64 PhD programmes in Asian Studies

The Ph.D. program in Japanese at Stanford University is designed to prepare students for a doctoral degree in Japanese literature or cultural history.

The Japanese programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London supports the development of independent academic researchers capable of producing original scholarship that introduces new materials, theories, and methods.

The Japanese programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in Japanese language and literature.

The East Asian Studies programme offered by Freie Universität Berlin develops advanced expertise in regional dynamics, cross-cultural engagement, and Asia-focused scholarly analysis.

New York University's Department of History offers a Ph.D. in East Asian History in a field that builds on the strengths of its core faculty, and in close connection with faculties in related departments (East Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Art History, Anthropology, Sociology, and so on). 

The Ph.D. program in Chinese at Stanford University is designed to prepare students for a doctoral degree in Chinese literature, philosophy, or linguistics.

We offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.

Welcome to East Asian Studies. Princeton University’s Ph.D. program in East Asian Studies (EAS) has long been recognized as one of the leading graduate programs of its kind in the Western world. 

The Contemporary India Research programme offered by King's College London investigates the political, social, economic, and cultural dynamics of modern India through interdisciplinary and globally informed research.

The Indian Studies (Individual Doctorate) program offered at the University of Zurich requires participants to conduct independent research, write a PhD thesis, and to perform coursework. 

The Japanese Studies programme of The Chinese University of Hong Kong promotes the integration of teaching and research in Japanese studies at an advanced level. It aims to introduce students to integrate different disciplinary and methodological approaches, allowing them to develop as capable and independent researchers in Japanese studies.

The Chinese Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter postgraduate students regularly present work in progress at the Centre and participate its regular series of seminars often with distinguished visiting speakers. Modern Languages postgraduates are also active in other research centres in Modern Languages and the College of Humanities.

We offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Malay Studies at the National University of Singapore.

The Sinology programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in Chinese language, culture, and society through interdisciplinary study.

South Asian History at the New York University has been the locus for key debates—from those on the origins of early trans-oceanic merchant networks to those on the making of new forms of imperial rule, on nationalism and decolonization, and on subaltern studies, postcolonialism, and globalization—which have had a broad comparative and methodological reach beyond the boundaries of South Asia.

The Asian Languages and Cultures programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in language, literature, and cultural studies across Asian regions.

The department accepts applications for its Asian Languages and Cultures doctoral degree program (PhD) at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 

The Bonn International Graduate School - Oriental and Asian Studies at the University of Bonn investigates the cultures and societies of Asia and the Middle East in change through time and processes of global interaction.

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at University of California, Berkeley offers a PhD program in Chinese Language. The department only admits students into the PhD program.

The research Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme in Southeast Asian Studies at National University of Singapore is primarily intended to develop scholars and academics who can contribute, through undertaking original research, to our knowledge and understanding of the Southeast Asian region.