7.4k PhD programmes in Europe

The Faculty of Physics and Astronomy awards the academic degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences for the University of Würzburg.

Digital Humanities programme at University of London is an interdisciplinary subject area that brings a range of computational, quantitative and other innovative and collaborative methods to the study of texts, images, histories, languages and cultures, while also being critical about methodology, disciplinarity and pedagogy.

The Department of Psychological Sciences conducts world-leading research on mind, brain and behaviour. We offer a Psychology degree at the University of Liverpool.

Take the opportunity to pursue an individual research project of your choosing full-time or part-time, with expert guidance and personal supervision from a member of the history team from the History degree at University of Plymouth. 

The Law programme offered by Swansea University gives doctoral researchers the chance to pursue a project based around their own passions and interests, leading to a qualification which can open the door to an academic career or boost employment prospects in a range of other fields.

A University of Hertfordshire research degree in Food and Public Health is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research.

A University of Hertfordshire research degree in Food Policy, Nutrition and Diet is an internationally recognised degree signifying high levels of achievement in research.

The Bioscience programme offered by Manchester Metropolitan University helps researchers deepen their expertise while developing advanced research and practical skills across biological sciences and related fields.

We have a wide range of expertise on conflict, war and politics in the 20th century, supported by the Centre for War and Peace in the 20th Century at The Open University UK.

The Economics programme at Durham University offers a rigorous research training programme and provides you with the opportunity to become an expert in your chosen field in economics.

A PhD in History at Swansea University enables you to undertake a substantial project led by your own passions and interests.

The Computational Sciences and Engineering programme offered by Koc University develops advanced expertise in computational science and engineering through interdisciplinary modeling, simulation, and high-performance computing.

The Sociology Department’s research activity at Durham University focuses on five main research themes, around which we organise research groups of staff and postgraduate researchers to share and develop research ideas and practices.

A Linguistics (Modern Languages) PhD from University of Nottingham allows you to research a linguistic topic related to one or more modern languages. 

Future Rural Africa is an interdisciplinary collaborative research center involving geographers, anthropologists, political scientists, agroeconomists, soil scientists and ecologists from the University of Bonn and the University of Cologne.

The primary aim of the postgraduate education in Psychology at Mid Sweden University is to help students becoming independent and skilled researchers.

The research programme in Pharmacy at the University of Kent gives you the integrated, broad-based research training needed to exploit current advances in pharmaceutical and biological sciences and pharmacy practice.

Space Systems at Luleå University of Technology includes systems for control, instrumentation and communication in the upper atmosphere and in space. Of particular importance are reliable, radiation resistant low-power electronic systems and miniaturization of these.

The Medical Physiology programme offered by Koc University develops advanced research expertise in neuromuscular physiology and biomedical sciences through experimental and interdisciplinary investigation.

Assyriology at Uppsala University consists of two main parts: a philological and linguistic study of Akkadian (Assyrian-Babylonian) and Sumerian cuneiform texts from various periods and of a wide range of different types, and partly a study of the archaeology, political and cultural history, and the history of religion in the entire ancient Near East.