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University Hall at Brown University While originally established in 1850 under university president Francis Wayland , graduate study at Brown ceased after seven years of operation. In 1887, the Graduate School was re-established; the first master's degrees were awarded in 1888, and the first Ph.D's in 1889.
As of Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: Summary Report 2006 this was reduced to 18, [10] part of an ongoing program of assessment that saw the number of recognized research degrees reduced from the 52 recognized from 1994 (the earliest report archived online) to 1998, falling to 48 from 1999 to 2003 and to 24 in 2004.
Brown's program in applied mathematics was established in 1941 making it the oldest such program in the United States. [ 9 ] [ 108 ] The division is highly ranked and regarded nationally. [ 109 ] Among the 67 recipients of the Timoshenko Medal , 22 have been affiliated with Brown's applied mathematics division as faculty, researchers, or students.
The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, also referred to as the McNair Scholars Program, is a United States Department of Education initiative with the goal of increasing "attainment of PhD degrees by students from underrepresented segments of society," including first-generation low-income individuals and members from racial and ethnic groups historically underrepresented ...
The Graduate Program in Development (GPD) is an NSF-funded, interdisciplinary program that supports the training of PhD candidates in anthropology, political science, economics, and sociology. [17] The Public Policy program is a one-year intensive (summer – fall – spring) full-time degree with a focus on quantitative policy analysis and ...
Edmund Morgan – Acting Dean of the Graduate School (1951–52) Donald Hornig – Dean of the Graduate School (1952–53) Mark B. Schupack – Dean of the Graduate School and Research (1983–86) Phillip J. Stiles – Dean of the Graduate School and Research (1986–93) Kathryn T. Spoehr (A.B. 1969) – Dean of the Graduate School and Research ...
Brown offered its first engineering course in 1847, making the school's program the oldest undergraduate engineering program in the Ivy League [7] [8] and the third-oldest civilian engineering program in the United States. [9] [a] In 1850, the civil engineering curriculum was inaugurated as a focused one and a half year program. In 1903 ...
In 2021 Brown acquired the adjacent property to accommodate future growth of the school. [12] The same year, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the school saw a 116% increase in applications for its Master's in Public Health Program. Accordingly, the school announced a planned expansion of the program to roughly 90 students. [13]