94 PhD programmes in Film Studies

Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth University combines taught modules with research conducted by students under the supervision of staff who have expertise in the topic of study. 

The Performance Practice MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter offers you an opportunity to extend and reflect on your creative performance practice. The area of study is entirely dependent upon your expertise, and could include playwriting, acting, directing, physical theatre, dance theatre, music theatre, or music performance.

At Journalism and Mass Communication from University of Oklahoma we seek junior colleagues who wish to explore deeply the practices and values of journalism, mass communication and the media professions. 

This Art History and Visual Culture program at York University focuses on the Canadian heritage in the visual arts, including works of art made by Canadians as well as works that have been brought to Canada and remain here on a permanent basis.

The Ph.D. program at University of British Columbia offers students the opportunity to pursue Cinema and Media Studies through coursework, comprehensive exams, a viva, and a dissertation project.

The Film and Screen Studies programme from the University of Cambridge offers the opportunity to pursue doctoral study in a specifically designated programme.

At University of Washington, our five-year Ph.D. program in Cinema and Media Studies concentrates on scholarship and research as preparation for teaching at the university or college level in cinema and media studies. 

At University of Aberdeen, the Film and Visual Culture degree plays an important role in the George Washington Wilson Centre for Visual Culture (GWW), which brings together researchers form across our university. 

We have outstanding facilities in the field of Text and Image Studies, from the holdings of the library from University of Glasgow, including the Stirling Maxwell Collection, and The Hunterian, to an environment that includes world-leading publications and journals, the hosting of conferences, and exhibition curation.

This Applied Screen Studies - Practice as Research PhD at University of Warwick enables students to incorporate practice into their doctoral study, taking an approach which understands practice as a mode of research, or as the application of research.

The Open University UK welcomes applications for PhD study in screen music and sound within the Film Music research cluster.

The Department of Theatre is a vibrant, active department committed to teaching and training the artist-scholars of the future. In addition to our highly regarded seasons, we regularly invite theatre artists and scholars to join us in making and thinking about performance. The Theatre program is offered by The Ohio State University.

This Social Anthropology with Visual Media programme at The University of Manchester is intended for those with a degree in social or cultural anthropology who wish to use visual media in the course of pursuing doctoral research. 

The Film Studies programme at University of Essex supports doctoral research in film studies across global cinemas, media forms, and interdisciplinary analytical approaches.

Students at Film and Media from University of California, Berkeley are encouraged to situate moving images within the larger theoretical and analytical frameworks of a range of other disciplines. 

The School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin welcomes applications from potential PhD students. 

The PhD in Cinema and Media Studies at York University, incorporating theoretical, historical and critical approaches to visual media, is designed to encompass a variety of methodological frameworks, cultural practices, and historiographic models.

We are one of the country’s leading media departments, working across both theory and practice and with growing interest in the digital. This Media Arts programme is offered at Royal Holloway University of London. 

The Film Studies programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in film, television, and audiovisual culture.

The Cinema and Media Research programme from Bahçeşehir University (BAU) focuses on the critical and theoretical analysis of film and media, exploring their cultural, social, and technological impacts.