National Research Council

Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs

Participating Academic Programs and Taxonomy of Fields

The NRC categorizes academic programs into four broad fields for assessment:

• Life Sciences
• Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering
• Social Sciences
• Arts and Humanities

Each field contains a list of subfields encompassing specific academic programs. Click here to view the full NRC taxonomy of fields and subfields.

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