Ph.D. Degree

The School of Informatics and Computing—Bloomington is a place where innovative multidisciplinary programs thrive and students can apply the skills of technology to a range of other fields. The School offers a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree program in Informatics as well as a Ph.D. minor in Informatics and Bioinformatics.

The School also supports a wide array of research areas in a highly interdisciplinary environment. This blend of research creates a vital and dynamic creative ground for scholarly work and education. The composition of specialization within our Informatics programs is unique and has already influenced new interdisciplinary and exciting research combinations.

While students are expected to concentrate in particular areas, the program encourages them to explore the broader significance of their work as well as ways that their expertise can be leveraged to solve problems outside of their own domains. Each student can choose a single track, or create a combined track, in Bioinformatics, Chemical Informatics, Complex Systems, Human Computer Interactive Design, Logic and Mathematical Foundations, Music Informatics, Security Informatics, and Social Informatics. The existing and potential combinations of these domains are too numerous to list but available to pursue. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the program, students are expected to take courses in at least three of the available research tracks.

More information on the workings of the program is available in our current Ph.D. in Informatics Handbook. Check the instructions for admission to our graduate programs, or contact us for any additional information.