Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Industrial Hygiene

Earn a doctorate degree in industrial hygiene, advance both scholarly research and your career

New technology, techniques, and materials are becoming embedded into workplaces everyday while creating new challenges for industrial hygiene professionals in all work environments. The pressures to identify hazardous conditions and prevent injury or harm to people in the workplace is greater now than at any time in the past. Many employers now view safe workplace practices as a key component of generating and maintaining a strong stream of revenue.

Capitol Technology University’s online PhD program in industrial hygiene is designed to provide current professionals in the safety and occupational construction field with an opportunity to conduct extensive and sustained, original research at the highest level. Through this research-based, online doctorate, you’ll engage quickly in research and publishing without the limitations inherent in traditional coursework models. While completing the program you’ll aid in the creation of new knowledge and ideas and become prepared for a variety of leadership roles in industrial hygiene, or for teaching roles in higher education.

The success of this industry in reducing injuries and fatalities is a measure of the research and procedures. Researchers need to be ever more committed to find ways of reducing risk as life becomes more complex. This degree has this focus.

As a doctoral student in industrial hygiene at Capitol Tech, you’ll enter the program with a research idea and a chair will be assigned to develop this into a full research proposal. After enrollment, you’ll work with your chair and research committee to develop further your research proposal. You’ll then work independently to produce a meaningful body of original research of publishable quality. In the process, you’ll also gain valuable insight into the legal, political, ethical, and social dimensions of your field of study.

This is a research based doctorate PhD degree where you will be assigned an academic supervisor almost immediately to guide you through your program and is based on mostly independent study through the entire program. It typically takes a minimum of two years but typically three years to complete if a student works closely with their assigned academic advisor. Under the guidance of your academic supervisor, you will conduct unique research in your chosen field before submitting a Thesis.

As your PhD progresses, you move through a series of progression points and review stages by your academic supervisor. This ensures that you are engaged in a process of research that will lead to the production of a high-quality Thesis and/or publications and that you are on track to complete this in the time available. Following submission of your PhD Thesis or accepted three academic journal articles, you have an oral presentation assessed by an external expert in your field.