463 Full-time PhD programmes in Language Studies

This is the first program in the United States that combines the strengths of major German and American Research I universities to create a truly joint international Ph.D. program in Transcultural German Studies at The University of Arizona. 

The English program from The University of Arizona provide students with professional preparation for teaching and conducting scholarly research at the university, college, and community college levels.  

Through the Lusophone Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter all students have a primary and a secondary supervisor who provide regular, high quality advice, support and direction in their academic endeavours. You will work closely with your supervisors to develop, investigate and write-up a project at the cutting edge of research.

This English program is offered at the University of Utah. Independent Study in English is designed for study that is not otherwise available in the curriculum. 

A PhD in English from Birmingham City University, will help you to develop research skills that support professional practice, research and/or academic careers. You will work closely with a team of specialist academics in your chosen field, and receive excellent support tailored to your individual needs. 

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

The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures PhD graduate program at University of California, Berkeley is designed to train future scholars and teachers of Slavic languages and literatures. 

The English Literature programme offered by Swansea University enables doctoral researchers to undertake a substantial independent research project which should be of a publishable standard. It offers supervision in most areas of literature from the middle ages to the present and supports original work across a wide range of literary fields.

Our research ethos underpins and stimulating and dynamic environment in which to study. As a PhD researcher in the School of English at the University of Sheffield, you'll be joining a community of world-leading researchers who are pushing the boundaries of literary and linguistic study. 

This Modern Languages program offered by Swansea University enables you to undertake a substantial project led by your own passions and interests.

Our English Language Arts Education Ph.D. program at Auburn University builds on competencies and foundations from your previous experiences and coursework.

Research in Semitic Languages at Uppsala University is mainly divided between the fields of Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew and Assyriology.

The Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) offers a Ph.D. degree in Spanish with a focus in Spanish, Spanish-American, or Chicano/Latino literatures and cultures.

At the heart of Curriculum and Instruction - English Education program at Louisiana State University lies a commitment to research, development, and implementation.

The Department of English at University of Florida offers a MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD degree in English.

Our tradition in the Graduate Program in English at York University has always been to challenge the idea of tradition itself, to seek out the limits of established ideas, and to attend to new ones.  

The Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) degree at University of British Columbia examines the social, linguistic, educational, cognitive, cultural and political processes affecting the teaching, learning, assessment, and use of English as an additional language locally and globally.  

Our MA/PhD in English Language and Literature at University of Washington is an integrated program that allows students to earn an MA on the way to the PhD.

Boston College’s Ph.D. in English offers the opportunity to study with nationally recognized faculty in many periods, authors, and critical and theoretical streams.

The Department of Language, Literature and Communication (TLC) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Faculty of Humanities conducts research in the fields of language, cognition, (journalistic) communication, (digital) information and literature.