463 Full-time PhD programmes in Language Studies

The Ph.D. Program in Second Language Acquisition at the University of Wisconsin Madison is a rigorous interdisciplinary academic program that embodies the university’s mission to foster the study of globally important issues. 

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.  

Throughout the Hispanic 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.

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.

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. 

Make way for the leaders, creatives, and groundbreakers of tomorrow. We offer a Spanish degree at the Indiana University Bloomington. 

The PhD program in Rhetoric and Composition at University of Texas El Paso focuses largely on place-based cultural and digital rhetorics and community-based work.  

Study how humans acquire and use language while you train to be a future academic or career professional in the field with this Second Language Acquisition program at the University of Mississippi.

The English PhD programme at City St George's, University of London allows you to study in a vibrant academic environment in London where you can emerge as an independent scholar producing original research.

Combine the traditional strengths of historically and textually based modes of analysis with modern theoretical approaches in the doctoral program in English at the University at Albany. From British, U.S. and postcolonial literature to critical theory, creative writing and media you will develop key competencies in creative and critical inquiry.

The Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Wayne State University offers students vibrant opportunities to encounter worlds beyond our campus.

The Swedish Language and Multilingualism programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in language, multilingual communication, and Scandinavian linguistic systems.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Hispanic Studies offered by the Department of Languages, Literatures, Cultures in the Faculty of Arts at the McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes stimulating and analytical learning opportunities. 

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.

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.

Study a wide range of English, Scottish, Irish, American and world literature from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day at the University of St Andrews School of English.

To be accepted into the combined degree Film Studies and Slavic Languages and Literatures program, students at Yale University must be accepted by both departments. Each student’s program of study will be planned in consultation with the DGS in each area. 

A Linguistics (Modern Languages) PhD from University of Nottingham allows you to research a linguistic topic related to one or more modern languages. 

Carnegie Mellon University offers a dual-degree Ph.D. in Language and Information Technologies (Portugal Partnership) in cooperation with universities in Portugal.

The Language Science program at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) offers an integrative approach to the scientific study of language, exploring interfaces between traditional frameworks while fostering a more complete understanding of the human communication system.