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63 PhD programmes in Asian Studies

Chinese Studies
The Chinese Studies programme at the Maynooth University offers research degree opportunities for students with specific interest in the fields of Chinese language, literature and culture.

Chinese Studies
Bangor University Modern Languages offers the possibility to do a PhD in Chinese Studies. The School has a long tradition of excellent postgraduate student support, and students will be assigned two supervisors.

PhD in Chinese
Enrich your understanding of China’s ancient culture, literature and society, and enhance your command of the PhD in Chinese language at Victoria University of Wellington.

South East Asian Studies
The South East Asian Studies programme from SOAS University of London offers the widest coverage in Europe of research and teaching related to the languages and cultures of the principal countries of South East Asia.

PhD in Japanese
Study Japan’s unique culture, literature and society in depth, and develop your command of the PhD in Japanese language at Victoria University of Wellington.

PhD in Asian Studies
Take advantage of the wide range of cultures and disciplines you can pursue in postgraduate PhD in Asian Studies at Victoria University of Wellington and dig deeper into the area that most interests you.

South Asian Studies
The South Asian Studies programme from SOAS University of London has an international reputation for excellence in the field of South Asian studies earned by the world leading research undertaken.

Chinese and Inner Asian Studies
The Chinese and Inner Asian Studies programme offered at SOAS University of London is able to supervise MPhil and PhD degrees by research and thesis in a wide range of cultural and linguistic subjects.

East Asian Studies
The East Asian Studies degree from the University of Bristol will conduct advanced research on East Asia in an innovative interdisciplinary school. Study with internationally renowned sociology, politics and international relations scholars in a dynamic and supportive research environment.

Japanese and Korean Studies
The Japanese and Korean Studies programme from SOAS University of London is based on literary, documentary, and archive material available at SOAS and also gathered during fieldwork in Japan and Korea.
East Asian Studies
Our PhD East Asian Studies programme at The University of Manchester enables you to carry out significant and original research into an area of interest concerning the East Asian region, broadly defined (including south-east Asia, especially when related to areas and cultures which use Chinese writing characters).
Chinese Studies
The Chinese Studies programme of the The Chinese University of Hong Kong welcome applicants interested in advanced research training in the interdisciplinary study of Chinese history, economy, politics and business, literature, film, religion, culture and society.
East Asian Studies (Ad Hoc)
The Ph.D. East Asian Studies (Ad Hoc) program at McGill University requires a thesis that engages with current theoretical and methodological issues and uses both primary and secondary sources in East Asian languages.
South Asia Regional Studies
South Asia Regional Studies at University of Pennsylvania is an interdisciplinary field focusing on the history, languages, society, literature, and art from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bhutan.
South Asian Studies
The Department of South Asian Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is the principal unit within the School of Arts and Sciences for teaching and research on South Asia at Penn and offers a number of modern and classical South Asian languages, as well as courses in a variety of fields related to South Asia.
Comparative Asian Studies
The Comparative Asian Studies PhD programme at National University of Singapore welcomes students who have a deep commitment to transnational research and who are curious about places, peoples, and processes in the region that do not fit easily within the conventional approaches to the study of Asia.
East Asian Languages and Civilizations
The cross-disciplinary PhD program in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to train graduate students who can teach and conduct independent research in a variety of humanistic disciplines using Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and occasionally other languages of East Asia.
Asian Languages and Literature
The Department of Asian Languages and Literature at University of Washington offers a variety of graduate degree programs in literature and linguistics.
Chinese Studies
We offer a phd programme degree in Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore. Join us!
Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies
The idea of the Orient has changed and been deconstructed by Columbia’s own faculty, but Columbia’s eminence has never wavered. The Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies program is offered by Columbia University.