109 Full-time PhD programmes in Media Studies & Mass Media

Interested in pursuing a Ph.D.? The University of South Carolina offers research-based degrees in Journalism and Mass Communications.

University of Kwazulu Natal offers a range of postgraduate degrees (Honours, MA, PHD) in the Southern African region’s premier graduate research and educational unit in Culture, Communication and Media Studies.

Become an expert in a particular area whilst studying in a rich, multidisciplinary environment with this Media and Communications PhD at The University of Exeter.

The Audiovisual Arts and Media Studies program from Tallinn University  facilitates two modes of study: creative practice based audiovisual arts studies and empirical media studies.

The Social Communication and Media Studies programme at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn ensures the imparting of a thorough knowledge of the social sciences and humanities, as well as detailed specialised knowledge of sciences of social communication and media.

The main objectives of the PhD ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism programme from Aarhus University  are to provide supervision, courses, International research networks and environments for graduate students within the studies of information and communication technologies, print, digital and audio-visual media, and journalism.

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the highest academic award for which a student can be registered. This Cultural and Media Studies (Distance Learning) programme at the University of Huddersfield allows you to explore and pursue a research project built around a substantial piece of work, which has to show evidence of original contribution to knowledge.

The Media and Cultural Studies PhD at Birmingham City University research degree will help you achieve a career in media research or academia. Your research will be delivered over three years (full time) or four years (part-time or distance learning).

The Media programme offered by Manchester Metropolitan University enables doctoral researchers to develop advanced expertise in film, media and screen studies while expanding their research and practical skills.

The goal of the Communication and Media Studies programme from the University of Bern in teaching is to promote students' critical and networked thinking about the social sciences and to sensitise them to the communication science aspects of political processes.

In this Communication and Media Studies programme at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, you will gain advanced, detailed knowledge related to this area of research.

The PhD in Cinema and Media Studies at York University, incorporating theoretical, historical and critical approaches to visual media, is designed to encompass a variety of methodological frameworks, cultural practices, and historiographic models.

The Cinema and Media Research programme from Bahçeşehir University (BAU) focuses on the critical and theoretical analysis of film and media, exploring their cultural, social, and technological impacts.

We live in a world undergoing profound shifts in media and communications culture. A PhD in Media Studies at the University of Kent enables you to develop an in-depth research project. We will help you advance the discipline by empowering you to discover cutting-edge insights.

The Wits Department of Media Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is one of the pre-eminent centres for the critical, interdisciplinary and theoretical study of media in the southern hemisphere.

Stuttgart Media University (HdM)'s Doctor of Philosophy program is a hallmark of academic excellence, offering a unique pathway for scholars in the realm of media studies.

The Doctoral Programme in Media, Communication and Performing Arts at Tampere University produces highly qualified experts and researchers to work in the fields of journalism, media research, game studies, communications, visual culture, audio research and the performing arts.

The Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media at North Carolina State University prepares students to analyze the social, cultural, rhetorical, philosophical, and political dimensions of information technologies, new communication media, and digital texts, and to actively engage digital media through research, criticism, production, and practice.

The Ph.D. in Communication Studies - Moving Image Studies at Georgia State University is specifically designed to provide students with the conceptual and methodological tools to study the complex and vastly expanded moving image environment of the 21st century, where the boundaries separating cinema, television and new media are breaking down.

The PhD in Mass Communication is awarded by the Graduate College at The University of Iowa. The program is offered in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.