463 Full-time PhD programmes in Language Studies

We offer a phd degree in East Asian Languages and Literatures at the Yale University. Students concentrating in Chinese or Japanese literature are encouraged to take at least one term course in Western literature or literary theory. 

The cross-disciplinary PhD program in East Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania is designed to train graduate students who can teach and conduct independent research in a variety of humanistic disciplines using Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, and occasionally other languages of East Asia.

The Ph.D. program in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University explores the dynamic fields of Latin American, Luso-Brazilian, Latinx, and Iberian studies in all their rich and diverse linguistic, literary, and cultural traditions, and adopting multiple intellectual approaches.

The English and Comparative Literature Department at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill fosters insightful and imaginative thinking, with the goal of producing excellent scholars and teachers. 

The PhD in Spanish at the University of South Carolina allows students to conduct research in Spanish and Latin American literary and cultural studies.

The Interuniversity Programme in Advanced English Studies - Linguistics, Literature and Culture Studies run by the Universities of Santiago de Compostela (USC), University of A Coruña (UDC) and Vigo (UVigo), in Galicia (Northwestern Spain), is an accredited programme which meets the high standards of excellence of the European System of Higher Education.

The Slavic Languages programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in Slavic languages, literature, and philological studies.

The English Department at Oklahoma State University grants one doctoral degree, the Ph.D. in English. 

The School of Modern Languages has an exceptionally broad variety of research interests ranging from the medieval period to the present day and engages with literatures and cultures around the world. This Languages and Cultures programme is offered at the University of St Andrews. 

The Department of English at University of Liverpool conducts research in all the main branches of our discipline: literature, language, and creative writing. 

German research at University of Liverpool interests in MLC focus in depth on the twentieth century and contemporary period from a broad range of cultural, historical and linguistic perspectives.

At the New York University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in English - Law. Join us in our program! 

Develop original research into English programme at University of Nottingham, from the medieval period to the present day, guided by our expert staff. 

Could your dedication to the Portuguese language and history of the Lusopone countries influence the way their culture is recognised today? We offer a Portuguese and Lusophone Studies degree at the University of Nottingham.

Students in the English program from University of California, Davis gain advanced knowledge of literature from the British Middle Ages and colonial America to global/postcolonial and U.S. contemporary, as well as knowledge of literary theory, literary analysis, and interdisciplinary methods.

The English PhD program at New York University is designed to be completed within the term of the full-funding MacCracken award (typically five years)

This Foreign Languages and Literatures PhD degree program is offered by the School of Foreign Languages at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

The Faculty at University of Malaya offers a PhD programme by research in Languages and Linguistics.

The University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Program in Francophone, Italian and Germanic Studies - French and Francophone Studies (FIGS) offers a five-year Ph.D. program.

The Language Education and Multilingualism PhD program at the University at Buffalo provides a comprehensive background in theory, practice and research, for those who aspire to academic appointments in colleges/universities, or leadership roles in school systems.