218 Full-time PhD programmes in Linguistics

The Linguistics program from The University of Arizona is designed to produce scholars who can carry out research on human language in any of its aspects within a contemporary theoretical framework, and which challenges, modifies, and extends contemporary theory.  

The discipline of Linguistics at University of Georgia is the scientific analysis of the complex systems of language. It embraces phonology and phonetics, morphology, syntax, and semantics in the synchronic and diachronic study of contemporary as well as ancient languages.

The Educational Linguistics Ph.D. program at the University of Pennsylvania focuses on language learning and teaching as well as the role of language in education.

The Department of Linguistics at University of California, Berkeley takes a broad approach to the study of language. 

Working closely with cultural anthropologists in the department, linguistic anthropologists examine how language use and choice shape the cultural and social diversity of communities and persons. We offer a Linguistic Anthropology degree at New York University. 

The Applied Linguistics with English Language Teaching programme from University of Nottingham offers a fascinating opportunity to study the interaction between language and the real world.

The PhD degree in Linguistics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is a significant opportunity for advanced training and application of theory in the broad field of Linguistics.

Receive solid academic preparation, intensive professional development opportunities, and strong pedagogical training and teaching experiences, all with this Spanish Linguistics program at Arizona State University.

The PhD program in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at Arizona State University focuses on the scientific study of human language and the application of that study to the human condition.

A doctoral degree in Languages, Linguistics and Literature at the University of South Africa (UNISA) will require you to undertake research at the most advanced academic levels culminating in the submission, assessment and acceptance of a thesis.

The Linguistics program from the New York University has a foreign language requirement. Our department does not offer any courses in applied linguistics.

The Linguistics group at Uppsala University has a broad research profile. It studies phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics and discourse in relation to a variety of languages.

The Language Technology programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, and computational analysis of human language.

We offer postgraduate research options across a broad variety of topics ranging from technology enhanced learning, higher education, youth work and community development research to themes around leadership, policy and inclusive practices within the Applied Linguistics and TESOL programme at University of Hull. 

Close to one-half of the world’s six thousand languages are spoken in the Pacific and Asia — the particular geographic focus of our department. A large portion of these languages are either underdocumented or entirely undocumented, and many have small speaker populations. This Linguistics program is offered at University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The program in Applied Linguistics is offered by University of Memphis. Past students have found positions in institutions of higher education, the US State Department and other governmental agencies, and in consulting in the multicultural workplace.

Welcome to the the doctoral programme in German offered at the University of Kwazulu Natal. We are here to help you! 

This Linguistics PhD programme provided by Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, offers advanced specialization in linguistic analysis and related research areas, with opportunities for international collaboration and dual degree attainment.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Applied Linguistics at Georgia State University is a response to societal needs resulting from the status of English as the language of international communication.

At the University of Washington, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Linguistics. Join us!