{"id":2696,"date":"2020-05-20T15:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T19:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=2696"},"modified":"2026-05-05T13:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T17:48:39","slug":"phd-in-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD in Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-fifty is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p>The&nbsp;College of Design at North Carolina State University&nbsp;initiated the&nbsp;Ph.D. in Design Program&nbsp;in 1999. Today the program includes more than forty students from all over the world pursuing research focusing on the questions that transcend and unite the design disciplines.<br><br>The mission of the&nbsp;Ph.D. in Design&nbsp;is to advance knowledge in design through research and scholarship. This mission is built on the recognition of fertile common ground among the design disciplines and on the need for specificity and depth within them.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<aside class=\"floated-spotlight-aside-container\">\n  <div class=\"floated-spotlight-contents\">\n    <div class=\"ncst-content-card wp-block-ncst-fp-spotlight-card has-custombg-seven-background-color with-image with-cta\">\n  \n          <div class=\"content-card__image-container\">\n        <div class=\"content-card__image-background\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\n            class=\"content-card__image wp-image-23698\"\n            alt=\"Newton D&#039;souza color photo\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Newton-1.jpg\"\n            style=\"aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; \"\n srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Newton-1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Newton-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Newton-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Newton-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/phd-in-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/09\/Newton-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"content-card__text-container\">\n      \n                        <h3 class=\"content-card__headline\">Director of the PhD in Design Program<\/h3>\n              \n\n              \n\t      \t        <p class=\"content-card__teaser\"><strong>Newton D&#8217;Souza, PhD<\/strong><br>Director of Doctoral Programs<\/p>\n\t      \t    \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n\n<p>The Ph.D. program, therefore, values a broad range of research interests that aim to improve the human condition.<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ncst-blockquote\">\n    The Ph.D. in Design at North Carolina State University is outstanding. By all metrics, the program competes favorably with other North American Ph.D. programs. The College of Design has carved out a powerful and highly respected research arena (design), and the Ph.D. program is built around the strengths of the College and the faculty.<br>&#8211; 2013 External Review Team\n  <\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-custombg-one-background-color wp-block-ncst-button-spotlight\">\n    <div class=\"button-spotlight__container\">\n          <div class=\"button-spotlight__icon-container ncst-icon\">\n        <svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M22.5202 16.6462H19.0669V16.9753H22.5202V16.6462Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M22.5202 17.5481H19.0669V17.8772H22.5202V17.5481Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M21.7378 18.4102H19.0669V18.7392H21.7378V18.4102Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M22.5202 15.7444H19.0669V16.0734H22.5202V15.7444Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M22.5202 14.8772H19.0669V15.2063H22.5202V14.8772Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<path d=\"M22.5197 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