146 PhD programmes in Anthropology

This practice-based Anthropology, Media and Performance PhD programme at The University of Manchester will see you carry out an extensive piece of research in the field.

The PhD in Anthropology, Global Studies and the Study of Religion programme at Aarhus University draws on well-established research and teaching in European and Asian Studies, the Middle East, Africa, and the circumpolar regions.

The Studies of Cultures programme of Tallinn University is an umbrella study programme, covering fields like Cultural Theory, Estonian Literature and Culture, English Literature and Culture, German Literature and Culture, Romance Studies, Russian Literature and Culture, Middle Eastern and Asian Literatures and Cultures, Cultural Geography, Philosophy, and Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Graduate students engage in Anthropology program at University of Utah crosses disciplinary and sub-disciplinary lines to address questions about human biology, behavior, culture and evolution. 

The Anthropology program at the University of California, San Diego is designed to provide the theoretical background and the methodological skills necessary for a career in professional research and teaching anthropology at the university level, and for the application of anthropological knowledge to contemporary problems.

The Ph.D. program in Anthropology at Boston University is designed to provide a broad background in the field with a primary emphasis on sociocultural anthropology, biological anthropology, or archaeology.

The Department of Anthropology at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees. We generally do not accept students for a terminal M.A.

The department of Anthropology at University of Florida offers graduate work leading to the Master of Arts (thesis or non-thesis option) and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. 

Students enter the Anthropology Ph.D Program at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), based upon a vote of the faculty, at the time the M.A. degree is conferred or, if entering with a master’s degree, when all requirements demonstrating basic knowledge in the field of anthropology are completed.

At University of Oxford, the DPhil in Anthropology is the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography’s advanced research degree, and is awarded to candidates who have completed a substantial original piece of research in the field. 

Students working toward the Ph.D. degree in Anthropology at University of Wisconsin Madison who prefer to pursue a program leading to a specialization in, for example, linguistic anthropology, may elect to take a joint degree. 

Since its inception in the 1960s, the graduate program at University of Kentucky has been nationally recognized as a leader in applied Anthropology. 

The Social Anthropology programme at Stellenbosch University involves independent and original research, leading towards the writing of a dissertation on an approved topic, as developed in an approved research proposal and under the supervision of a supervisor and, where appropriate, a co-supervisor. 

At the Yale University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Biological Anthropology. Join us!

Working closely with cultural anthropologists in the department, linguistic anthropologists examine how language use and choice shape the cultural and social diversity of communities and persons. We offer a Linguistic Anthropology degree at New York University. 

In a rapidly evolving social and environmental context, Anthropology brings new critical perspectives to the problems and challenges of the contemporary world by highlighting the links between local problems and global issues. This program is offered at the University of Ottawa.

The Anthropology degree at Western University - Canada is dedicated to documenting and understanding human beings.

The Social Anthropology programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in social and cultural life through anthropological theory, ethnographic inquiry, and field-based research.

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

At the Johns Hopkins University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Anthropology. Students will usually spend three years in residence, one year or more conducting field research, and a final year completing the dissertation.