The Harvard Psychology Department offers Ph.D. degrees in several specialty areas. It is strictly a research-oriented program. Graduates of the program usually seek positions as research psychologists, typically in an academic setting. A smaller number...
The Department offers a research-oriented program in Clinical Science geared to train students primarily for research careers rather than psychotherapy careers. Applicants seeking professional training for the purposes of clinical practice are advised to...
There is lots of information out there. Speak to psychology professors at your undrgraduate institution and get their recommendations. If you have a well-focused research interest, read lots of current literature in the area. This will not only inform...
This brochure describing the Psychology graduate program covers prerequisites and information about the curriculum.
Prospective applicants will want to read carefully the Faculty Research Interests at the end of the brochure to decide whether this...
Some students find four years is sufficient to complete the program, although many take five and a few take six years. Financial aid is generally given for up to six years.
This is a full-time program, and we do not admit applicants who want a part-time program. In unusual circumstances, the Department may grant permission for an enrolled student to temporarily register for a part-time schedule. It is required that students...
The only way to take Harvard Arts and Sciences courses, unless you are enrolled in another Harvard graduate program or MIT, is to be admitted as a Special Student, which allows you to take between one and four courses a semester. Foreign nationals have to...
Some of our applicants are admitted with a master's degree from another institution. These students can petition, after a semester of satisfactory work in the Department, to receive credit for up to eight relevant half-courses, the equivalent of a year's...
GRE scores are an important part of the application, but equal or greater weight is given to other components, such as grades and letters of recommendation. While the average admitted applicant has a combined verbal and quantitative GRE score of 1350 or...
Funding is in the form of grants in the early years and teaching or research fellowships in later years. All admitted students are offered a funding package consisting of up to six years of full tuition, three years of living stipend, and two years of...
