65 Full-time PhD programmes in Gender & Sexuality Studies

The PhD program in Comparative Gender Studies at Central European University (CEU) focuses on the exploration of gender in its intersection with significant social categories such as race, nation, ethnicity, class, sexuality, age, or ability, and in the context of global knowledge production.

The Gender Studies programme from SOAS University of London is a unique programme combining cutting edge theorizing in Gender Studies with the special areas expertise related to Africa, Asia and the Middle East which has been a trademark of SOAS. 

The Women's Studies PhD programme from University of York provides an interdisciplinary environment for research and supervision in a wide range of Women's Studies issues to both full- and part-time students.

Explore sexuality and gender beyond disciplinary boundaries with the Sexuality and Gender Studies degree at University of Birmingham.

The Gender Studies course from Lancaster University gives you the opportunity to develop your own research skills and expertise as part of our vibrant cross-faculty community.

The program at McGill University may also be taken as a Religious Studies - Gender and Women's Studies option where students focus on gender-related issues and feminist research and methodologies.

The Gender Studies programme of The Chinese University of Hong Kong is an interdisciplinary programme with a unifying focus on gender as a theoretical perspective or as a subject of analysis. It allows students to bring together different disciplinary and methodological approaches for the advancement of gender studies. The programme emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and research skills.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Sociology - Gender and Women's Studies offered by the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes interdisciplinary and comprehensive learning opportunities. 

The Ph.D. in Educational Studies - Gender and Women's Studies at McGill University provides an integrative perspective on education by drawing on a range of related disciplines and research orientations. 

The Gender and Women's Studies program in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at The University of Arizona trains scholars and researchers in this dynamic, interdisciplinary field.  

Students in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion programme from University of Lincoln can benefit from a supportive academic community, where ideas and experiences are shared with the aim of advancing knowledge, and informing strategy, policy and practice across the sector and the wider field.

As an inter- and transdisciplinary PhD programme, Gender Studies offered by Sabanci University investigates how relations of gender and sexuality are embedded in social, political, economic, and cultural formations through a wide variety of academic backgrounds to introduce the doctoral students to the concepts, methods and cutting-edge research that shape gender analyses.

At University of Otago’s leading Gender Studies programme, we’ll surprise you. You’ll be introduced to different perspectives on things you’ve always taken for granted, while you explore television, film, social media, public debate, photography, subculture and fashion as well as scholarly reading.

The Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies degree at Yale University critically interrogates gender and sexuality as categories of  inequality, difference, and identification. 

The Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Kentucky investigates gender broadly conceived, and the cultures and contributions of women worldwide from feminist/womanist perspectives.

If you're interested in becoming an advocate for women and the LGBTQ community, the joint program in Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University at Albany will prepare you for your professional journey.

The goal of the graduate program in Women and Children's Health Sciences at University of British Columbia is to provide students with a broad knowledge of research in women+ and children’s health sciences including biomedical, clinical, health services, and populations. 

Gendered Organisational Practice aims to act as a solidarity platform for both The Open University UK and international researchers working in this area.

The Gender Studies programme offered by Linköping University develops advanced research expertise in gender, identity, and power relations across social, cultural, and political contexts.

The Doctoral Program in Women and Gender Studies (DWGS) at the University of Toronto offers a particular focus on feminist colonial, post-colonial, diasporic and transnational studies.