7.4k PhD programmes in Europe

The Graduate School of Mathematics and Digital Sciences is one of the doctoral schools affiliated to the Graduate  College of the University of Lille.

Interactive Sound and Music researchers at Abertay University are operating at the forefront in dynamic audio production for applications including games, immersive experiences, installations, and performance and play.

The Accounting programme offered by London Business School develops scholars capable of conducting original academic research on accounting information, markets, governance, and financial decision-making through rigorous quantitative and theoretical training.

Our PhD Law programme at University of Buckingham requires an original contribution to the body of knowledge in a particular academic or professional discipline. 

The PhD in Military History at University of Buckingham is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of a thesis and an oral viva voce examination. 

Embark on a scholarly journey at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities with the Culture, Religion Studies, and Literary Studies doctoral programs.

A graduate of the doctoral studies in the Theory and History of State and Law programme from Comenius University Bratislava masters the scientific methods of basic and applied research in legal sciences, which serve as a basis for carrying out research and development.

There are a number of technological innovations - such as Building Information Modelling and the use of smart contracts - which could revolutionise construction practice. We offer a Construction Law in the Fourth Industrial Revolution degree at Robert Gordon University. 

The Planning programme offered by Queen's University Belfast develops advanced research expertise in spatial planning, sustainable development, governance, and place-making, enabling students to investigate complex social, environmental, and territorial challenges through interdisciplinary research.

The Language, Literature and Politics (LLP) research group at The Open University UK is a cross-faculty collective bringing together researchers from the School of Arts and Humanities and the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics.

We offer a phd programme degree in Medical, Omics and Oncological Sciences at the University of Ferrara.

Our research in the States, Political Systems and Development degree at The Open University UK seeks to shed light on how states as drivers and agents of development, while also exploring  alternative political systems that challenge the prevailing development paradigms. 

From theory to practice, increase the impact of research in industry and society. 

Language and Globalisation is a key topic in the Language and Literacies Research Cluster at The Open University UK. Globalisation can be understood broadly as a set of major technological, political, economic, technological and socio-cultural changes which have intensified over recent decades and made the world more interconnected, both physically and virtually.

The Social Sciences - Territories, Economics, Law Doctoral School regroups all of the potential research training of the University of Tours and University of Orleans within the COMUE Val-de-Loire in the fields of law, economics, management, geography, sociology, demography, anthropology, development/urban planning, communication sciences and political science.

The Construction Management and Building Technology subject at Luleå University of Technology is oriented towards developing industrialized construction.

Current research focus in this Cyber-Physical Systems programme at Luleå University of Technology is directed in two areas: system of systems and electronics and software integration.

The Migrations, Diasporas, Transnational Communities discipline at The Open University UK has extensive interests and an international profile in this field. It is engaged in a number of lived-experience, policy-, welfare- and criminologically related research projects.

Environmental changes in Earth history can be used to help understand and predict the trajectory of future anthropogenically driven environmental change. This Climate Change, Past, Present and Future programme is offered at The Open University UK/

This Philosophy of Religion programme at Charles University focuses on philosophical inquiry into religion through text-based analysis and interdisciplinary perspectives.