The schools offer research oriented graduate programs leading to the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Arts, and Master of Science. The School of Liberal Arts also offers professionally oriented programs leading to the degree of Master of Fine Arts in the fields of art, music, and theatre. The Master of Liberal Arts program is offered by the School of Continuing Studies, the continuing education division of Tulane, in cooperation with the School of Liberal Arts, which actually confers the MLA degree.

The Master of Science degree is available in the fields of biochemistry, biology (cell and molecular biology, evolutionary and environmental biology), biomedical engineering, chemical science and engineering (chemical engineering, chemistry), international studies (applied development), earth and environmental sciences, mathematics, medical sciences (anatomy, biostatistics, human genetics, microbiology and immunology, molecular and cellular biology, pharmacology, physiology), neuroscience, physics, psychology, public health and tropical medicine (biostatistics, epidemiology, international health and development, parasitology), and statistics.

For graduate degrees other than those cited above, consult the catalogs of the School of Architecture, the School of Business, the School of Law, the School of Medicine, the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, the School of Science and Engineering, and the School of Social Work.

Graduate work was first provided at Tulane University in 1883-1884. Under several different names and forms of administration, graduate work continued to develop. Four students received Master of Arts degrees in 1885, and the first Doctor of Philosophy degree was conferred in 1887. In 1925 the Faculty of Graduate Studies became the Graduate School. With the renewal of the university in 2006 all graduate programs were returned to their respective schools.

Graduate studies are administered by the deans of the respective schools. At the departmental level, the graduate chair is the officer responsible to the dean for the administration of graduate affairs.

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