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SHIPS Information Session

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 10:00 AMPacific Daylight Time UTC -07:00

Are you interested in major issue areas in education and/or considering an education research question through a disciplinary lens? Join Stanford GSE faculty and a current PhD student to learn how our PhD programs in Social Sciences, Humanities, and Interdisciplinary Policy Studies in Education (SHIPS) open possibilities for education research by combining deep expertise in a disciplinary tradition with application to major issue areas in education. We will also answer questions about the admission application process. All are welcome!

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List your research interests in 1-3 sentences. *

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