139 PhD programmes in Area & Cultural Studies in Europe

The aim of the Southeast Asian Studies doctorate at University of Passau is to demonstrate the candidate's ability to conduct independent scientific work. Only universities are authorised to award doctoral degrees.

Tomorrow's leading academic or a practitioner with specialist expertise on East Asia? Either way, the University of Sheffield will help you to realise your ambition as a PhD student in East Asian Studies.

Work alongside specialist experts on the MPhil/PhD in Intercultural Communication offered at the University of Warwick. 

Ethnology, Folklore, and Ethnomusicology at University of Aberdeen are disciplines built on the study of culture in context.

The Area Studies (South Asia) programme offered by University of Oxford is a research-based course exploring South Asia through interdisciplinary approaches, covering politics, gender, history, anthropology, economics, and international relations.

The Postdigital Cultures programme offered by Coventry University investigates the social, cultural, political, and technological dimensions of postdigital society, exploring how digital systems shape contemporary life, institutions, communities, and futures.

Embark on an enriching academic expedition with the University of Turin's esteemed Doctoral Program in Technologies for Cultural Heritage.

The Cultural Studies programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in culture, democracy, and social transformation.

The department of Art and Culture, History, and Antiquity at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is characterised by its staff's interdisciplinary and global approach to research and teaching on the present and the past.

The Leipzig School of Human Origins is a unique PhD program at Leipzig University that combines different disciplines to study the evolutionary history and origins of humans and other primates.

Our School at University College Dublin has a strong tradition of scholarship and research in the Irish language, Celtic Studies, Folklore & Ethnology and Irish Studies. We offer a Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore degree at University College Dublin.

Religious lives are lived out in specific localities, from busy urban neighbourhoods to rural and coastal communities. This Place, Pilgrimage, Culture and Performance programme is offered at The Open University UK.

The Area Studies (Latin America) programme offered by University of Oxford is a research-based course exploring Latin America through interdisciplinary approaches, covering politics, economics, sociology, religion, and international relations.

The DPhil in Area Studies (China) is a research-based course focused on contemporary China through topics like politics, sociology, economics, history, and culture; using interdisciplinary social science approaches. The Area Studies (China) programme is offered at University of Oxford.

The Sami Studies programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in Sami societies, languages, cultures, and Indigenous knowledge systems within national and international contexts.

We offer supervision in Refugee Care at University of Essex, allowing you to undertake research that introduces a therapeutic dimension and psychosocial perspectives to your work with asylum seekers, refugees and other involuntarily dislocated persons.

Art is where cultural, creative and historical characteristics are expressed–in timeless works that ultimately belong to us all. Cultural Art History at Warnborough College fully explores the cultural cross-fertilization of traditions manifested in works of art—and the influences underlying their production.

The Media and Cultural Studies PhD at Birmingham City University research degree will help you achieve a career in media research or academia. Your research will be delivered over three years (full time) or four years (part-time or distance learning).

The Culture and Society programme offered by Linköping University develops advanced research expertise in cultural processes, social analysis, and interdisciplinary humanities perspectives.

The Gender and Otherness in the Humanities (GOTH) research group at The Open University UK engages with various fields, including English Literature, Creative Writing, Music, History, Theatre Studies, Art History and Classical Studies, to explore topics related to themes of gender and otherness.