87 PhD programmes in Area & Cultural Studies in United Kingdom

This Media and Cultural Studies course from Lancaster University offers a chance to develop your own knowledge and research in the ever changing world of media. 

This Languages and Cultures course from Lancaster University warmly welcome enquiries from appropriately qualified applicants who are keen to register for Languages and Cultures doctoral research.

The English Literature course at Bangor University provides you with the opportunity to work over an extended period on a collection of short stories, a novel or a collection of poems under the individual supervision of a writer actively publishing in your field.

The Translation and Intercultural Studies programme at The University of Manchester will enable you to carry out a significant piece of original research under the supervision of our academics.

The School of Modern Languages has an exceptionally broad variety of research interests ranging from the medieval period to the present day and engages with literatures and cultures around the world. This Languages and Cultures programme is offered at the University of St Andrews. 

Could your dedication to Hispanic language and history influence the way their culture is recognised today? We offer a Hispanic and Latin American Studies degree at the University of Nottingham. 

Help to enrich local, national and international communities through research by joining a team of expert researchers in the field of Culture, Heritage and Society. 

The Modern Languages and Cultures programme at Durham University provides an excellent environment for postgraduate research. Students undertake work on a wide range of topics, including translation, literature, theatre, cinema, and photography, while participating in various postgraduate activities such as dialogue days and research seminars

The Palestine Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter is an Area Studies department grounded in multidisciplinary approaches to research and training.

The research interests of historians working in British and Irish History Since the 18th Century at The Open University UK range from manufacturers to masculinity and from political ideas to the making of British identities.

University of Hull pioneered American Studies in Britain. After more than half a century, American Studies at Hull has one of the finest collections of American resources of any British university.

The Centre for Cultural Policy Research offers an outstanding research environment and high quality supervision experience from leading international experts in their fields. We offer a Media and Cultural Policy degree at University of Glasgow.

The School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sheffield has a global reputation for our research. Join our rigorous research community as a PhD researcher and start making a difference.

At the University of Buckingham, we offer our graduates students a phd programme degree in Country House Studies.

The University of Essex is one of few research-intensive universities to offer a practice-based PhD in Curating. Like a traditional PhD in art history, this degree allows you to conduct sustained, innovative research about an issue from the field of visual culture, broadly defined. 

Cultural Politics at University of Buckingham is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of a thesis and an oral viva voce examination. The primary purpose of the PhD is the preparation and presentation of a substantial piece of independent and original academic research, completed in three years if studying full-time and usually six years if studying part-time.

A PhD in Hispanic Studies from University of Kent enables you to undertake a substantial piece of supervised research in the subject that makes an original contribution to knowledge and is worthy of publication.

Students of the Media and Cultural Studies (Research) at University of Lincoln can benefit from the School’s research expertise, spanning media and cultural studies, film and television, and media and heritage, and opportunities to attend and present at research seminars, events, and talks within the School. This enables students to advance their knowledge and skills further.

The Ethno-Political Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter is an Area Studies department grounded in multidisciplinary approaches to research and training.

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.