Industrial and Labor Relations Ph.D. (Ithaca)

Field of Study

Industrial and Labor Relations

Program Description

The ILR PhD program is a full-time residential program based on our Ithaca campus and is designed to train future professors who will do academic research and teach at research universities. Students specialize in one of four areas: human resource studies; international and comparative labor; labor relations, law and history; or organization behavior. They may also minor in any of the above areas, as well as in statistics and data science.

The program typically takes 5 years to complete with the first two years often devoted to graduate-level coursework on campus and beginning stages of developing a dissertation outline and research plan. Following the Admission to Candidacy (A Exam) the remaining time is typically devoted to dissertation research and writing, but students can also take courses throughout their program.

Concentrations by Subject

• human resource studies (Ph.D. only)
• international and comparative labor (Ph.D. only)
• labor economics (Ph.D. only)
• labor relations, law, and history (Ph.D. only)
• labor, research, and policy (M.S. only)
• organizational behavior (Ph.D. only)
• statistics and data science (Ph.D. only)

Application Requirements and Deadlines

Application Deadlines:

December 15 for application and supporting documents

Requirements Summary:

• All Graduate School Requirements, including the English Language Proficiency Requirement for all applicants
• GRE or GMAT
• Two letters of recommendation
• Resume or CV
• Writing sample

Learning Outcomes

• Developing in-depth knowledge of the academic literature on organizations and work relations in order to make original and substantial scholarly contributions to the field
• Mastering research methodologies and analytic skills required for the collection of data, analysis of those data, and interpretation of findings
• Gaining an understanding of the processes involved in publishing original research in peer-reviewed journals and other scholarly outlets
• Developing presentational skills for both professional conferences and teaching - two venues that may require different sorts of skills

Tuition

Tuition information is available through the Graduate School's Tuition Rates page.