91 PhD programmes in Animal Science

Researchers in the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM)'s Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at University of Saskatchewan are exploring issues in the areas of epidemiology, food safety, animal ethology and welfare, theriogenology (cattle and horses), work in specialized livestock, and various projects in surgery and medicine. 

The PhD in Animal Biosciences is offered through our Department of Animal Biosciences, a research-intensive department focused on Animal Breeding and Genetics, Animal Nutrition and Metabolism, Animal Physiology, and Animal Behaviour and Welfare. 

Animal Science from University of Debrecen is improving the modern animal breeding and animal science based on the classic knowledge with the application of the newest results of joint sciences for producing excellent quality and secure human food and other economical animal products decreasing the environmental load. 

Veterinary Clinical Sciences from Louisiana State University is designed to enhance competitiveness and scholarship. The objective of this program is to provide students with the tools to conduct original research in clinical sciences of small, large, and exotic animals.

The Animal Sciences program at Kansas State University is a comprehensive unit supported by about 50 faculty devoted to research, teaching, and extension activities related to domestic farm animals species. 

Applied Animal Biology at the University of British Columbia offers opportunities for advanced study and research leading to a Ph.D. degree in animal physiology, behaviour, welfare, and management of livestock, aquaculture, and wildlife species.

The Animal and Comparative Biomedical Science program from The University of Arizona provides our students with an opportunity to perform research that spans from molecular biology and whole animal physiology to meat and dairy production to studies on the business of horse racing.    

Throughout the Anthrozoology MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter you have the opportunity to undertake advanced postgraduate research in a friendly, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and highly productive community

The graduate program in Animal Nutrition  from Mississippi State University is an interdepartmental curriculum leading to a Master of Science in Agriculture with a concentration in Animal Nutrition or a Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Sciences with a concentration in Animal Nutrition.

The Veterinary Medicine Science program offered by the University of Zurich is run in collaboration with the Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Bern includes a written dissertation about an independent scientific research project, and is usually completed in three to four years. 

The Department of Animal and Food Sciences at the University of Delaware offers a doctor of philosophy degree in Animal and Food Sciences.

The Ph.D. in Animal Breeding at Texas A&M University offers advanced training and leading-edge research in genetics, quantitative analysis and livestock improvement.

To be admitted to the Animal and Rangeland Science Ph.D. Program at University of Nevada, Reno, prospective students must obtain the agreement of a graduate faculty member to serve as a student's advisor.

This Entomology programme is offered at Mississippi State University. The Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology is a comprehensive department offering an undergraduate degree in biochemistry with 11 different concentrations.

The Animal Physiology PhD program from Mississippi State University is an interdisciplinary curriculum leading to a Master of Science in Agricultural Life Sciences with a concentration in Animal Physiology and/or Doctor of Philosophy degree in Life Sciences with a concentration in Animal Physiology.

This program in Animal Production Systems at Stellenbosch University leads to the qualification PhD (Agric) (field: Animal Sciences). 

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary, competency- based curriculum is the cornerstone of the Texas A&M University Department of Animal Science Graduate Training Program and allows for each student to work with their graduate committee in order to design a degree and research plan that best meets their long-term objectives.

The Animal Production programme offered by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona develops advanced research expertise in livestock systems, focusing on nutrition, genetics, welfare, and sustainable production.

Doctoral students in Animal Science and Fisheries at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn will gain specialist knowledge and skills, including state-of-the-art techniques and research methodologies that can be used in PhD projects.

The University of Maryland Department of Animal and Avian Sciences is one of the top ranked departments of Animal Sciences in the US.