OpenFieldUSC · Los Angeles, California, United States
The University of Southern California (USC) is one of the world's leading private research universities and a distinguished member of the Association of American Universities (AAU). Located in the heart of Los Angeles, USC is world-famous for cinematic arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, engineering and AI at the Viterbi School of Engineering, biomedical breakthroughs at the Keck School of Medicine, and international business at the Marshall School.
USC spans 23 schools and units including the Viterbi School of Engineering, School of Cinematic Arts, Keck School of Medicine, Marshall School of Business, Gould School of Law, and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Leading research institutes include the Information Sciences Institute (ISI)—where the Internet's domain name system (DNS) was invented—and the Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT).
Admissions are among the most selective globally. Graduate admissions require an accredited bachelor's degree with a high GPA (typically 3.5+), statement of purpose, three letters of recommendation, and English language proficiency (TOEFL 100+ or IELTS 7.5+).
Elite computing doctorate at Viterbi and the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) researching large language model alignment, machine translation, multi-agent reinforcement learning, quantum computing algorithms, and robotics.
The world's premier film school, offering three years of intensive hands-on production on industry soundstages, covering directing, cinematography on Arri/RED cameras, editing in Avid, sound design, and producing.
Pioneering doctoral program in neural prostheses (birthplace of the Argus II bionic eye), brain-machine interfaces, cardiovascular biomechanics, and microfluidic organ-on-a-chip diagnostics.
NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center doctorate investigating DNA methylation epigenetics, oncogenic signaling cascades, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR-T) cell therapy, and tumor immunogenomics.
Elite aerospace doctorate collaborating with NASA JPL, SpaceX, and Northrop Grumman on electric ion thrusters, rarefied gas dynamics, boundary layer transition in hypersonics, and orbital mechanics.
Consistently ranked among the world's top communication doctoral programs, exploring algorithmic media bias, online disinformation networks, political communication, and social platform governance.
University Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology
Viterbi School of Engineering & Keck School of Medicine
Dr. Humayun is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, inventor of the Argus II bionic eye retinal prosthesis restorin...
View researcher profile ↗Research Professor of Computer Science
Information Sciences Institute (ISI) & Viterbi School
Dr. Gil is a fellow of AAAI and ACM, researching automated scientific discovery algorithms, knowledge capture, semantic workflows, and intelligent conversationa...
View researcher profile ↗Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center & Keck School
Dr. Jones is a world-renowned pioneer in cancer epigenetics, discovering the mechanism of 5-azacytidine DNA methylation inhibition, and former president of the ...
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