283 Full-time PhD programmes in Philosophy

The Philosophy discipline at The Open University UK welcomes applications for graduate work in the Philosophy of Sport and Games.

This Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Artificial Intelligence from Brickfields Asia College (BAC) is designed to produce innovative, analytical and highly skilled researchers capable of advancing the frontiers of AI.

This Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from Brickfields Asia College (BAC) develops visionary, analytical, and impactful researchers equipped to advance the boundaries of engineering knowledge.

Our staff at The University of Manchester are experts, many internationally renowned, in a variety of key areas of Philosophy. We provide a wealth of opportunities for postgraduate researchers.

The PhD program in Population, Family and Reproductive Health at Johns Hopkins University is designed for students whose career goals are focused on conducting publishable, independent and original research. 

Epistemology of the Humanities and Social Sciences from University of Ljubljana is very problem-oriented. Its purpose is to show the logic behind theoretical processes in the humanities and social sciences. It analyses the way theories create their own sphere of problems and raise questions, and the way they open up new prospects for theoretical work and renounce the rest.

The PhD in Theology, History of Ideas and Philosophy programme offered by Aarhus University offers a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary doctoral research within and across the fields concerned. Theological research is characterized by interaction between historical, literary, and systematic methods.

Research students of Philosophy at University of Lincoln will be able to access support and training to develop the practical and critical skills necessary for investigation and study at doctoral level. 

The Philosophy program from the University at Buffalo offers graduate study in most recognized subdisciplines and historical periods, and has been recognized as among the best Anglo-American departments in many of those fields.

The Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Philosophy - Gender and Women's Studies offered by the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University is a research-intensive program that emphasizes comprehensive and rewarding learning opportunities. 

The Philosophy faculty at the University of Ottawa has diverse interests, and a wide range of expertise in contemporary philosophy as well as the history of philosophy. Both the analytic and continental traditions are well-represented.

The Philosophy Department at Uppsala University has played a prominent role in the history of Swedish philosophy and in Swedish society generally since the 17th century.

The School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies at Arizona State University offers a newly redesigned PhD program in Philosophy.

The Philosophy programme offered by Birkbeck, University of London provides opportunities to undertake a major piece of research under supervision from academics with expertise across a wide range of philosophical subjects.

The new interdisciplinary graduate program in the field of Critical Studies in Improvisation (IMPR) at University of Guelph offers MA and PhD Degrees incorporating foundations in critical inquiry, built on years of award-winning, arts-based research and training by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI). 

The Logic programme offered by University of Gothenburg develops advanced research expertise in mathematical, philosophical, and computational logic.

The Philosophy programme offered by Umea University develops advanced research expertise in fundamental philosophical questions through critical inquiry, theoretical analysis, and original scholarly investigation.

The Ph.D. in Philosophy at the Sapienza University of Rome offers a rich course of studies in the various areas of philosophy and in the history of philosophy.

The Philosophy program of the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University is traditionally committed to the development of original and ground-breaking philosophical investigation through lines of research that are constantly and fruitfully intertwined, though following different philosophical traditions and methodologies. 

The PhD in Philosophy at Western University - Canada in a four-year program. In their first year students take courses; in their second they take a comprehensive exam in their main research area and complete a course that will lead the writing and defend of a thesis prospectus; their third and fourth years are spent writing their dissertations.