159 PhD programmes in Communication Studies

Life in contemporary Western societies heavily depends on media and communication technologies. How we work and how we spend our spare time; what we do as citizens and as consumers; how we relate to others and to ourselves – all of this is now heavily pervaded by new media and communication technologies. This Communication Research programme is offered at the University of Amsterdam.

In Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University the focus is on the role of media in society and the conditions of media production, content and audience.

This Information and Communication Technology course from Management and Science University aims for successful completion of a course of supervised investigation with the outcome of an original/independent critical thinking contributing to new knowledge in ICT.

The Communication programme offered by Istanbul Bilgi University offers a solid foundation regarding the philosophies, theories, research, and practice in the field of communications, and it has been designed to emphasize the power and borderlessness of ‘communication’

The award-winning faculty members in the School of Communication at Florida State University are ready to help you build a career in communication research, teaching, and related fields. At Florida State, you can work with a dynamic and diverse faculty and peer group.

The Communication doctoral program at the University of Miami is designed to provide students with the requisite foundation in theory as well as research skills for using communication to make positive change at the societal, community, and individual levels.

The Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media at North Carolina State University prepares students to analyze the social, cultural, rhetorical, philosophical, and political dimensions of information technologies, new communication media, and digital texts, and to actively engage digital media through research, criticism, production, and practice.

The Journalism and Communication programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London examines the journalistic and communicative dimensions of agenda-setting, cities, conflict, ethics, media ownership, mis- and disinformation, professional ideologies, race, and related topics.

We offer a PhD in Rhetoric Studies at the University of Cape Town. Join us and study at our university! 

The Doctoral Programme in Media, Communication and Performing Arts at Tampere University produces highly qualified experts and researchers to work in the fields of journalism, media research, game studies, communications, visual culture, audio research and the performing arts.

The Semiotics and Philosophy of Communication programme offered at Charles University is interdisciplinary and requires knowledge of basic theoretical concepts and methods of various social sciences, which are necessary for the complex study of communication problems.

The Cornell University graduate program in Communication is designed to assist students in proposing, testing, and refining communication theories; in practicing skilled research; and in becoming knowledgeable about communication. The Communication program is offered by Cornell University.

The Ph.D. degree in Communication and Information from Kent State University offers a flexible and interdisciplinary curriculum that prepares you for a career as a faculty in higher education or as a researcher in communication, media, or information industries.

The theoretical core of the PhD programme Language, Linguistics and Cognition from Aarhus University  is linguistics in a broad sense. It includes all significant language-related aspects of psychology, physiology and society.

The Culture Studies programme offers flexible supervision between the University of Nottingham Ningbo China and the University of Nottingham (UK). 

The Department of Communication offers graduate education leading to a doctoral degree. The Communication program at the University at Buffalo emphasizes the scholarly study of the communication process, with coursework focusing on communication theory and research methodologies.

The Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences program from The University of Arizona develops outstanding independent researchers and teachers.  

The Leadership Communication doctoral program at Kansas State University that prepares you to lead change, advance communication, and engage communities.

The Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Cincinnati gives students the opportunity to investigate the power of communication to shape our personal identities and impact our social, organizational, mediated, and political lives.

Doctor of Philosophy (Communication) is a new post-graduate research programme offered at the Faculty of Applied Communication, Multimedia University.