Welcome to the Rutgers PhD program, a supportive and vibrant community in which to study philosophy. Our program is currently ranked one of the top two programs in the United States and top three in the world by the Philosophical Gourmet Report. It is also ranked there in the highest Group 1 in the areas of metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of the psychological, cognitive and brain sciences, and philosophy of religion. It is ranked in the second highest Group 2 in the areas of philosophy of mind, philosophical logic, normative ethics, and political philosophy.