Awards Are Made in Four Broad Fields
If a dissertation is multi- or interdisciplinary in nature, a significant portion of the work must be comprised by at least one of the four broad fields.
Biological Sciences and Life Sciences
- Biology
- Botany
- Zoology
- Ecology
- Embryology
- Entomology
- Genetics
- Nutrition
- Plant pathology
- Plant physiology
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Biophysics
- Microbiology
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Physiology
Humanities and Fine Arts
- History
- Philosophy
- Language
- Linguistics
- Literature
- Archaeology
- Jurisprudence
- The history, theory and criticism of the arts
- Ethics
- Comparative religion and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches
Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering
Mathematics
- Mathematics
- Statistics
- Computer sciences
- Data processing
- Systems analysis
Physical Sciences
- Chemistry
- Earth sciences
- Physics,
- Geology,
- Meteorology,
- Astronomy,
- Metallurgy,
- Geophysics,
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
Engineering
- Aeronautical
- Architectural
- Biomedical
- Ceramic
- Chemical
- Civil
- Electrical engineering sciences
- Environmental health engineering
- Geological
- Mechanical
- Mining
- Nuclear
- Petroleum engineering.
Social Sciences
- Agricultural economics
- Geography
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Economics
- Education
- Sociology
- Government (political science)
- Demography
- Psychology.