{"id":7448,"date":"2023-11-02T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/webid2-test-lsweb\/?page_id=7448"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:35:57","slug":"phd-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/communication\/students\/graduate\/phd-program\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our doctoral program is research focused, designed to be the terminal degree in the field suited for a career in academia or in upper-levels of industry. We have a commitment to developing our graduate students\u2019 research excellence, as evidenced by their prolific publication and presentation records, as well as their teaching skills, as evidenced by our award winning graduate student teachers. 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