94 PhD programmes in Film Studies

The Cinema Studies programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in moving images and screen cultures across historical and contemporary contexts.

Film at Kent is known for its dynamic and inclusive research community. Whether you are interested in theories, histories or aesthetics of film and digital media, we have the academic expertise to support your research. This Film - Practice as Research programme is offered at the University of Kent.

A successful Film and Television PhD candidate at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg would need to meet the requirements of the university Senate for admittance to the programme.

This Film and Television Studies programme is offered by the Department of Communication and Media within the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg.

The Film programme offered by Hong Kong Baptist University supports advanced research in film and media, focusing on cultural analysis, global cinema, and audience studies.

The Film and Visual Arts programme offered by Lingnan University develops advanced research and creative expertise in film, visual arts, and digital media within contemporary creative industries.

The Art History and Visual Culture by Practice MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter draws on our established, internationally recognised research activity in Art History and Visual Culture.

 Our PhD Film Studies (Creative Practice) at University of Essex draws on this unique tradition, offering supervision for students in all fields of our wide-ranging staff research expertise, including an exceptional variety of approaches to mainstream and experimental practice, global cinemas, and comparative media.

It is no stretch to say that The University of Iowa helped to invent Film Studies as a discipline. The first graduate thesis on film at UIowa dates all the way back to 1916. 

The Film Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter is  part of a vibrant research culture at Exeter. Staff and research students regularly present their research in the Centre for Research into Film Studies forum, which also hosts visiting speakers. 

The Cinema Studies Institute offers a program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Cinema Studies. Faculty members at the University of Toronto have expertise in several areas, including film history, film theory, film analysis, and film and cultural practices.

The Film and Media Studies Ph.D. program at University of California, Irvine (UCI) is dedicated to understanding film, television, and digital media texts in relation to questions of power, inequality, and difference.

The Theatre, Film and Television Studies programme offered by Aberystwyth University develops advanced expertise in performance analysis, screen cultures, and creative media interpretation.

The Screen Cultures program at Northwestern University continues the historical leadership in the cultural and critical analysis of film, television, and emerging media by integrating interdisciplinary opportunities both within the School of Communication and across the University. 

To be accepted into the combined degree Film Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures program, students at Yale University must be accepted by both departments. Each student’s program of study will be planned in consultation with the DGS in each area. 

At the Yale University we offer our graduate students a phd degree in German Studies - Film and Media Studies. 

The PhD in Film and Media Studies at the University of Pittsburgh is an interdisciplinary and interdepartmental degree that stresses the history, theory, and aesthetics of international cinema, video, television, and new media.

At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) we offer our students a phd degree in Film and Television.

Join the MPhil/PhD in Film and Television Studies at University of Warwick in order to conduct innovative, world-leading research. Warwick's Film and Television Studies is home to state-of-the-art facilities and world-renowned experts who will guide you as you carry out your research project.

The Film Studies programme offered by Queen's University Belfast enables doctoral researchers to pursue research through film, screen and media practice, or to investigate historical and broader theoretical issues in film, media and screen cultures. Researchers can follow either a Creative Practice or Critical Practice route.