolina | PhD (field in science, technology and environment) | Department of History |
| University of Washington | MA and PhD (focus in history of science) | Department of History |
| University of Wisconsin | MA and PhD, MD/PhD, Joint PhD | History of Science, Medicine, and Technology |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute | MS, PhD, and Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Studies | Department of Science and Technology in Society |
| Yale University | MA, PhD, MD/PhD, JD/PhD (Program in the History of Science and Medicine) | Program in the History of Science and Medicine (semi-autonomous track in the Department of History) |
| University (International) | Degrees Offered | Department Name |
| Aarhus University | MSc (course areas include History and Philosophy of Science and Technology) | Centre for Science Studies |
| Bielefeld University | PhD in History (Focus in Historical Studies of Science) or MA in History, Economics and Philosophy of Science | History Department or Program in History, Economics and Philosophy of Science (HEPS) |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | MSc, PhD | Institute for the History of Natural Sciences |
| Durham University | MA in Philosophy (focus on Science, Medicine, and Society) | Department of Philosophy |
| King’s College London | MA (Science, Technology, and Medicine in History) PhD (various Areas) | Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (History Dept.) |
| KTH (Royal Institute of Technology) | PhD in History of Science, Technology, and Environment | Philosophy and History of Technology |
| New University of Lisbon | PhD in History, Philosophy and Heritage of Science and Technology | Department of Applied Social Sciences |
| Newcastle University | MA in History of Medicine | History of Medicine |
| Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo | MA and PhD | Graduate Program in the History of Science |
| Seoul National University | Masters and PhD (various sub-fields) | Program in History and Philosophy of Science |
| Simon Fraser University-Burnaby | MSc and PhD in History of Mathematics | Department of Mathematics |
| Tsinghua University | MSc and PhD | Department of the History of Science |
| TU Berlin | MA (History and Culture of Science and Technology) | Institute of Philosophy, Literature, Science and Technology History |
| Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | MA and PhD | Center for the History of Science |
| Universidade Estadual de Campinas | MA and PhD in the History of Philosophy (includes History of Science as a sub-field) | Centro de Logica, Epistemologia e Historia da Ciencia |
| Universiteit Utrecht | MSc in History and Philosophy of Science | Center for the History of Science |
| University College London | PG Dip, PG Cert or MSc (in History and Philosophy of Science or Science, Technology, and Society); MPhil/PhD (in History, with a focus on History of Medicine, or in Science and Technology Studies) | Department of Science and Technology Studies |
| University of Athens | MSc and PhD in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | Offered jointly through the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the National Technical University of Athens |
| University of Bristol | MA in Philosophy and History of Science | Department of Philosophy |
| University of British Columbia | PhD or MA in History (focus in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine), | Department of History in conjunction with Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies |
| University of British Columbia | MA in Science and Technology Studies | Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies |
| University of Calgary | MA (concentration in History and Philosophy of Science) | Department of Philosophy in cooperation with Department of History |
| University of Calgary | MA, MSc, and PhD (focus in the History of Medicine and Allied Fields) | Department of History and coordinated with the History of Medicine and Health Care Program |
| University of Cambridge | MPhil (History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine or Health, Medicine, and Society) and PhD (History and Philosophy of Science) | Department of History and Philosophy of Science |
| University of Edinburgh | MSc and PhD in Science and Technology Studies | School of Social and Political Science and Science, Technology and Innovation Studies subject group |
| University of Exeter | MA (Philosophy and Sociology of Science); MRes Science and Technology Studies; MA by Research; MPhil/PhD in History (with focus on medical history) | Department of Sociology and Philosophy |
| University of Guelph | MA (field in history of science, technology, medicine and food) | Department of History |
| University of Leeds | MA in History and Philosophy of Science; MA in History of Science, Technology and Medicine; MA History of Health, Medicine, and Society; MA by Research, MPhil, or PhD (research areas in history of science, history of medicine, history of technology) | School of Philosophy, Religion, and History of Science |
| University of Lisbon | MSc or PhD in History and Philosophy of Science | Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences |
| University of Manchester | MSc, MPhil, PhD in History of Science, Technology, and Medicine; MSc in Medical Humanities | Centre for History of Science, Technology and Medicine |
| University of Oxford | MSc, MPhil in History of Science, Medicine and Technology; DPhil in History (History of Science and Medicine & Economic and Social History) | Department of History |
| University of Sydney | MSc, PhD, Graduate Certificate, and Graduate Diploma | Department of History and Philosophy of Science |
| University of Toronto | MA and PhD | Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology |
| University of Western Ontario | MA and PhD (department strength in history and philosophy of physics) | Department of Philosophy |
| York University | MA, PhD (history field in sciences, health, and environments); MA and PhD in Science and Technology Studies; MA and PhD in History and Theory of Psychology | Department of History Science & Technology Studies Department of Psychology |
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