1.2k PhD programmes in Canada

Our Environmental Engineering program at Carleton University is focused on innovative research geared towards developing new technologies and practices that ensure we have clean air to breath, clean water to drink, clean soil to grow our crops and clean energy to sustain our society. 

Computer Science is an exciting, rapidly evolving discipline that impacts our everyday lives in innumerable ways. Graduate degree-holders in computer science are in high demand. Graduates from our programmes at Toronto Metropolitan University have a wide range of exciting career options in industry and academia.

The Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa offers a doctorate in Feminist and Gender Studies.

Our PhD Health Sciences program from Simon Fraser University immerses students in advanced research in health sciences, and equips them with the skills, expertise, and critical-thinking to succeed in academia and beyond. 

Our mission in this Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Manitoba is to integrate science, engineering and medicine by bringing together many different disciplines in a unique collaboration to improve human health and enrich the educational experience of students.

Our Business Administration PhD program at Simon Fraser University is designed to immerse you in academic research and connect you to world-class faculty from day one.   

The Neuroscience Studies PhD course from Queen's University welcomes applications from all disciplines for entry into our MSc and PhD graduate programs.

The Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (OCIMAE) combines the research strengths of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University.

The Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa is located in the Faculty of Medicine and offers graduate programs leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Neuroscience.

We offer a phd program degree in Electronic Systems Engineering at the University of Regina. Join us! 

The PhD Political Science program at Carleton University emphasizes the development of theoretical competence and rigorous analytical skills in the study of politics. Students choose two of the following fields: Political Theory, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Canadian Politics, and Public Policy. 

This program is offered through the Department of Food Science at University of Guelph which focuses its research on enhancing the quality, safety, functionality and nutrition of foods. 

The main goal of the PhD degree at Western University - Canada is to produce Family Physicians who will be competitive Family Medicine researchers at the highest levels of grantsmenship internationally. 

Are you looking to take the next step in your career as a senior educational leader? This doctoral cohort in Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Toronto is intended to shape highly competent leadership positions in school systems and other educational institutions.

The Department of Pathobiology participates in the DVSc program at University of Guelph which provides a balance of advanced training in a discipline in veterinary medicine, combined with a thesis-research project.

The M.Sc. and PhD in Plant Agriculture are offered through the Department of Plant Agriculture at University of Guelph, a research-intensive department focused on horticultural crops, turfgrass, landscape species and field crops. 

The post-professional Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto is a unique, highly rigorous and interdisciplinary program that trains students in multiple specialties and related disciplines to pursue research of the highest academic standard.

The PhD in Materials Science program is jointly offered by Ontario Tech University and Trent University. Courses are taught by faculty from both institutions via traditional face-to-face instruction, augmented by the collaborative implementation of lectures and research meetings at a distance.

The primary objective of the Computer Science PhD program at the University of Windsor is to produce excellent Computer Scientists who are capable of conducting high-quality research and who have a sufficiently deep understanding of the subject to be able to make significant contributions to academic institutions and to industry after their graduation.

Environment and Sustainability students at University of Saskatchewan are challenged to think outside the boundaries of traditional disciplinary programs to address environmental and sustainability challenges with regional, national, and international significance.