OIEP-sponsored Master's degree programs can be gateways to Ph.D. studies.  Since 2014, graduates from the UMD-Nanjing Normal University joint Master's degree in Criminal Justice and the UMD-Nanjing Normal University Master of Science in Geospatial Information Sciences (MSGIS) have gone on to study for doctorates at:

• East China University of Political Science and Law (Forensic Technology, Bankruptcy Law);
• Leiden University (Developmental Psychopathology);
• Southeast University, China;
• Tsukuba University (Criminology);
• The University of Cincinnati (Geography of Crime);
• University College London (Crime Science);
• The University of Maryland, College Park;
• The University of Tennessee (Urban Sociology and Crime).
• Tianjin University of Finance and Economics (Legal economy).