Graduate Program: The Graduate School

Princeton's Graduate School comprises a group of advanced s tudents joined with the faculty in the common pursuit of learning. Each student develops his or her capacities within a community of scholars. Students have considerable opportunity for individual work with faculty members. At advanced levels, supervision by the research adviser is the exclusive method of instruction. At all levels the spirit of independent inquiry is basic. Princeton's resources are such that the only limitations on achievement are the student's interests and intellectual capabilities.

By design the Graduate School operates on a small scale. Princeton University has no business, law, or medical school, emphasizing instead research doctoral (Ph.D.) programs in the arts, sciences, and engineering. Approximately 250 Ph.D. degrees are conferred each year across 37 departments and programs. Princeton 's graduate student body is diverse, comprising 37% women, 12% members of underrepresented minority groups, and 42% citizens of other countries; the Department of Chemical Engineering has similar demographics.

In August 2002, William B. Russel was appointed as Dean of the Graduate School. Dean Russel, the first engineer to serve as the Dean of the Graduate School, is also the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Chemical Engineering and an active member of the department. For additional information on the Graduate School, click here.