The Georgia Tech School of Public Policy is internationally-recognized as a center of excellence in the analysis of the policy implications of science and technology. The School has extensive international research, educational, and policy linkages with other organizations, centers, and programs around the world. Doctoral graduates from the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech will find employment as university faculty and as senior research analysts in government and the private sector. Colleges and university faculty's demands for public policy Ph.D. graduates is much stronger (relative to supply) than most liberal arts degrees.<br><br>The Ph.D. in Public Policy prepares students for advanced professional work or for academic careers. The doctorate degree is based on a core curriculum that stresses intellectual and methodological rigor, using the theories and applications of quantitative analysis, political, economic, and organizational analysis, research design and execution. This core is supplemented with in-depth study of particular substantive areas of public policy. The program focuses on just three substantive concentrations, each a particular strength of the School, and each closely related to Georgia Tech's focus on technology-intensive research and education. These focal areas include science and technology policy, environmental and energy policy, economic development policy, and information and communication technology policy.