The International Advanced Standing Program (IASP) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine is designed to permit qualified, international dentists who graduated from programs not accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) to earn a Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) degree from Pitt Dental Medicine.
Advanced Placement for International Dentists
- In-Person
Doctor of Audiology
- In-Person
Become an expert in prevention, assessment and treatment of auditory and balance disorders across the lifespan.
Doctor of Business Administration
- Hybrid
- In-Person
Advance your analytical and problem-solving skills in corporations, consulting firms, government agencies, and other roles.
Doctor of Chiropractic
- In-Person
Learn and develop as a highly-qualified chiropractic practitioner who will make a positive impact on communities, the profession and the world.
Doctor of Clinical Science in Occupational Therapy
- Online
Doctor of Dental Medicine
- In-Person
The doctoral program prepares students to provide basic health promotion and disease prevention, diagnose and develop treatment plans, analyze complex medical and dental cases, and achieve competency in all areas defined for general practitioners.
Doctor of Education in Education Leadership
- In-Person
Specialize in your education studies to become a superintendent while earning a doctoral degree.
Doctor of Education in Health & Physical Activity
- In-Person
Train to prepare for public health, health-related, community-based, school-based, or government/policy opportunities related to health and physical activity based on improvement science.
Doctor of Education in Higher Education
- In-Person
Examine measures that reflect institutional effectiveness and data-based planning and decision-making in higher education environments that demand accountability and transparency.
Doctor of Education in Out-of-School Learning
- In-Person
Engage with curriculum intended for experienced informal learning and out-of-school learning professionals who seek advanced training for leadership, consultant, or policymaker positions.
Doctor of Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
- In-Person
Engage with rigorous theoretical and practical orientation to become a leader in K-12 schools and institutions of higher learning in STEM.
Doctor of Education in Special Education
- In-Person
Gain the skills to serve in public or private pre-K–12 schools or educational environments and services with focus on the development of knowledge and skills in leadership, collaboration, management, administration, supervision, pre-service and in-service education, program evaluation, community relations, and recruiting.
Doctor of Education in Urban Education
- In-Person
Participate in a practice-oriented program intended for experienced education professionals who seek advanced training for leadership positions, which might include curricular leadership roles, school district leadership, out-of-school learning organizations, university outreach/extension, and other areas where learning occurs within or strongly connected to the urban context.
Doctor of Juridical Science
- In-Person
Design your studies as a legal academic to pursue advanced independent study, research and writing.
Doctor of Medicine
- In-Person
Improve the health and well-being of individuals and populations through cutting-edge biomedical research, innovative educational programs in medicine and biomedical science, and leadership in academic medicine.
Doctor of Nursing Practice
- In-Person
- Online
Pursue the educational standard for advanced practice providers—whether nurse anesthetists, nurse leaders, midwives or nurse practitioners.
Doctor of Nursing Practice/Doctor of Philosophy
- In-Person
Simultaneously earn PhD and DNP degrees and emerge as both a nurse researcher and advanced practice nurse.
Doctor of Occupational Therapy
- In-Person
Be guided through didactic, fieldwork and capstone experiences that go beyond the generalist level of an occupational therapist.
Doctor of Pharmacy
- In-Person
Pitt PharmD graduates practice in a variety of environments on the continuum of keeping healthy communities healthy to caring for the sickest of the sick.
Doctor of Philosophy in Africana Studies
- In-Person
This program will provide an advanced graduate degree that places the experiences, perspectives, agency, and history of people of African descent at the center of its focus and provides intellectual frameworks for equipping graduates to produce new scholarship and understandings about those experiences.