The Philosophy and Psychology Combined Ph.D. Program is a program offered by the Departments of Philosophy and Psychology at Yale. Students enrolled in the program complete a series of courses in each discipline as well as an interdisciplinary dissertation that falls at the intersection of the two. On completing these requirements, students are awarded a Ph.D. either in Philosophy and Psychology, or in Psychology and Philosophy.
Admissions
Students can be admitted into the combined program through either Psychology or through Philosophy. Students must be accepted into one of these departments (the ‘home department’) through the standard admissions process, and both departments must then agree to accept the student into the combined program.
Students can be accepted into the combined program either:
- at the time they initially apply for admission to their home department
- or after having already completed some coursework within the home department
In either case, students must be accepted into the combined program by each department, with procedures for acceptance determined by the department’s faculty.