36 PhD programmes in French Studies in North America

Dalhousie University's Doctor of Philosophy in French programme offers you the opportunity to specialize in French literature, linguistics or francophone culture. A PhD degree opens the doors toward careers in universities and research centres nationally and internationally, and in information technologies and communications.  

The French Language and Literature PhD program from the University at Buffalo is one of progressive specialization that will culminate in a dissertation. Students in RLL are prepared to participate in critical discussions in the discipline and engage meaningfully with the scholarship of colleagues in neighboring disciplines.

The French doctoral program at McMaster University focuses on the literatures, films and cultures of the Francophone world.

The aim of the French and Italian program from Princeton University is to train students to become effective teachers and scholars of French language and literature.

The Ph.D. is conferred upon candidates who have demonstrated substantial scholarship and the ability to conduct independent research and analysis in French and Italian. This program is offered at Stanford University.

At the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), we offer a phd degree in French and Francophone Studies. 

As a multidisciplinary program, the Institute of French Studies offers three Joint Ph.D. degrees: one in French Studies and French Literature at New York University, one in French Studies and History, and one in French Studies and Anthropology. 

The overarching goal of the French Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania is to train students for productive scholarship and for effective college or university teaching.

The doctoral program in Francophone Studies at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette is designed to provide a broad knowledge of the Francophone world, including France, Francophone Europe, Quebec, Acadia, Louisiana, the Antilles and Haiti, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Maghreb, and the Mediterranean.   

The Ph.D. in Modern French Studies offered at the University of Maryland encompasses the Renaissance to the present.

Graduate programs in French and Francophone Studies at Pennsylvania State University generate and analyze culture and society and literature.

At the New York University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in French Studies - Law. Join us! 

We offer our graduate students a phd degree in French at the University of Oklahoma. The University of Oklahoma has a rich legacy of providing an exceptional experience to students. 

At the New York University, we offer a our graduate students a phd degree in French Studies - History. 

The French program from Columbia University, consistently ranked in the top five programs nationally, is designed to prepare graduates for a career in productive scholarship.

The Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture at New York University is part of a network of intellectual sites grouped within the Center for French Civilization and Culture. 

At Western University - Canada, we offer our graduate students a phd program degree in French Studies. 

Doctoral candidates in French at Rutgers University receive rigorous and broad training in various aspects of French language, literature in and outside France, theory, literary and cultural criticism, and cinema.

The doctoral program in French Language and Literature at Boston University provides each student with a thorough knowledge of French and Francophone literature, its history, and its major works.

At French Literature from Louisiana State University you will gain an advantage byacquiring additional skills and knowledge that come with learning another language.