Anthropology

145 PhD programmes in Anthropology

Brunel University of London4,0(135)

London, United Kingdom Top 2% in Worldwide

Anthropology

Find out about our research in Anthropology at the Brunel University of London. PhD students come to Brunel from diverse cultural backgrounds and belong to a genuinely international anthropology department.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus

3 years$27,038/yr

SOAS University of London4,2(38)

London, United Kingdom Top 4% in Worldwide

Anthropology and Sociology

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.

Ph. D. Full-time +2 On-campus

4 years$31,001/yr

University of Birmingham4,2(56)

Birmingham, United Kingdom Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Social Anthropology

Research social and cultural complexities around the world. Delve into areas of study that interest you, from religion and belief to inequality and marginalisation, activism and social transformation, gender and sexuality, or contemporary popular culture with the Social Anthropology degree at the University of Birmingham.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus +2

3 years$31,001/yr

Dalhousie University4,0(59)

Halifax, Canada Top 2% in Worldwide

Social Anthropology

Dalhousie University's Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology programme offers you the chance to take advantage of faculty expertise and interest in three designated areas of departmental concentration. Many of the PhD students secure scholarships and pursue careers in academia, research, policy, and the non-profit sector.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$3,346/yr

Victoria University of Wellington4,1(75)

Wellington, New Zealand Top 2% in Worldwide

PhD in Cultural Anthropology

Take your skills and knowledge in PhD in Cultural Anthropology at Victoria University of Wellington to the next step with postgraduate study.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

3 yearsTuition not available

Maynooth University4,2(50)

Maynooth, Ireland Top 4% in Worldwide

Anthropology

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.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus

4 years$15,988/yr

University of Bristol4,3(94)

Bristol, United Kingdom Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Anthropology and Archaeology

The Anthropology and Archaeology department at University of Bristol has an international 'four-field' approach, combining archaeology with evolutionary, social and linguistic anthropology.

Ph.D. Full-time +2 On-campus +2

4 years$29,026/yr

University of Bern4,1(9)

Bern, Switzerland Top 1% in Worldwide

Social Anthropology

Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Social Anthropology doctorate at the University of Bern?

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

3 years$495/yr

University of California, Davis4,4(11)

Davis, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Anthropology

Students in the Anthropology program from University of California, Davis gain advanced knowledge of the evolution of primate and human behavior.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$30,691/yr

Brown University4,5(15)

Providence, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Anthropology

Brown University's graduate Anthropology program encourages a diversity of doctoral research agendas in sociocultural anthropology, anthropological archaeology and linguistic anthropology.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$71,700/yr

Rice University4,4(19)

Houston, United States Top 1% in Worldwide

Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology's doctoral program at Rice University offers advanced training in social/cultural anthropology and archaeology.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$62,474/yr

The University of Alabama4,3(4)

Tuscaloosa, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

Anthropology

At The University of Alabama, we offer a PhD program in Anthropology emphasizing two tracks of investigation: Archaeology of the Complex Societies of the Americas and Biocultural Medical Anthropology.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

3 years$34,542/yr

University of Washington4,2(53)

Seattle, United States Top 0.5% in Worldwide

Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington is comprised of three principal anthropological sub-fields with which its faculty, programs, and curriculum are associated.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$33,171/yr

University of California, Berkeley4,3(94)

Berkeley, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide

Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology at University of California, Berkeley offers a PhD in Anthropology, with concentrations in Sociocultural Anthropology, Archaeology, or Biological Anthropology.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$13,140/yr

University of Otago4,0(101)

Dunedin, New Zealand Top 2% in Worldwide

Anthropology

Social Anthropology at University of Otago explores the cultural grounding of social life. By studying people who are ‘not like us’ – from whichever group of people it is that ‘we’ as researchers might belong – anthropologists learn about the surprising differences in everyday living around the world.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

3 years$23,285/yr

Louisiana State University4,3(16)

Baton Rouge, United States Top 3% in Worldwide

Anthropology

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Anthropology is the highest degree offered at Louisiana State University.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

$29,770/yr

University of Pennsylvania4,3(23)

Philadelphia, United States Top 0.1% in Worldwide

Anthropology - Medical

The emphasis in the Graduate Program of Anthropology - Medical at University of Pennsylvania is on training candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

5 years$44,792/yr

Charles University4,3(112)

Prague, Czech Republic Top 2% in Worldwide

General Anthropology

The aim of the General Anthropology programme offered at Charles University is a broad-based (general) anthropological study of the nature of human behaviour, conduct and cognition in both their biological (genetic) dimension as well as evolutionary, culturally, socially or environmentally conditioned variability.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

4 years$799/yr

University of Kansas4,6(8)

Lawrence, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Anthropology

Students at University of Kansas have many reasons for pursuing graduate degrees in Anthropology. Some are curious about the origins of the human species.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

8 years$20,108/yr

University of South Florida4,3(44)

Tampa, United States Top 2% in Worldwide

Applied Anthropology

The Applied Anthropology major at the University of South Florida is designed to prepare students to conduct research, teach, and practice in both academic and nonacademic settings.

Ph.D. Full-time On-campus

4 years$19,980/yr