463 Full-time PhD programmes in Language Studies

The Class of Language is one of four classes of the Graduate School Language & Literature Munich (GS L&L) from Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich. 

Within the Department of Language and Linguistics, you will be allocated a supervisor whose role it is to guide you through the different stages of your research degree. In some cases, you may have joint supervision by two members of the staff. Learn more with the Translation Studies (Translation, Interpreting and Subtitling) programme from University of Essex.  

The English programme at University of Strathclyde covers all periods from the Renaissance to the present day. 

Our research engages with English Language and Linguistics at University of Glasgow, focusing on written and spoken English language from medieval times to the present day.

The English Language and Intercultural Communication programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores how language, culture, identity, and communication operate across multilingual and intercultural contexts, enabling researchers to investigate contemporary linguistic and cultural phenomena.

Our English and American Studies PhD programme at The University of Manchester offers the opportunity to undertake an in-depth piece of research in the area that most interests you.

The Department of English at Johns Hopkins University offers a program leading to the PhD degree in English and American literature. The department is small in numbers and its graduate students are carefully selected on the basis of their professional distinction as teachers, critics, and scholars.

The English Research programme offered by King's College London supports advanced study of literary cultures from the 7th to the 21st centuries through original research and scholarly enquiry.

Are you interested in doing some independent research work and would like to start a Languages and Literatures in English doctorate at the University of Bern?

A PhD in Hispanic Studies from University of Kent enables you to undertake a substantial piece of supervised research in the subject that makes an original contribution to knowledge and is worthy of publication.

The English Literary Studies PhD program at The University of Iowa is designed as preparation for the teaching, publishing, and administrative service required of a career in academia.

Staff supervise research in most areas of English and associated studies, and have expertise in the following areas: theory, modernism and postmodernism, 18th and 19th-century studies, women's writing, literature and visual arts.

This World Languages and Cultures - Comparative Literature Emphasis is offered at the University of Utah. 

The Second Language Acquisition and Teaching program from The University of Arizona provides an instructional program to prepare researchers, teachers, curriculum specialists, and administrators at all levels of instruction who are concerned with aspects of second language acquisition, learning, and teaching. 

Throughout the Italian 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 objectives of the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics PhD program at York University are to educate candidates in linguistics and applied linguistics. The program approaches the study of language from a variety of perspectives, with a primary focus on language in its social context. 

The doctoral program in French Language and Literature at Boston University provides each student with a thorough knowledge of French and Francophone literature, its history, and its major works.

The degrees at the University of Wisconsin Madison offered are the master of arts and doctor of philosophy in Spanish. In addition, the department offers a doctoral minor in Spanish or Portuguese.

The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at University of Wisconsin Madison offers a new interdisciplinary M.A. and Ph.D. program in Asian Languages and Cultures. 

The primary goal of this program at Carnegie Mellon University is to educate and prepare future researchers and leaders in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA).