Training and Workforce
Embry-Riddle’s Ph.D. Program To Take Off in May
Next May, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will begin classes for its new aviation Ph.D.

Next May, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will begin classes for its new aviation Ph.D. degree programs available online through its Worldwide Campus division. According to Embry-Riddle professor of applied aviation studies and aviation program Ph.D. residency coordinator Alan Stolzer, the program is the first of its kind in the world. There will be three cognates–or majors–in the aviation program: operations, security and safety, but only operations will be available to students enrolled in the first class next spring.

He told NBAA Convention News the online program will take about three years to complete and will require each student to undertake an annual six-day residency at one of Embry-Riddle’s campuses. The program can be completed in as little as two years or as many as seven.