76 Full-time PhD programmes in Drama

The Creative Arts program offered by Western Sydney University aims to provide professional artists with recognition of both their practice and the contribution they make to professional and scholarly knowledge.

Doctoral Drama and Theatre Studies degrees at Stellenbosch University in the arts are research degrees culminating in a dissertation. The study as a whole can consist of theoretical work or it can be the result of an integrated study of the creative processes and theoretical work which are reported in a dissertation.

The Theatre and Performance program from Columbia University encourages students to explore the reciprocal relationships between performance and scholarship, criticism and creation, theory, and practice in one of the world's great centers of theatrical performance, New York City. 

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

The Ph.D. Theatre program at University of British Columbia offers students the opportunity to pursue theatre studies through coursework, comprehensive examination preparations and a doctoral dissertation project.  

The Drama and Performance Studies programme at University of Kwazulu Natal offers a full postgraduate programme, including Honours, Masters and Doctoral degrees. 

The Dramatherapy programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores therapeutic practices that use drama, performance, and creative expression to investigate psychological, social, and cultural experiences through advanced research.

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. 

At the University of Cape Town, we offer our graduate students a phd programme degree in Theatre. Join us! 

At Kent we have always been at the forefront of promoting and developing practice-based research. In addition to all the benefits of being a PhD student, you will have access to our excellent facilities and be supported by a technical team with extensive professional experience.

Drama at University of Hull has a strong reputation for world-leading and internationally excellent research. 

Drama, Theatre and Performance at the University of Sussex welcomes applicants with practice-as-research projects as well as historical, critical and theoretical approaches.

University of California, San Diego offers a groundbreaking PhD in Theatre and Dance in conjunction with the Department of Drama at UC Irvine. 

The Catalan Language and Literature and Theatre Studies programme offered by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona develops advanced research expertise in Catalan linguistics, literary studies, and performing arts.

The mission of the graduate program in Theater and Performance Studies (TAPS) at Stanford University is to educate students who work on the leading edge of both scholarly and performance practice.

The PhD program in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Pittsburgh prioritizes the integration of scholarship with teaching and artistic practice in order to prepare students to be competitive candidates for academic positions at a variety of institutions, post-doctoral research opportunities, and employment sectors beyond academia.

Theatre Studies at University of Otago helps unlock such skills as self-confidence, teamwork, communication and creative expression, as well as giving you the chance to reflect on and inhabit lives vastly different from your own.

The Theatre Arts and Performance Studies Ph.D. program at Brown University takes a broad–spectrum approach to the study of histories, theories and methods of theater and performance.

Research the dynamic global impact theatre can have on a wide variety of areas. Study the history of applied theatre or examine the interactions between theatre and refugees. We offer a Applied Theatre degree at the University of Victoria. 

The Theatre and Performance department at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg offers a PhD in the field of Theatre and Performance.