Joint and Dual Degree Programs

As one of the world’s greatest research institutions, the University of Pennsylvania is home to an array of superb graduate and professional schools. These schools sit together on the University’s campus, and all are engaged in the integration of knowledge across disciplines.

Each year, our students build on their law degrees with complementary degrees in one of these fine graduate or professional schools. Penn Law has formal joint or dual degree programs that are available to students considering the University of Pennsylvania.

Students seek admission to the other program independent of the JD application and, in most cases, can apply to that second program either contemporaneously with their application to Penn Law or while in their 1L or 2L year. Because Penn Law and the sister school grant credit for a certain number of the other school’s courses, students typically save one year by doing both programs concurrently. There is a nominal Law School administrative fee for participation in a joint degree program.

Please click on any of the degrees below to learn more about that specific program.

Three Year Programs

Other Masters Programs; PhD Programs

As in the Certificate arena, students have from time to time created their own ad-hoc programs with departments with which there is no current formal joint degree. We are happy to work with students interested in any of the University’s other graduate and professional programs. In this fashion, recent graduates have received the following degrees:

Examples of Recent Ad Hoc Programs

Penn Law students also have opportunities to complement their JD degrees with study in the international arena.

International Programs

We are happy to work with students interested in any of the University’s other graduate and professional programs. If you have questions about a specific joint degree, please email us at crossdisc@law.upenn.edu