379 Full-time PhD programmes in History

The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST) at the University of Toronto offers a Doctor of Philosophy degree. IHPST conducts research, offers advanced studies programs, and serves as a focus for University-wide interest in its field.

The History, English, Linguistics, Theology programme offered by Canterbury Christ Church University develops expertise in historical inquiry, language analysis, literary study, and religious thought.

Religious traditions relate to each other in different ways. In today’s global world practices, rituals and ideas are formed, confronted and discussed within different traditions, between traditions and in the societies where the traditions exist. This History of Religions and World Christianity programme is offered at Uppsala University.

The goal of the History of Science program at Princeton University is to enhance our students' enthusiasm for the subject while also training them for the joint professional responsibilities of teaching and research. 

Our History PhD course at University of Leeds will allow you to become an expert in a specialist area and provide you with an opportunity to gain high-quality research training.

The variety of works done within the History and Philosophy of Economics program at the University of Lausanne falls around three main issues – interpretation, epistemology, and contextuality.

At University of Florida, we offer minor concentrations in the thematic fields of Atlantic, Gender, Legal, Religious, and World History.

New York University’s Department of History includes a Ph.D. field specialization in the study of Latin American and Caribbean History. 

This History degree programme is offered by the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria.

The PhD in Garden History at University of Buckingham is an advanced research degree, awarded on the basis of a thesis and an oral viva voce examination. 

Invest in your future with the University of Gibraltar. Join our vibrant, ambitious and growing research community on this Doctor of Philosophy programme.

The Graduate Program in History at the University of Pennsylvania has a long tradition of distinction. Few history departments in the country can match ours in global coverage and scholarly depth for the study of the past over the last half millennium.

The Department of History at the University of Illinois at Chicago offers degrees at both the master’s and doctoral levels. 

New York University's Department of History offers a Ph.D. in East Asian History in a field that builds on the strengths of its core faculty, and in close connection with faculties in related departments (East Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Art History, Anthropology, Sociology, and so on). 

The Ph.D. in History at Texas A&M University is a research‑intensive program for students called to explore the past and share its insights with the world.

At the Florida State University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in American Religious History.

The Department of Rhetoric at University of California, Berkeley offers an interdisciplinary PhD program focusing on the study of rhetorical theory and the interaction of the historical concerns of rhetoric with contemporary critical theory across a broad spectrum of disciplines. 

The History program from Princeton University values an approach to scholarship grounded in the particular while retaining a sense of the whole. 

The reputation of the Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Kentucky is based on the department's long, outstanding history and a tradition of exciting and innovative scholarship on the part of its faculty.

The History program at Northwestern University is distinguished by its relatively compact size, admitting about 15 students or fewer each year. This highly selective program allows close faculty-student interaction and permits exacting criticism of sources, research procedures, and writing skills.