Public Policy
Doctor of Philosophy
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Campus address: Sid Richardson Hall (SRH) 3.107, phone (512) 471-4292, fax (512) 471-8455; campus mail code: E2700
Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, P O Box Y, Austin TX 78713
E-mail: lbjadmit@uts.cc.utexas.edu
URL: http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/
Facilities for Graduate Work
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs is housed in Sid Richardson Hall, adjacent to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
The school’s computation center maintains a computer laboratory and provides access to the Internet and to the University’s computer infrastructure. The laboratory is reserved for public affairs students and is available twenty-four hours a day.
Areas of Study
The doctoral degree program in public policy is a research-oriented program designed to give the student substantial knowledge of one or more disciplines, an understanding of the policy process, and technical mastery of advanced research skills. It is intended to develop research scholars and university teachers who can make substantive contributions to our understanding of complex public policy problems and who can conduct research in multidisciplinary settings.
Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) in the spring 2021 semester.
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Gordon B Abner Abigail Rosemary ann Aiken Jacqueline L Angel Richard Patrick Bixler Joshua W Busby Robert M Chesney David J Eaton Raissa Fabregas robles gil Kenneth Flamm James K Galbraith Sheena Elise Greitens Robert L Hutchings William Inboden Peniel E Joseph Donald Kettl Alan J Kuperman Erin Lentz Martin Joseph Luby |
Ji Ma Sheila M Olmstead Todd A Olmstead Cynthia Osborne Francie Ostrower Varun Rai Victoria E Rodriguez Jaganath Sankaran William G Spelman David W Springer Chandler W Stolp Jeremi Suri Philip U Treisman Paul Von hippel Peter Ward Andrew Waxman Catherine Elizabeth Weaver Patrick P Wong |
Admission Requirements
Admission decisions are made by the Admissions Committee. The committee considers applicants' academic and employment records, their scores on the Graduate Record Examinations General Test, three letters of recommendation from professors or employers, and a statement of purpose addressing the applicant’s background and interest in public policy. A résumé and transcripts for all college coursework are also required.
Additional information on degree requirements and the application process is available from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs website.