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The Pardee RAND Graduate School is a selective, multidisciplinary doctoral program with a focus on policy analysis and the ways it can shape our world.
We offer a full-time Ph.D. program in policy analysis — the first and largest of its kind in the country. And we’re backed by the brainpower and resources of the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis.
Each year, we welcome 25 exceptional students who come from diverse personal and academic backgrounds, with about a third of students coming from outside the U.S.
Financial Benefits
Pardee RAND's program enables students to cover their tuition while receiving a consistent stipend for living expenses each year and graduate debt-free.
Doctoral students receive:
- A full-tuition scholarship for the first year, partial scholarship in the second year, and reduced tuition thereafter
- A research fellowship earned by working on RAND projects of the student's choice
- Generous health insurance and other benefits, including paid parental leave
- Use of a laptop computer
- Support for travel to conferences and to other RAND offices
- Competitively awarded internal dissertation funding
- A paid visit to Pardee RAND for preview weekend in March after acceptance
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be available to participate in our full-time combined research-and-study program at RAND’s headquarters in Santa Monica, California
- Have completed a bachelor’s degree; an advanced degree and/or some work experience is desired
- Demonstrate strong quantitative skills; all majors and disciplines are welcome
How to Apply
Applications will include:
- Résumé or CV
- Three essays describing your motivations to work in the field of policy analysis
- Three letters of recommendation from academic and/or professional references
- GRE or GMAT scores; TOEFL for some international students
- School transcripts
Application Deadline: January 7, 2020
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