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UB Applied Ontology Master of Science and PhD Program

Background information on the MS program

How to apply

Graduate Handbook (PhD sections will be released in September.)

Program FAQ in Video Format

Courses for Fall 2026

• PHI598: Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology

• PHI601: Introduction to Philosophy from an Ontological Perspective

• PHI604: Ontological Engineering

• PHI489/579: Intelligence Analysis and Ontology Engineering

• PHITUT596 Applied Ontology Internship

Electives

• BMI501: Survey of Biomedical Ontology
• BMI508: Biomedical Ontologies
• COM 521: Artificial Intelligence as a Medium and Communicator
• CRX 504: Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences
• CRX 606: Social Research Methods
• COM 682: Audience Analysis and Program Evaluation
• LAI 676: The Pedagogy of Programming

Courses for Spring 2027 (Advance notice)

• PHI XXX Ontology of Law (Smith)

• PHI 637 Ontology and AI (Smith)

• PHI 601:Introduction to Philosophy from an Ontological Perspective (Smith)

• PHI 530:Ontology Engineering (Beverley)

• PHI 570 Intelligence Analysis and Ontology (Beverley)

• PHI 635 Logic for Ontologists (Beverley)

• PHI XXX Mereology (Bittner)

INTERNSHIPS

Course credits can be awarded for participation in relevant internships, either funded or unfunded. Students can also apply here for funding support for unfunded spring internships.

YOUTUBE CHANNELS

• John Beverley

• Barry Smith

COURSE ARCHIVE

Spring 2026

• PHI598: Introduction to Basic Formal Ontology, University at Buffalo, Spring 2026

• PHI637: Ontology and AI, University at Buffalo, Spring 2026

• PHI637: Ontology of Economics, University at Buffalo, Spring 2026

Summer 2026

• PHI 605SEM-SMI: The World's Ontology Ecosystem