PhD programmes in Anthropology in Europe

Students of Archaeology and Ancient History programme of the University of Leicester complete an independent research project under the guidance of a supervisory team. The maximum period of registration permitted before thesis submission is 4 years full time / 7  years part time.

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 Department of Anthropology and Archaeology has an international 'four-field' approach, combining archaeology with evolutionary, social and linguistic anthropology. The Archaeology and Anthropology programme is offered by University of Bristol.

From Archaeology & Anthropology to Environmental & Biological Sciences, Technology, Security, Design & Engineering, or Psychology, research within the Faculty of Science and Technology from Bournemouth University is world-leading.

The Anthropology programme from Maynooth University is an advanced research degree that requires considerable initiative on the part of the student to engage in independent, original scholarship. 

As a postgraduate student in the Anthropology programme from The University of Exeter, you will be able to pursue your work within a friendly and informal atmosphere.

A member of staff, expert in the chosen field, is directly responsible for guiding and supporting your research programme. Join the Human Sciences programme at London South Bank University.

Anthropological Studies at Queen's University Belfast's is internationally renowned and a long established and rapidly expanding centre for postgraduate teaching and research training.

This Anthropology PhD program from Masaryk University goal is to develop students in the field of Anthropology as developed at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Science, MU. 

The doctoral program in Sociology and Social Anthropology at Central European University (CEU) does not have separate sociology and anthropology tracks—both disciplines are integrated.

Anthropology at the University of Kent is renowned for its dynamic postgraduate community and its contribution to emerging and established anthropological fields.

Durham University has one of the largest Anthropology Departments in the UK and one of only a few to span Social Anthropology, Evolutionary Anthropology and Anthropology of Health.

The PhD studies in both Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology at Uppsala University are part of the activities supported by the Faculty of Arts.

Social Anthropology is a social science subject focused on cultural variation and human diversity across the globe. The programme at Stockholm University concerns itself with human relationships in their social, cultural, economic and political context.

The PhD Programme in Social Anthropology at the University of Gothenburg aims to understand people's ways of organizing and understanding the world, in both local and global contexts. 

A majority of our Anthropology and Sociology PhD graduates at SOAS University of London have embarked on an academic career, taking up lectureships in universities in the UK as well as abroad, or pursuing further their interests through post-doctoral fellowships and other research-based posts.

A PhD in Health in Social Science programme offered at The University of Edinburgh offers a focus on innovative and cross-disciplinary health and social care research.

The PhD in Biological Anthropology from University of Cambridge, is an opportunity for original research leading to a thesis within a structured research environment that encourages both independence and collaboration. 

The Social Anthropology group at The University of Edinburgh forms an international centre of excellence for postgraduate training, recognised as one of the premier research departments in the UK.

The Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research is dedicated to providing supervision and support to post-graduate students pursuing a PhD in social sciences at the University of Amsterdam. It offers this degree programme in Anthropology.