25 Full-time PhD programmes in Middle Eastern Studies

The Near and Middle Eastern Studies programme from SOAS University of London provides training in research methods and the study of the Near and Middle East, an interdisciplinary subject area, with research undertaken in the School of Languages, Cultures and linguistics at SOAS.

Our PhD Arab World Studies programme at The University of Manchester offers wide-ranging opportunities for research and advanced training in the history, politics, gender studies, literatures, religious traditions and cultures of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

The Hebrew and Judaic Studies Ph.D. is a research degree at New York University. Its completion signifies that the recipient is able to conduct original research and has made a serious contribution to knowledge of the field.

The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs leading to the Doctor of Philosophy in two fields: Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.

MELC’s PhD program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Mesopotamian Civilization at University of Pennsylvania offers advanced study of the languages and philology of ancient Mesopotamia as well as the history and archaeology of that region in its Middle Eastern context. 

At the New York University we offer a phd degree in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies - Law. Join us. 

The Middle East Politics MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter is an Area Studies department grounded in multidisciplinary approaches to research and training.

The idea of the Orient has changed and been deconstructed by Columbia’s own faculty, but Columbia’s eminence has never wavered. The Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies program is offered by Columbia University.

The Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in language, literature, and cultural studies across the Middle East and North Africa.

Doctoral students in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) at Indiana University Bloomington pursue an academic discipline grounded in a cultural and linguistic study of the Middle East.

This Asian and Middle Eastern Studies course from the University of Cambridge is offered at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies to those students who wish to study Chinese Studies, East Asian Studies, Hebrew Studies, Korean Studies, Japanese Studies, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies (Arabic or Persian), and Sanskrit and South Asian Studies.

At University of Oxford, the DPhil in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies is the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies' main research degree. 

The Arabic programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in the Arabic language and Arabic literature.

The aim of the Doctoral Program of Studies at the University of Cyprus is to render the students capable of using scientific methods and knowledge, in order to be able to work autonomously on a scientific field of Turkish Studies.

The School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies from The University of Arizona offering the Middle Eastern and North African Studies PhD is a multi-disciplinary unit focusing on the region extending from Morocco to Afghanistan which includes the Arab world, Iran, Israel and Turkey, providing a full range of language courses in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish.

At the New York University, we offer our graduate students a phd degree in Hebrew and Judaic Studies - Law. 

The University of Washington Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies is designed for students who wish to pursue research with a comparative perspective.

Students in the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies doctoral program at New York University concentrate their studies in one of the three tracks which the department offers.

MELC’s PhD track in in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Biblical Studies at University of Pennsylvania, a part of MELC’s Hebrew and Judaic Studies program, offers advanced study of the languages and philology of the Hebrew Bible as well as the history and archaeology of ancient Israel in its Middle Eastern context.

MELC’s PhD program in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures - Middle Eastern Literatures and Societies at University of Pennsylvania offers advanced study of the languages, literatures and societies of Islamic civilizations, and also Islamic history and thought in their Middle Eastern context, in modern and pre-modern settings.