NYU Shanghai this month launched a new PhD program in Sociology in partnership with the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science (NYU GSAS) and the NYU Department of Sociology. The five-year program will be NYU Shanghai’s first social science doctoral program, bringing the university’s total number of PhD offerings to ten. The university is now accepting applications for the inaugural class arriving in the summer of 2021.

“After decades of rapid economic growth, China is facing many challenges in social development - from education to health care, housing to inequality and poverty, migration to population aging and social governance. However, we have long lacked the scientific evidence and methodology to understand the causes and consequences of these issues, let alone develop policy solutions,” said Yufeng Global Professor of Sociology Wu Xiaogang, who will be supervising the program. “NYU Shanghai’s new program will fill this gap by harnessing the resources of NYU’s Sociology Department to train a new generation of students to study and tackle some of China’s most pressing social and economic issues related to people’s livelihood.”

Similar to the structure of other NYU Shanghai PhD programs, the Sociology PhD program will begin with a summer research rotation at NYU Shanghai, followed by two semesters of coursework in New York. After the first year, students will relocate to Shanghai for research and coursework under the supervision of NYU Shanghai faculty, and occasionally make return trips to New York. All PhD candidates will earn NYU doctoral degrees upon graduation.

NYU’s Sociology graduate program is among the best and fastest growing in the United States. NYU Shanghai students will have opportunities to work with some of the most renowned scholars in the field, including two members of the National Academy of Sciences, Paula England and Mike Hout. “This program is a perfect choice for students who are highly-motivated and passionate about conducting rigorous sociological research with great relevance to China and neighboring regions,” said Wu, whose own research interests include education, inequality and social mobility, survey research and quantitative methods, urban sociology, and social demography.

In addition to rigorous training in sociological theory and methods, students will be encouraged to pursue empirical research in alignment with the research interests of NYU Shanghai’s new Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER). Newly-appointed Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow of Sociology Miao Jia, will also serve as a supervisor in the program. 

“We are delighted to be launching our first doctoral program in Social Sciences. At this moment, in this location, with these faculty, and in light of the new Research Center, NYU Shanghai offers the perfect conjunction for the right candidates who will receive world-class training in social research between New York and Shanghai.” said NYU Shanghai’s Provost Joanna Waley-Cohen.

All admitted students will be fully-funded under the NYU Shanghai Doctoral Fellowship, which covers all tuition and fees, international health insurance, travel funds, and an annual stipend for PhD students at NYU Shanghai. Since Fall 2015, nearly 40 students have been admitted to NYU Shanghai PhD programs.

For more information about the PhD in Sociology program, visit the PhD Program in Sociology webpage. Read the Application requirements to find out if you qualify, and submit your application through the NYU GSAS Application portal. The application deadline for Fall 2021 admission is January 4, 2021. For further questions and inquiries, please email shanghai.phd@nyu.edu.

上海紐約大學本月與紐約大學藝術與科學研究生院（NYU GSAS）和紐約大學社會學系合作推出了一項新的社會學博士學位課程。該五年方案將是上海紐約大學的第一個社會科學的博士課程，使學校的總數(shù)博士學位產品到十。該大學現(xiàn)在正在接受2021年夏季抵達的首屆課程的申請。

在經(jīng)歷了數(shù)十年的快速經(jīng)濟增長之后，中國在社會發(fā)展中面臨著許多挑戰(zhàn)-從教育到醫(yī)療保健，從住房到不平等和貧困，從移民到人口老齡化和社會治理。然而，我們長期缺乏科學證據(jù)和方法，了解這些問題的原因和后果，更不用說制定政策解決方案，”社會學裕豐全球教授說吳曉剛，誰將會監(jiān)督程序。“上海紐約大學的新計劃將通過利用紐約大學社會學系的資源來培訓新一代學生來學習和解決中國與民生有關的一些最緊迫的社會和經(jīng)濟問題，從而填補這一空白。”

與其他紐約大學上海大學博士課程的結構相似，社會學博士課程將在上海紐約大學夏季研究輪換開始，然后在紐約的兩個學期進行課程學習。第一年后，學生將在紐約大學上海分校的指導下移居上海進行研究和課程工作，并偶爾回紐約。所有博士候選人都將在畢業(yè)后獲得紐約大學博士學位。

紐約大學的社會學研究生課程是美國增長最快和最快的課程之一。紐約大學上海分校的學生將有機會與該領域的一些最著名學者合作，其中包括美國國家科學院的兩名成員Paula England和Mike Hout。“他的研究興趣包括教育，不平等和社會流動性，調查研究和定量研究?！彼f：“該計劃是一個充滿激情并熱衷于進行與中國及周邊地區(qū)密切相關的嚴格社會學研究的學生的理想選擇?！狈椒?，城市社會學和社會人口統(tǒng)計學。

除了嚴格的社會學理論和方法培訓外，還將鼓勵學生根據(jù)紐約大學上海新應用社會經(jīng)濟研究中心（CASER）的研究興趣進行實證研究。新任命的社會學系助理研究員苗佳（Miao Jia），還將擔任該計劃的主管。 

“我們很高興能夠啟動我們在社會科學領域的第一個博士課程。目前，在紐約大學紐約分校的領導下，根據(jù)新的研究中心，上海紐約大學為在紐約和上海之間接受世界級社會研究培訓的合適人選提供了完美的結合?！?nbsp;紐約大學上海分校教務長喬安娜·韋利·科恩（Joanna Waley-Cohen）說。

所有被錄取的學生將獲得紐約大學上海博士獎學金的全額資助，該獎學金包括所有學費和雜費，國際醫(yī)療保險，旅行資金以及紐約大學上海博士生的年度津貼。自2015年秋季以來，已有近40名學生被紐約大學上海博士學位課程錄取。

有關社會學博士學位課程的更多信息，請訪問社會學博士學位課程網(wǎng)頁。閱讀申請要求，以了解您是否符合條件，然后通過NYU GSAS申請門戶提交申請。2021年秋季入學的申請截止日期為2021年1月4日。如有其他疑問，請發(fā)送電子郵件至shanghai.phd@nyu.edu。