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Graduate Degrees

For those interested in beginning their Ph.D. in Fall 2025: applicants interested in the Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology should identify primary mentors in those areas. Dr. Medaglia can be mentioned as a potential research mentor of interest. He will primarily recruit for students in the Applied Cognitive & Brain Sciences (ACBS) area.

Ph.D. in Applied Cognitive & Brain Sciences | Apply by Dec. 1st 2024 for Fall 2025

Drexel’s Ph.D. in Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences (ACBS) is a research-intensive program emphasizing psychological questions of real-world significance, grounded in fundamental issues and methods of basic science. The ACBS doctorate program provides personal interaction with mentors and emphasizes rigorous quantitative and methodological training to empower students to pursue research without technical limitations.

M.S. in Psychology | Apply by June 1st 2025 for Fall 2025

Drexel offers a terminal two-year Masters in Psychology. This program is designed to give students additional training in research methods and data analysis to prepare them for further graduate education or industry jobs with technical research demands. In CogNeW, M.S. students are well-integrated into research teams on funded projects and given the resources to pursue their own theses and publications in direct mentorship with Dr. Medaglia. M.S. students with some experience in data analysis and coding are best-suited to this degree.